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Zachary Michael Gilford (born January 14, 1982) is an American actor, 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.

Zach Gilford
Born	Zachary Michael Gilford[1] (1982-01-14) January 14, 1982 (age 40) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Northwestern University (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Kiele Sanchez ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	1

Early life and education

Gilford was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Anne and Steve Gilford.[2] His mother is Lutheran, and his father is Jewish.[3] He graduated from Evanston Township High School and Northwestern University.[4][5] He worked as a trip leader for Adventures Cross-Country[6] 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]}

Acting career

In 2005, he appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[7] 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.[8] 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).[9] He had a cameo in the film Rise: Blood Hunter and guest starred in an episode of Grey's Anatomy.[10]

In 2009, he co-starred as Adam Davies in the romantic comedy Post Grad opposite Alexis Bledel.[11] He also starred as Johnny Drake in the romantic drama Dare opposite Emmy Rossum.[12] In 2010, he starred as Gus in the indie drama film The River Why alongside Amber Heard.[13] He had a cameo in the movie Super.

In 2010, he joined the cast of ABC's medical drama Off The Map[14] 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.[15] He played the role of Evan in the drama film Answers to Nothing.[16] In 2012, he starred as Seth in the indie drama film In Our Nature alongside Jena Malone.[17]

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.[18] In January 2013, he appeared with Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Last Stand.[19] He played the role of Matthew Iris in the film Crazy Kind of Love.[20]

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.[21] He also co-starred in the film sequel The Purge: Anarchy, released on July 18, 2014.[22] He guest starred in shows such as Drunk History, Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories and Kingdom.[23] In 2016, he starred as Danny Warren in the ABC drama series The Family.[24] In 2017, Gilford starred as Conner Hooks in the YouTube Red futuristic web series Lifeline.[25]

Since 2018, Gilford has had a recurring role as Gregg in the NBC series Good Girls.[26] In 2019, Gilford was cast as Ben Walker in the Bad Boys spinoff drama L.A.'s Finest.[27] 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. [28]

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 Matadors.[29] The couple became engaged in November 2011,[30] and married on December 29, 2012.[31][32] The couple also co-starred in The Purge: Anarchy. In August 2015, Sanchez announced that she and Gilford were expecting a son in November.[33] In October 2015, they announced that Sanchez had suffered a late-term miscarriage.[34] The couple have one daughter, born in November 2017 through surrogacy.[35]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Handbook to Casual Stalking	Jimmy	Short film
2006	The Last Winter	Maxwell McKinder	Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Sailor
2009	Dare	Johnny Drake
2009	Post Grad	Adam Davies
2010	The River Why	Gus Orviston
2010	Super	Jerry
2011	Answers to Nothing	Evan
2012	In Our Nature	Seth
2013	The Last Stand	Jerry Bailey
2013	Crazy Kind of Love	Matthew
2014	Devil's Due	Zach McCall
2014	The Purge: Anarchy	Shane	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance
2019	Emmett	Gordon
2022	There’s Something Wrong With The Children	Ben

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Law & Order: SVU	Kevin Wilcox	Episode: "Contagious"
2006–2011	Friday Night Lights	Matt Saracen	Main role; 62 episodes
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Charlie Lowell	Episode: "Here's to Future Days"
2011	Off the Map	Dr. Tommy Fuller	13 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 Peters	Episode: "Tornado"
2016	The Family	Daniel "Danny" Warren	12 episodes
2017	Kingdom	Tim	2 episodes
2017	Lifeline	Conner Hooks	8 episodes
2018–present	This Close	Danny	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2018–2021	Good Girls	Gregg	Recurring role, 11 episodes
2019–2020	L.A.'s Finest	Ben Walker	Main role; 26 episodes
2019	Law & Order: SVU	James Miller	Episode: "The Burden of Our Choices"
2021	Midnight Mass	Riley Flynn	7 episodes
2022	The Midnight Club	Mark
2022	Criminal Minds: Evolution	Elias Voit	Recurring role
TBA	The Fall of the House of Usher	TBA	Post-production

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song	Notes
2011	Taylor Swift	"Ours"	Taylor Swift's love interest

References

External links

• Zach Gilford at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Zach Gilford

Zach Gilford (* 14. Januar 1982 in Evanston, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, der vor allem durch seine Rolle als Matt Saracen in der vielgelobten NBC-Fernsehserie Friday Night Lights bekannt ist.

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[es] Zach Gilford

Zach Gilford (nacido el 14 de enero de 1982) es un actor estadounidense conocido por su papel de Matt Saracen en Friday Night Lights, serie de televisión de la NBC.

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[ru] Гилфорд, Зак

Зак Ги́лфорд (англ. Zach Gilford; род. 14 января 1982, Эванстон, Иллинойс, США) — американский актёр, известный по роли в телесериале «Огни ночной пятницы», а также по ролям в фильмах «Возвращение героя» и «Судная ночь 2».

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