Gaten Matarazzo is a young American actor who is very successful on television. He kicked off his career with a role in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Benjamin and currently stars as Dustin Henderson in the sci-fi series Stranger Things.
His personality is not without controversy as there is another who has the same name as his. Find out all the details of this mixed identity affair in addition to some background information on the young actor.
Who is Gaten Matarazzo? His age
Whose full name is Gaten John Matarazzo III was born at the turn of the millennium; the year 2002, on September 8 in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, to Gaten Matarazzo Sr. and Heather Matarazzo. He has two other siblings named Sabrina and Carmen Matarazzo who have featured in TV commercials.
He was born with a rare form of a genetic disorder known as cleidocranial dysplasia, which delays the development of bones in the skull, face and teeth. This is a mild form of the disease, as it has been classified as non-genetic. He was born without a collarbone, still has baby teeth and uses dentures to heal himself. On the plus side, Gaten is using her fame as a TV celebrity to raise awareness about the disease. As a student, he was bullied by an older student who couldn’t understand why his shoulders were the same.
Today, the young celebrity raises awareness and funds for CCD Smiles, an organization that subsidizes the cost of oral surgeries for patients with cleidocranial dysostosis. Her sister recently launched a Facebook campaign to raise money for the organization, just as her t-shirt line donates its profits directly to the CCD Smiles coffers. On his social media pages, he keeps his fans informed about the various events he will be attending and also encourages them to donate to CCD Smiles.
Gaten Matarazzo started his acting career at an early age. He played the character of Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace Theater and in 2014 the role of Gavroche/Petit Gervais was staged by him in Les Miserables which was shown on stage at the Imperial Theater.
He made his television debut in 2015 on Episode: The Kenyon Family (#71) of The Blacklist as Finn. Dustin Henderson is obviously his biggest role he’s played since 2016 in Stranger Things. In 2017, he made an appearance in episode 7 of season 10 of the film titled Ridicule as himself and in the same year he made three notable appearances in music videos like Swish Swish by Katy Perry starring Nicki Minaj, The Lives of the Lost Boys by Darren & Chuck Criss and finally Jimmy Fallon’s 2017 Golden Globes Opener.
For his work thus far in the entertainment industry, Gaten Matarazzo has been shortlisted four times for two awards. He won the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for his role in Stranger Things, in addition to winning the Shorty Awards for Best Actor in Stranger Things.
Is he a relationship with Heather Matarazzo?
Gaten Matarazzo’s fame has taken an interesting turn, he shares the same last name with the actress who played the character Lilly in Princess Diaries. It gets all the more interesting as his mother has the exact same name with said actress – Heather Matarazzo. Now the question people are asking is “is he in a relationship with Heather Matarazzo?”
Well, to answer that, Heightline.com did some research and identity verification of the two thespians and found a tweet from Heather in 2016 in which she categorically claimed that she was in no way related to the young talent Gaten Matarazzo. Also note that Heather is unmarried and has not given birth yet.
Having established the first fact that the two TV stars are unrelated, the foundation is now ready to question Gaten’s inclusion in the confusion. Gaten Matarazzo’s mother’s name is Heather Matarazzo, exactly the same name as the Princess Diary “Actress. It could just be two different people with the same name. While we have a certain Heather Matarazzo as a actress, we have another Heather Matarazzo as the mother of an actor.
The Princess Diary Actress – Heather Matarazzo has her full name as Heather Christina Marie Matarazzo and she was born on November 10, 1982 at Oyster Bay in New York. She is the daughter of Camile (mother) and Ray Matarazzo (father, data processing manager). Heather was adopted and raised by the Matarazzos. She is of Irish descent and grew up in an American Catholic family.
Net value
Gaten is still a young actor and money shouldn’t be his main concern these days, it should be paramount to advancing his career. Nevertheless, he is well paid for the work he has done so far. Thanks to these emoluments, the young actor accumulated a fortune which, according to some sources, has been kept by around 2 million dollars, while others suggest that he earns as much as 4 million dollars.
