Happy Birthday To Stranger Things’s Gaten Matarazzo

Today is Gaten Matarazzo’s birthday, and today he turns 19 years old. It’s crazy to think that he’s that old already! He was born today, September 8, 2002 in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Here is a list of interesting facts:

Fun facts about Gaten Matarazzo:

  • Before starring in Stranger Things, Gaten stared in a single episode of NBC’s The Blacklist.
  • Three years after the first season of Stranger Things, Netflix gave Gaten his own show called Prank Encounters.
  • Gaten got his start first on Broadway in 2011 staring in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
  • Gaten suffers from cleidocranial dysplasia, or CCD, a condition that affects the development of bones and teeth.
  • Gaten has used his success as an actor to support people who suffer from CCD and to help bring attention to the disorder.
  • As we’ve shared before, here are some Stranger Things Comics to fill your time with as you wait for the next season to start!

    The Other Side
     
    Following the lost time of Will Byers not covered in the series, during the first season of the show. See what happened to him after he is taken to the Upside Down by the Demogorgon, and how he survived.
    Six
     
    Telling the tale in more depth, this series follows Six during her time at the Hawkins National Laboratory before her escape during the first season of the show. If you wanted to see more of what was only hinted at, then this prequel will fill in the gaps.
    Into The Fire
     
    Years after escaping Hawkins Lab, two of Dr. Brenner’s former subjects seek to live normal lives. When news reaches them that the lab was shut down they go on a harrowing search for Nine, a powerful pyrokinetic, whose shattered psyche threatens to burn them all to ashes if they can’t find her and free her from her own malevolent imagination.

    What are you hoping to see during the next season of Stranger Things?

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