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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2022
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2026
The Daily Show
2026
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2025
The Blacklist
2015
Saturday Night Live
2026
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2017
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2017
Stranger Things
2016
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2019
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2017
Quotidien
2016

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
48
Producing
1
Crew
1
2026
Animal Farm
as Lucky (voice)
2026
Pizza Movie
as Jack
2026
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
as Self - Dustin Henderson
2026
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2026
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2026
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
2026
Adults
as Alex Able
2025
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
as Sig Greebling (voice)
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2025
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2025
Haunted Hotel
as Randy (Voice)
2024
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
as Sig Greebling (voice)
2024
Last Meals
as Self
2023
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
as Gaten Matarazzo
2023
Foul Play
as Kevin Kindness
2022
Honor Society
as Michael Dipnicky
2022
My Father's Dragon
as Boris the Dragon (voice)
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2022
Today
as Self - Guest
2021
Waffles + Mochi
as Casey The Electrician
2020
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Bubba (voice)
2019
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2019
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2019
Prank Encounters
as Self - Host
2019
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
2019
Good Morning America
as Self - Guest
2018
Halloween Wars
as Self - Guest Judge
2018
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2017
Beyond Stranger Things
as Self
2017
Extra
as Self - Guest
2017
TRL
as Self - Guest
2017
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2017
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2017
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2016
Stranger Things
as Dustin Henderson
2016
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2016
Geeking Out
as Self
2016
Chelsea
as Self
2016
Young Hollywood
as Self - Guest
2016
The Emmy Awards
as Self - Performer
2016
Quotidien
as Self - Guest
2015
The Blacklist
as Finn
Hump
as Rami (voice)
Octet
as Toby
Out on a Limb