Zach Gilford
Biography
Zachary Michael Gilford is an American actor born on January 14, 1982, in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is best known for his television role as Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights. In his television career, he has appeared in several subsequent series. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass. He later appeared in the horror mystery-thriller series The Midnight Club in 2022. Following this, he took on a main role in the horror drama miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher in 2023. As an actor, he holds forty-four known credits on the database.
Career overview
Zachary Michael Gilford is an American actor born on January 14, 1982, in Evanston, Illinois. He is best known for his television work, notably playing the role of Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights.
Continuing his television career, Gilford starred in several streaming projects in recent years. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass. He followed this with an appearance in the horror mystery-thriller series The Midnight Club in 2022. In 2023, he took on a main role in the horror drama miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher.
With a career spanning multiple notable television projects, Gilford has accumulated forty-four known acting credits according to archival records. His work encompasses both long-running dramatic television and limited series in the horror genre.
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- Evil Dead Wrath (2028)
- After All (2025) as Bobby
- After Midnight (2024) as Self
- The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) as Young Roderick Usher
- There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023) as Ben
- Classmates (2023) as Professor Walsmith
- The Midnight Club (2022) as Mark
- The Disappearance of Cari Farver (2022) as Dave Kroupa
- Midnight Mass (2021) as Riley Flynn
- L.A.'s Finest (2019) as Ben Walker
- Boy Genius (2019) as Gordon
- Good Girls (2018) as Gregg
- This Close (2018) as Danny
- Lifeline (2017) as Conner Hooks
- Lifeline (2017) Producer
- The Family (2016) as Danny Warren
- Kingdom (2014) as Tim
- The Purge: Anarchy (2014) as Shane
- Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories (2014) as Matt Peters
- Devil's Due (2014) as Zach McCall
- Drunk History (2013) as Jim Abbott
- The Last Stand (2013) as Jerry Bailey
- Crazy Kind of Love (2013) as Matthew
- The Mob Doctor (2012) as Dr. Brett Robinson
- In Our Nature (2012) as Seth
- Off the Map (2011) as Dr. Tommy Fuller
- Answers to Nothing (2011) as Evan
- Super (2010) as Jerry
- Buccaneers & Bones (2010)
- Matadors (2010) as Alex Galloway
- The River Why (2010) as Gus
- Greenlit (2010) as Himself
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Post Grad (2009) as Adam Davies
- Dare (2009) as Johnny Drake
- Rise: Blood Hunter (2007) as Sailor
- The Making of 'The Last Winter' (2007) as Self
- Friday Night Lights (2006) as Matt Saracen
- The Last Winter (2006) as Maxwell McKinder
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Charlie Lowell
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Elias Voit
- Criminal Minds (2005) Director
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Kevin Wilcox
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as James Miller
- Teen Choice Awards (1999) as Self
- A.I. Heart U as Hayden
- Pink Eye as Harris