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Zach Gilford

  • Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, USA
  • Birthday: January 14, 1982

Actor Zach Gilford, a native of Evanston, IL and graduate of Northwestern University, where he starred in theater productions of "Equus" and "The Laramie Project," had his first starring role on the critically acclaimed, but under-watched "Friday Night Lights" (NBC, 2006-07), Peter Berg's television adaptation of his 2004 film about life in a small Texas town fixated on its winning high school football team. In the television version, Gilford played backup quarterback Matt Saracen, a 16-year-old kid trying to d…more

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Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Acted opposite Robert Forster and Lucy Liu in the action drama "Rise"

  • 2006

    First television starring role, as high school football player Matt Saracen, on the NBC sports drama "Friday Night Lights"

  • 2003

    Onscreen acting debut in "Handbook to Casual Stalking"