Geitan Matarazzo is a very young American actor. He is only sixteen, but he is already known all over the world. After playing the role of Dustin in the famous Netflix TV series “Very Strange Things, ” Matarazzo became a real world star. The publication Time included the name of Geiten in the list of the most influential teenagers who can change the world.
Geiten has suffered from a rare genetic disease since childhood - clavicular-cranial dysostosis. But this did not stop him from finding strength not only to restore his own health, but also to realize his dreams.
Today, Geiten is actively developing his own program to help children with physical disabilities.
Facts from the biography
The boy was born in the United States in the fall of 2002. He spent his early years in New Jersey, where his family moved from Connecticut almost immediately after his birth.
The family brings up two more children. Gaiten's older sister is called Sabrina, and his younger brother is Carmen.
Geiten was born with a rare genetic disease - clavicular-cranial dysostosis, in which bone tissue is deformed. He has a congenital change in the skeleton, the absence of collarbones and teeth. Despite such a serious illness, the child grew up very cheerful and cheerful. From childhood, he showed creative abilities and dreamed of acting in films. The family made every effort to ensure that Geiten always felt the love, attention and care of people close to him.
Already in childhood, he underwent a series of operations that helped partially restore health. The form of Geithen's disease is quite mild, as doctors say, so treatment gives positive results.
He will have a long treatment and a series of operations, but already today Geiten feels himself to be an absolutely full-fledged person.
Of course, he was different from his peers. But thanks to his light and cheerful character, sociability and cheerfulness, he always found a common language with anyone. The lack of teeth never prevented him from having fun and smiling widely, and poor diction was not an obstacle in communication.
Geiten was fond of creativity and especially cinema from early childhood, although he realized that he would never become a handsome, superhero and sex symbol that attracted female attention. Performing on stage and filming a movie was his dream, to which he aspired with all his might.
In school, Geiten tried to participate in all performances and festive events conducted by students. He was perfectly able to demonstrate his acting talent even in elementary grades.
Creative way
After the family moved to New York, Geiten first appeared on the stage. From that moment began his creative career. He played the role of Benjamin in the play "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", which was on Broadway in the Palace Theater.
Then he managed to qualify for the role of Gavrosh in a theatrical production based on the novel by V. Hugo's Les Miserables. The famous performance successfully went on Broadway at the Imperial Theater in 2014.
There, Geitan met and made friends with the young actor Caleb McLaughlin. Later, he will be with him on the set of the series "Very Strange Things".
In 2015, Geiten went to the casting of Netflix's new mystical project, Very Strange Things. He surprised and conquered the producers and directors of the series so much that he was almost immediately approved for one of the main roles. Substantial changes were made to the original script, especially for the role of Geiten.
In the project, Matarazzo played the role of Dustin - one of three school friends investigating amazing and strange things that began to happen in a small town after the disappearance of their friend Michael.
Geiten starred in the project all three seasons and was very fond of viewers around the world. Two seasons of the project have already been released, and the third will only appear in July 2019.
The work of the entire cast was highly appreciated by the audience and film critics, having received several awards and nominations, including: Saturn, Golden Globe, Emmy, MTV, Guilds of Actors.
