About Gaten Matarazzo
Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III ( GAY-tən MAT-ə-RAZ-oh, Italian: [ɡaeˈtaːno mataˈrattso]; 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), followed by Gavroche in Les Misérables (2014–15). Matarazzo gained international 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 and voiced Boris the Dragon on the animated fantasy comedy film My Father's Dragon. In 2025, he starred in the animated film Animal Farm, in which he voiced the character Lucky. In 2026, he starred in and was the executive producer for the stoner comedy Pizza Movie. == Early life == Gaetano John Matarazzo III was born on September 8, 2002, in New London, Connecticut, to Heather and Gaetano John Matarazzo Jr., and was raised in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. His grandfather is of Italian descent from Avellino. Matarazzo was born with cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD).
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