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Zachary Woods (born September 25, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is best known for his roles as a series regular for three seasons as Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom The Office, as Jared Dunn on the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley, as Zach Harper on the USA Network sitcom Playing House, and as Matt Spencer on the HBO comedy show Avenue 5. He also recurred on the HBO series Veep as Ed Webster.

Zach Woods
Woods at SXSW 2016
Born	(1984-09-25) September 25, 1984 (age 38) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Years active	2004–present

Early life

Woods was born in Trenton, New Jersey.[1] He is Jewish.[2] His father is a psychiatrist who specializes in clinical therapy, and his mother is a nurse practitioner.[2] Woods is a middle child; he has an older brother and younger sister.[2] In 1997 and 1998, he attended summer camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts.[3] He grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsbury High School in 2003. He is a graduate of New York University.[4]

Career

Woods started performing improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre at age 16 and was a part of the improvisational sketch troupe "The Stepfathers", whose members included Bobby Moynihan and Chris Gethard.[5] He has taught improv at Columbia University, Duke University and Lincoln Center.[6] He has appeared in such films as In the Loop and The Other Guys, and appeared in the CollegeHumor skits "Adam and Eve in the Friend Zone" and "The Infinisphere".

He is known for starring as Awkward Boy, the protagonist in the YouTube video series The Most Awkward Boy in the World.[7] In 2010, he appeared as a zombie in a Starburst candy commercial.[8]

Starting in 2010, he portrayed Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom The Office. He was promoted to series regular beginning in season 7.[9]

From 2014-2019, he co-starred as Jared on HBO's Silicon Valley. He also appeared on HBO's Veep as Ed Webster.

Beginning in January 2020, he had a role as Matt Spencer, Head of Customer Relations for Avenue 5, a science-fiction comedy TV series created by Armando Iannucci that premiered on HBO in the United States.

Woods had a role in the action comedy Spy (2015), directed by Paul Feig,[10] and appeared in Feig's film Ghostbusters in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Terrorists	Drugstore Cashier
2009	Strangers	Man	Short film
2009	In the Loop	Chad
2009	The Honkys	O.G	Short film
2010	Flipped	Michael
2010	The Other Guys	Douglas
2011	High Road	Tommy
2011	Andy and Zach	Zach	Short film
2011	Damsels in Distress	Rick DeWolfe
2012	Rich Girl Problems	Duncan	Short film
2013	The Heat	Paramedic
2015	Spy	Man in Purple Tie
2016	Other People	Paul
2016	Ghostbusters	Garrett
2016	Mascots	Mike Murray
2017	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Zane	Voice
2017	Zane's Stand Up Promo		Voice Short film
2017	The Post	Anthony Essaye
2019	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Carl	Voice
2020	Downhill	Zach
2020	David	—	Short film Director, writer and producer
2021	Bud	—	Short film Director, writer and producer
2022	Spin Me Round	Dana

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	My Wife, the Ghost	Geets Wilson	1 episode
2006	Sexual Intercourse: American Style	Ted	1 episode
2009	Washingtonienne	Mark	1 episode
2011	Funny or Die Presents	Stuart	1 episode
2010–13	The Office	Gabe Lewis	Main role, 51 episodes Nominated – SAG Award for Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2011–12)
2011	Bored to Death	Super Ray fan	1 episode
2012–15	The League	Lane	3 episodes
2013–14	Veep	Ed Webster	3 episodes
2013	Arrested Development	Trippler	episode
2013–16	The Good Wife	Jeff Dellinger	4 episodes
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	The Remarkable Greg	1 episode
2014	Kroll Show	Cal Culvers	1 episode
2014–19	Silicon Valley	Donald "Jared" Dunn	Main role, 53 episodes
2014–17	Playing House	Zach Harper	Main role, 8 episodes
2015	Drunk History	Lee Duncan	1 episode
2016	Animals.	Brian (voice)	1 episode
2016	Better Things	Zach	1 episode
2017–18	Big Mouth	Daniel / Sock (voice)	2 episodes
2020–present	Avenue 5	Matt Spencer	Main role, 10 episodes
2020	The Simpsons	Zane Furlong (voice)	Episode: "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Podcast	Gabe Lewis	3 episodes

References

External links

• Zach Woods at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Zach Woods

Zach Woods (* 25. September 1984 in Virginia Beach, Virginia) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Komiker.

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- [en] Zach Woods

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[ru] Вудс, Зак

Зак Вудс (англ. Zach Woods; род. 25 сентября 1984) — американский актёр и комик. Наиболее известен по роли Джареда Данна в комедийном сериале HBO «Кремниевая долина». До этого у него была главная роль в трёх сезонах ситкома «Офис», где он играл Гейба Льюиса.

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