Zach Gilford
Actor
Birth Name: Zach Gilford
Birth Date: January 14, 1982
Age: 43 years old
Birth Place: Evanston, Illinois
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 deal with his absentee mother and his father serving in Iraq, who is thrust into the spotlight during the first game of the season when the team's starting quarterback (Scott Porter) suffers a serious injury.
Gilford drew upon his own gridiron experiences when he played ball at Evanston Township High School, where he suffered from an injury that led him to discover acting. Prior to his stint on "Friday Night Lights," Gilford appeared in an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999- ), then had a small part in his first feature film, "The Last Winter" (2005), an indie thriller about the surviving members of an oil drilling crew struggling to traverse the Northern Alaskan landscape after the rest of the team loses their grip on reality.
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After MidnightStream
The Fall of the House of UsherStream
There's Something Wrong With the Children
There's Something Wrong With the ChildrenStream
ClassmatesStream
It's Not Only Football: Friday Night Lights and Beyond
The Midnight ClubStream
Access Daily With Mario & Kit
The Disappearance of Cari FarverStream
Midnight MassStream
L.A.'s FinestStream
L.A.'s Finest: Extras
Boy Genius
This Close: Extras
Good GirlsStream
This CloseStream
Lifeline
The FamilyStream
Devil's Due
The Purge: AnarchyStream
Drunk HistoryStream
The Last StandStream
The Mob Doctor
In Our Nature
Crazy Kind of Love
Off the Map
Answers to Nothing
The River Why
Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream
Post GradStream
Dare
Chelsea Lately
Friday Night LightsStream
Friday Night LightsStream
Rachael Ray Show
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The Last Winter
Criminal Minds: EvolutionStream
Criminal Minds: EvolutionStream
Grey's AnatomyStream
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStream
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