2019Nominee
Best Performance
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Gaten Matarazzo
Actor · Producer
New London, Connecticut, USA
September 8, 2002
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.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Nominee
Best Performance
Pizza Movie
2026Nominee
Best Performance
Animal Farm
Career Highlights
2022Highlight
Best Performance
My Father's Dragon
2026Highlight
Best Performance
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5