Andrew Matarazzo

{{Short description|Brazilian-American actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Andrew Matarazzo | image = | caption = | birth_name = Andréa Matarazzo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997 |3|4}} | birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil | occupation = {{hlist|actor|singer|author}} | years_active = 2011–present | relatives = {{ubl|Ciccillo Matarazzo (great-great-uncle)|Jade Matarazzo (mother)|Count Francesco Matarazzo (great-great-great-uncle)}} }} '''Andrew Matarazzo''' (born March 4, 1997) is a Brazilian-American actor, singer and author, best known for joining the cast of the MTV television series ''Teen Wolf'' in its final season, and for writing the apocalyptic BEDLAM Trilogy: BEDLAM (2023), SWEVEN (2024), and ZENITH (2025).<ref>[https://www.andrewmatarazzo.com, "Official Website", Accessed February 2026, Andrew Matarazzo]</ref><ref>[https://www.flaunt.com/post/andrew-matarazzo-bedlam, "Andrew Matarazzo on His New Book Trilogy BEDLAM", 2023, Flaunt]</ref><ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2023/12/andrew-matarazzo-bedlam-trilogy-1235880533/, "'BEDLAM Trilogy: Interview with Andrew Matarazzo", December 2023, IndieWire]</ref>

==Early life== Matarazzo was born in São Paulo, Brazil but raised mostly in Miami, Florida as part of a diverse, multilingual family where he grew up speaking Portuguese, English and Spanish. 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jadematarazzo.com/bio.html|title=BIO|website=jadematarazzo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref> Although he had performed on stage since childhood, Matarazzo only decided to branch into film after seeing River Phoenix in ''Stand by Me''.<ref name="TWN">{{cite web|url=https://www.teenwolfnews.com/single-post/2017/07/25/Who-Plays-Gabe-On-Teen-Wolf|title=Andrew Matarazzo interview|work=Teen Wolf News|accessdate=July 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803162049/https://www.teenwolfnews.com/single-post/2017/07/25/Who-Plays-Gabe-On-Teen-Wolf|archive-date=2017-08-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref name="resume">{{cite web|url=http://www.lacasting.com/andrewmatarazzo|title=Andrew Matarazzo bio|work=LA Casting|accessdate=July 24, 2017}}</ref>

==Career== {{BLP sources section|date=December 2025}} 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.

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 arc. After seeing his work, Davis and the show's writers extended the role through the series finale and made Matarazzo's character Gabe one of the season's primary villains.<ref name="TWN"/>

== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2013 | ''West Hollywood Motel''<ref name="out">{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/07/16/trailer-west-hollywood-motel-matt-riddlehoover|title=West Hollywood Motel review|work=OUT Magazine|accessdate=July 24, 2017}}</ref> | Alex | |- | 2015 | ''Entourage'' | Raver Kid | Uncredited |- | 2021 | ''He's All That'' | Logan | |- | 2021 | ''Alalia'' | Leo | (Short) |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2014 | ''Faking It'' | Manolo | Episode: "Lust in Translation" |- | 2015 | ''Criminal Minds'' | Eddie Butler | Episode: "Outlaw" |- |2015 | ''Girls'' | Dean | Episode "Ask Me My Name" |- |2015 | ''Royal Pains'' | Vincent | Episode "Leading Me A Shoulder" |- | 2017 | ''Speechless'' | Aaron | Episode: "D-I-DING" |- | 2017 | ''Teen Wolf'' | Gabe | Recurring role; 7 episodes |- | 2017 | ''Jane the Virgin'' | Flaco | Recurring role |- | 2020 | ''Solar Opposites'' | Pedro | Episode: "The Quantum Ring" |- | 2020 | ''Acting for a Cause'' | Oberon / Theseus | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |- | 2021 | ''All Rise'' | Alfredo Castro | Episode: "Safe to Fall" |- | 2022 | ''Acting for a Cause'' | Caska | Episode: "Julius Caesar LIVE!" |}

== Author == The BEDLAM Trilogy—BEDLAM (2023), SWEVEN (2024), and ZENITH (2025)—is a series that was initially serialized online and later published commercially. The trilogy follows young survivors forced to confront infected creatures, fractured alliances, and the moral weight of rebuilding a world that may never return to what it once was. At its core, the series examines survival, the power of chosen family, and the difficult work of rebuilding something hopeful from the ruins of collapse.<ref>[https://www.andrewmatarazzo.com/books, "Books by Andrew Matarazzo", Accessed February 2026, Andrew Matarazzo]</ref><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/andrew-matarazzo-bedlam-trilogy-1234887442/, "Andrew Matarazzo Discusses His BEDLAM Trilogy", January 2024, Rolling Stone]</ref><ref>[https://www.booksamillion.com/p/bedlam/andrew-matarazzo/andrew-matarazzo/9781736832102, "BEDLAM by Andrew Matarazzo", Books-A-Million]</ref>

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== External links ==  * {{IMDb name|4435680}} * {{Twitter|andrewmatarazzo}}

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