Gaten Matarazzo

Gaten Matarazzo was born on Sep 08, 2002 in USA. Gaten Matarazzo's big-screen debut came with Stranger Things - Season 1 directed by Matt Duffer in 2016, strarring Dustin Henderson. Gaten Matarazzo is known for Waffles + Mochi directed by Jeremy Konner, Piotr Michael stars as Mochi and Michelle Obama as Self. Gaten Matarazzo has got 2 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Gaten Matarazzo achieved is Screen Actors Guild Awards. The upcoming new movie Gaten Matarazzo plays is My Father's Dragon which will be released on Nov 11, 2022.

Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (born September 8, 2002) is an Italian-American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert & as Gavroche in Les Misérables. He stars as Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction drama series, Stranger Things (2016).Matarazzo was born in New London, Connecticut & raised in Tuckerton, New Jersey. He has cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a trait he shares with his Stranger Things character. He uses dentures as a result of his condition, and uses his fame to raise awareness about it.Matarazzo uses his platform to raise awareness of CCD and fundraise for CCD Smiles, an organization that helps cover costs of oral surgeries for those with cleidocranial dysostosis. Matarazzo has also started a line of T-shirts whose proceeds will go to CCD Smiles. On his social media sites, Matarazzo actively notifies his followers of how to donate to CCD Smiles and different events he will participate in. Recently, his sister also started a Facebook campaign to raise money for the organization.Since 2017, Matarazzo has served as spokesman for Verizon FiOS.