Zach Gilford Biography
Zach Gilford (born Zachary Michael Gilford) is an American actor best known for his role on the NBC sports drama Friday Night Lights as Matt Saracen. In 2021, he appeared in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass.
How old is Zach Gilford?- Age
He is 40 years old as of January 2022. Zach was born Zachary Michael Gilford on January 14, 1982, in Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Zach Gilford Education
He attended Evanston Township High School before attending Northwestern University for his bachelor’s degree.
How tall is Zach Gilford?- Height
Zach stands at a height of 5′ 8″ (1.73 m).
Where is Zach Gilford from?-Nationality
He belongs to the Swiedish (mother) and half-Russian Jewish (father) descent thus a mixed ethnicity/heritage. He was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, the United States, and holds American nationality and citizenship by birth.
Zach Gilford Family – Parents
Zach was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, the United States of America to Anne and Steve Gilford. His father is Jewish, and his mother is Lutheran.
Zach Gilford Married- Wife
Gilford began dating actress Kiele Sanchez in 2010, whom he met on the set of The Matadors, a television pilot. The couple announced their engagement in November 2011 and married on December 29, 2012.
Zach Gilford Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series where he starred Matt Saracen playing the role of the sole caretaker for his grandmother Lorraine Saracen (Louanne Stephens). The series follows a high school football team in the fictional town of Dillon, a small, close-knit community in rural West Texas.
Zach Gilford Midnight Mass
Zach starred in Midnight Mass an American supernatural horror playing the role of Riley Flynn, a former venture capitalist who returns to his hometown of Crockett Island after spending four years in prison for killing a teenage girl in a drunk driving accident. The plot centers on an isolated island community that experiences supernatural events after the arrival of a mysterious priest.
Zach Gilford Grey’s Anatomy
Grey’s Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005. He features in as Charlie Lowell. The series follows the life of Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), the daughter of the famous general surgeon Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), starting from her acceptance into the surgical residency program at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital (later named Seattle Grace Mercy West and finally, Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital).
Gilford Career
As a trip leader for Adventures Cross-Country, he began his career by leading his team on wilderness and adventure trips for teenagers in Alaska, British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and the South Pacific. Gilford also worked at Fremont, Michigan’s YMCA Camp Echo. Gilford is a well-known American actor. He was seen in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Gilford was cast as Matt Saracen in the main cast of Friday Night Lights from Season 1 to Season 3 in 2006.
In 2009, Gilford was added to the recurring cast for Seasons 4 and 5. He made his feature film debut the same year as a co-star in The Last Winter. He made a cameo appearance in the film Rise: Blood Hunter and appeared on Grey’s Anatomy. Zach was cast in another Fox medical drama, The Mob Doctor, opposite Jordana Spiro, but it was canceled after 13 episodes. In January 2013, he co-starred in The Last Stand with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Zach Gilford’s Net Worth
Zach has an estimated net worth of between 1 to 6 million dollars.
Zach Gilford The Midnight Club
On the Netflix original horror series The Midnight Club, he plays Mark. Nurse Mark is in charge of overseeing the terminal children’s daily care and listening to those in need.
Zach Gilford Movies
♦ 2023 – There’s Something Wrong with the Children
♦ 2019 – Emmett
♦ 2014 – Devil’s Due
♦ 2014 – The Purge: Anarchy
♦ 2013 – The Last Stand
♦ 2013 – Crazy Kind of Love
♦ 2012 – In Our Nature
♦ 2011 – Answers to Nothing
♦ 2010 – The River Why
♦ 2010 – Super
♦ 2009 – Dare
♦ 2009 – Post Grad
♦ 2007 – Rise: Blood Hunter
♦ 2006 – The Last Winter
Zach Gilford TV Shows
♦ 2023 – The Fall of the House of Usher †
♦ 2022 – The Midnight Club
♦ 2022 – Criminal Minds: Evolution
♦ 2021 – Midnight Mass
♦ 2019–2020 – L.A.’s Finest
♦ 2019 – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
♦ 2018–2021 – Good Girls
♦ 2018–2019 – This Close
♦ 2017 – Kingdom
♦ 2017 – Lifeline
♦ 2016 – The Family
♦ 2015 – Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories
♦ 2014–2019 – Drunk History
♦ 2012–2013 – The Mob Doctor
♦ 2011 – Off the Map
♦ 2009 – Grey’s Anatomy
♦ 2006–2011 – Friday Night Lights
