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.

Filmography

• 2026Animal Farm — Lucky (voice)
• 2026Pizza Movie — Jack, Executive Producer
• Stranger Things: Tales from '85 — Thanks
• Adults — Alex Able
• Haunted Hotel — Randy (Voice)
• LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past — Sig Greebling (voice)
• LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy — Sig Greebling (voice)
• Foul Play — Kevin Kindness
• 2023Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain — Gaten Matarazzo
• 2022Honor Society — Michael Dipnicky
• 2022My Father's Dragon — Boris the Dragon (voice)
• Waffles + Mochi — Casey The Electrician
• 2019The Angry Birds Movie 2 — Bubba (voice)
• Stranger Things — Dustin Henderson
• The Blacklist — Finn
• Hump — Rami (voice)
• Octet — Toby
• Out on a Limb

Appearances as themselves (30)

• 2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 — Self - Dustin Henderson
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• Last Meals — Self
• Prank Encounters — Self - Host
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Beyond Stranger Things — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• Geeking Out — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Halloween Wars — Self - Guest Judge
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Young Hollywood — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• TRL — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• Extra — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Good Morning America — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Today — Self - Guest
• The Emmy Awards — Self - Performer