Gaten Matarazzo belongs to mixed ethnicity and holds an American nationality.
His father is Italian, Hungarian, while his mother is English, Finnish, Scottish, German and Irish.
The Stranger Things actor’s real name is Gaetano, not Gaten. The boy’s grandfather and father share the same name.
Gaten is the first son and second kid of his parents. His mother greeted him at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London. Their family then moved to the Mystic Village, which remains a significant destination for Gaten.
Moreover, Matarazzo was born with a condition known as cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), which he has freely discussed.