Andrew Matarazzo is a Los Angeles-based actor best known for joining the cast of the MTV television series Teen Wolf in Season 6B. He plays a young hunter named Gabe.
Early Life
Matarazzo was raised mostly in Miami, Florida as part of a diverse, multilingual family where he grew up speaking Spanish, Portuguese, and English.
His mother Jade Matarazzo is a leader at the forefront of the Latino arts community both for her own work and helping expose other international artists to American audiences. Although he'd performed on stage since childhood, Matarazzo only decided to branch into film after seeing River Phoenix in Stand By Me.
He studied in Thorpe, Surrey near London at the American School in England (TASIS) as well as spending some time at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles.
Career
In Los Angeles, Matarazzo, landed roles in a series of festival circuit short films that ran at Tribeca Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. He went on to play small roles in several television shows including HBO's Girls, MTV's Faking It, Criminal Minds on CBS, and Speechless on ABC.
Teen Wolf
Matarazzo auditioned for Teen Wolf in 2016 but did not get the part for which he read.
Two weeks later, Teen Wolf executive producer Jeff Davis contacted the actor to say they wanted Matarazzo for a three-episode story arc.
He describes his first day on the job as "intense".
- “I was thrown into it pretty quick. My first scene was with (Dylan) Sprayberry, and we had an intense scene, so I didn’t have time to be shy."
After seeing his work, Davis and the show's writers extended the role to seven episodes and made Matarazzo's character Gabe one of the season's primary villains.
- "Our hope was that the dailies would come back and we’d be impressed enough with Andrew’s work to expand his character. He did a fantastic job, more than fulfilling our expectations. When things click on set, when an actor brings a quality to a role that surprises you or sometimes when they just look really good aiming a crossbow, that’s when we’re more than happy to keep bringing them back.”
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Entourage | Raver Kid | Uncredited |
| 2021 | Alalia | Leo | (Short) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Faking It | Manolo | Episode: "Lust in Translation" |
| 2015 | Girls | Dean | Episode: "Ask Me My Name" |
| 2015 | Criminal Minds | Eddie Butler | Episode: "Outlaw" |
| 2015 | Royal Pains | Vincent | Episode: "Lending a Shoulder" |
| 2017 | Speechless | Aaron | Episode: "D-I-DING" |
| 2017 | Teen Wolf | Gabe | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 2020 | Solar Opposites | Pedro | Episode: "The Quantum Ring" |
| 2020 | All Rise | Alfredo Castro | Episode: "Safe to Fall" |
| 2020 | Acting for a Cause | Oberon / Theseus | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
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