Acting
Gaten Matarazzo
Also Known As: Gaten John Matarazzo III, Gaetano John Matarazzo III
Birth Date
September 8, 2002
(23 years old)
Place of Birth
New London, Connecticut, USA
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Biography
Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (Born September 8, 2002) is an American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2011–12) and Gavroche in Les Misérables (2014–15). Matarazzo gained recognition for playing Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction-horror drama series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also hosted the Netflix show Prank Encounters (2019–2021). In 2022, he co-starred in the coming-of-age comedy film Honor Society. In the animated fantasy comedy film My Father's Dragon, he voiced Boris the Dragon.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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2014 • 3 episodes
The Blacklist
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2013 • 1 episode
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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2019 • 1 episode
The Daily Show
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1996 • 1 episode
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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2014 • 1 episode
Stranger Things
Dustin Henderson
2016 • 42 episodes
Saturday Night Live
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1975 • 1 episode
The Late Late Show with James Corden
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2015 • 1 episode
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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2003 • 1 episode
Quotidien
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2016 • 1 episode
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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1988 • 3 episodes
Last Meals
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2021 • 1 episode
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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2003 • 1 episode
MTV Movie & TV Awards
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1992 • 1 episode
Good Morning America
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1975 • 2 episodes
Today
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1952 • 1 episode
Celebrity Family Feud
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2015 • 1 episode
Chelsea
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2016 • 1 episode
The Jonathan Ross Show
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2011 • 1 episode
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
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2017 • 1 episode