Cast & creator
Gaten Matarazzo
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Gaten John Matarazzo III, Gaetano John Matarazzo III
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film credits
39
television credits
48
1949–2026 · acting roles
6.4
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (50)
Showing 50 of 50 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The Blacklist
Finn
2013
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Stranger Things
Dustin Henderson
2016
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Quotidien
Self - Guest
2016
Last Meals
Self
2021
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2015
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
Chelsea
Self
2016
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
Today
Self - Guest
1952
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Thanks
2026
Adults
Alex Able
2025
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Good Morning America
Self - Guest
1975
Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024
Haunted Hotel
Randy (Voice)
2025
TRL
Self - Guest
1998
Drop the Mic
Self
2017
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
Sig Greebling (voice)
2024
Extra
Self - Guest
1994
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Bubba (voice)
2019
Halloween Wars
Self - Guest Judge
2011
Pizza Movie
Jack
2026Pizza Movie
Executive Producer
2026
Animal Farm
Lucky (voice)
2026
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
Sig Greebling (voice)
2025
Geeking Out
Self
2016
My Father's Dragon
Boris the Dragon (voice)
2022
Beyond Stranger Things
Self
2017
The Emmy Awards
Self - Performer
1949
Waffles + Mochi
Casey The Electrician
2021
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Self - Dustin Henderson
2026
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Gaten Matarazzo
2023
Foul Play
Kevin Kindness
2023
Honor Society
Michael Dipnicky
2022
Young Hollywood
Self - Guest
2007
Octet
Toby
Prank Encounters
Self - Host
2019
Hump
Rami (voice)