{"id":4345,"date":"2024-06-27T13:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/?post_type=guest&#038;p=4345"},"modified":"2024-08-03T19:29:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:29:47","slug":"gaten-matarazzo","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/speaker\/gaten-matarazzo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaten Matarazzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KNOWN FOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dustin Henderson in\u00a0<strong>Stranger Things<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Broadway actor for\u00a0<strong>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Broadway actor for\u00a0<em>Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Musical<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Excellent singer!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all got to know Gaten Matarazzo as the super cute boy Dustin Henderson in the Netflix hit series\u00a0<em>Stranger Things\u00a0<\/em>and the audience was\u00a0immediately bedazzled. Not only with his adorable style, but also with his incredible acting.<\/p>\n<p>Gaten portrays the intelligent, funny, loyal, and sometimes a little foul-mouthed Dustin Henderson in Stranger Things. His cute smile and disarming innocence made him an immediate fan favourite.<\/p>\n<p>But Stranger Things isn\u2019t the first rodeo of this talented young man. Gaten Matarazzo was the star in several\u00a0<strong>Broadway<\/strong>musicals. He was Gavrosh in\u00a0<strong>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/strong>, Benji in\u00a0<strong>Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert<\/strong>, and starred in several other big productions on the big scene. His first appearance on the international television screen was in an episode of the series\u00a0<strong>The Blacklist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Matarazzo has a case of cleidocranial dysostosis (CCD), a medical condition that affects the bones and teeth. He is brave enough to not hide his condition; he rather uses his fame to raise awareness and to fundraise money for CCD organisations. Fun fact: when Matarazzo was finally cast as Dustin, the writers integrated scenes regarding CCD into the script.<\/p>\n<p>Gaten Matarazzo has won an \u2018Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble\u00a0in a Drama Series\u2019 award in the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the award for \u2018Best Actor\u2019 in the Shorty Awards, both for his performance of Dustin Henderson in\u00a0<em>Stranger Things.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gaten Matarazzo will be a guest for FACTS Spring 2019, on April 6-7 in Flanders Expo Ghent. He will be available for photoshoots, autograph sessions and panels on both days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ts7x7X2kufU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental! Dustin Henderson from Netflix&#8217;<strong> Stranger Things<\/strong> is coming to FACTS! He&#8217;ll be sure to win your heart with his adorable style and incredible acting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3237,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_company_name":"","_job_title":"","_visit_me":"","_email":"","_linkedin":"","_twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatenM123","_facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Gaten-Matarazzo-140068252756331\/","_instagram":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gatenm123\/","_youtube":"","_imdb":"","footnotes":""},"edition":[],"guest_type":[78],"work":[39,40],"class_list":["post-4345","guest","type-guest","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","guest_type-actors","work-les-miserables","work-stranger-things"],"_cover_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guest"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17070,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4345\/revisions\/17070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=4345"},{"taxonomy":"guest_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest_type?post=4345"},{"taxonomy":"work","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work?post=4345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}