Zach Gilford

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Zach Gilford
Born
Zachary Michael Gilford [1]

(1982-01-14) January 14, 1982 (age 41)
Education Northwestern University (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
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(m. 2012)​
Children2

Zachary Michael Gilford (born January 14, 1982 [2] ) is an American actor, best known for his role as Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights . In 2021, he starred in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass . In 2022, he appeared in the horror mystery-thriller series The Midnight Club , and in 2023, he had a main role in the horror drama miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher .

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Early life and education

Gilford is the son of Anne and Steve Gilford. [3] His mother is Lutheran, and his father is Jewish. [4] He graduated from Evanston Township High School and Northwestern University. [5] [6] He worked as a trip leader for Adventures Cross-Country [7] and has led wilderness and adventure trips for teenagers to Alaska, British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and the South Pacific. Gilford also worked as a staff member for YMCA Camp Echo in Fremont, Michigan.[ citation needed ]

Career

In 2005, he appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . [8] In 2006, Gilford landed a regular role in Friday Night Lights , in which he played the role of Matt Saracen in the main cast, from Season 1 to Season 3. [9] In 2009, Gilford was switched to the recurring cast in Seasons 4 and 5. That year, he also made his feature film debut, co-starring in The Last Winter (2006). [10] He had a cameo in the film Rise: Blood Hunter and guest starred in an episode of Grey's Anatomy . [11]

In 2009, he co-starred as Adam Davies in the romantic comedy Post Grad opposite Alexis Bledel. [12] He also starred as Johnny Drake in the romantic drama Dare opposite Emmy Rossum. [13] In 2010, he starred as Gus in the indie drama film The River Why alongside Amber Heard. [14] He had a cameo in the movie Super .

In 2010, he joined the cast of ABC's medical drama Off The Map [15] which premiered in January 2011 but was cancelled after 13 episodes. In 2011, he appeared in Taylor Swift's music video for "Ours", in which he played her love interest. [16] He played the role of Evan in the drama film Answers to Nothing . [17] In 2012, he starred as Seth in the indie drama film In Our Nature alongside Jena Malone. [18]

In 2012, he was cast in another medical drama, The Mob Doctor , on Fox, opposite Jordana Spiro; however this was also cancelled after 13 episodes. [19] In January 2013, he appeared with Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Last Stand . [20] He played the role of Matthew Iris in the film Crazy Kind of Love . [21]

He co-starred alongside Allison Miller in the horror film Devil's Due (2014), set in New Orleans and the Dominican Republic, and released on January 17, 2014. [22] He also co-starred in the film sequel The Purge: Anarchy , released on July 18, 2014. [23] He guest starred in shows such as Drunk History , Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories and Kingdom . [24] In 2016, he starred as Danny Warren in the ABC drama series The Family . [25] In 2017, Gilford starred as Conner Hooks in the YouTube Red futuristic web series Lifeline . [26]

Since 2018, Gilford has had a recurring role as Gregg in the NBC series Good Girls . [27] In 2019, Gilford was cast as Ben Walker in the Bad Boys spinoff drama L.A.'s Finest. [28] Zach also held a leading role in Midnight Mass released in 2021. In 2022, Gilford was cast in a recurring role as Elias Voit, the series recurring unsub in Criminal Minds: Evolution . [29] His real life spouse Kiele Sanchez joins the series as his wife Sydney Voit. [30]

Personal life

In the spring of 2010, Gilford began dating actress Kiele Sanchez, whom he met on the set of the television pilot for the TV movie Matadors. [31] The couple became engaged in November 2011, [32] and married on December 29, 2012. [33] [34] The couple also co-starred in The Purge: Anarchy . In August 2015, Sanchez announced that she and Gilford were expecting a son in November. [35] In October 2015, they announced that Sanchez had suffered a late-term miscarriage. [36] The couple have one daughter, born in November 2017 through surrogacy. [37]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Handbook to Casual StalkingJimmyShort film
2006 The Last Winter Maxwell McKinderNominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2007 Rise: Blood Hunter Sailor
2009 Dare Johnny Drake
Post Grad Adam Davies
2010 The River Why Gus Orviston
Super Jerry
2011 Answers to Nothing Evan
2012 In Our Nature Seth
2013 The Last Stand Jerry Bailey
Crazy Kind of Love Matthew
2014 Devil's Due Zach McCall
The Purge: Anarchy ShaneNominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance
2019EmmettGordon
2023 There's Something Wrong with the Children Ben

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kevin WilcoxEpisode: "Contagious"
2006–2011 Friday Night Lights Matt Saracen Main role; 62 episodes
2009 Grey's Anatomy Charlie LowellEpisode: "Here's to Future Days"
2011 Off the Map Dr. Tommy Fuller13 episodes
2012–2013 The Mob Doctor Dr. Brett Robinson
2014–2019 Drunk History Jim Abbott / Roger Sharpe / Ed Pulaski 3 episodes
2015 Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories Matt PetersEpisode: "Tornado"
2016 The Family Daniel "Danny" Warren12 episodes
2017 Kingdom Tim2 episodes
Lifeline Conner Hooks8 episodes
2018–2019 This Close DannyRecurring role, 8 episodes
2018–2021 Good Girls GreggRecurring role, 11 episodes
2019–2020 L.A.'s Finest Ben WalkerMain role; 26 episodes
2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit James MillerEpisode: "The Burden of Our Choices"
2021 Midnight Mass Riley Flynn7 episodes
2022 The Midnight Club Mark
Criminal Minds: Evolution Elias VoitRecurring role
2023 The Fall of the House of Usher Young Roderick UsherMain role

Music videos

YearArtistSongNotes
2011 Taylor Swift "Ours"Taylor Swift's love interest

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