Zach Braff American Actor Born 1975 in South Orange

Zach Braff (6 April 1975, South Orange) is an American actor. He is known for playing J.D. in Scrubs (2001).

Early life

He attended Northwestern University School of Communication, Northwestern University and Columbia High School.

Career

The earliest of his listed screen credits is Manhattan Murder Mystery, from 1993. His 1990s credits include Getting to Know You (1999). During the 2000s, he worked on Garden State (2004) and Cougar Town (2009). Work from the 2010s includes Wish I Was Here (2014) and The Disaster Artist (2017). The Comeback Trail (2020) and Moonshot (2022) are among his 2020s credits.

In total, 25 films and 5 TV series are listed from 1993 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (5), followed by comedy (3) and romantic comedy (3). The list ends, for now, with Scrubs (2026) (2026). Of his two titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) has the highest, at $493 million. Beyond acting, the credits show him as director on 6 titles, including Going in Style, and writer on 3 titles, including A Good Person.

Sarah Chalke appears in three of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Courteney Cox (two titles) and Bryan Cranston (two titles). James Franco directed two of his titles on record, among them In Dubious Battle (2016).

Recognition

He won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2005 for Garden State – Music From the Motion Picture.