Zach Braff

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Zach Braff Wiki Biography

Zachary Israel Braff, commonly known as Zach Braff, is a famous American television director and producer, screenwriter, voice actor, as well as an actor. To the public, Zach Braff is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dr. John Dorian in “Scrubs”, a popular medical comedy-drama series. Created by Bill Lawrence, the series premiered on screens in 2001, and finished its nine-season run in 2010. Aside from Braff, the main characters were played by Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins and John C. McGinley. Over the years, “Scrubs” met with positive critical reviews and was largely praised for its comedic style, and the ability to incorporate such topics as life and death, love and sex. The show received numerous awards, including BET Comedy Awards, Emmy Awards, as well as Peabody Awards. Meanwhile, Braff received several nominations for Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards, and Satellite Awards. Braff’s performance in “Scrubs” gained him a lot of acting opportunities, as he guest starred on such shows as “Arrested Development”, “Saturday Night Live”, “Cougar Town” and “The Exes”. Braff’s most recent project is a comedy-drama film with Josh Gad, Ashley Greene and Kate Hudson “Wish I Was Here”, where he not only served as the main star, but also a director and co-producer.

A well-known actor and director, how rich is Zach Braff? According to sources, he earned as much as $350,000 per every episode of  “Scrubs”. In regards to his overall wealth, Zach Braff’s net worth is estimated to be $22 million, most of which he has earned from his appearances on television screens, as well as directing and producing.

Zach Braff was born in 1975 in New Jersey, United States. Since he had always desired to become a filmmaker, Braff enrolled in a performing arts summer camp called “Stagedoor Manor”, where he received his first award. He then enrolled in the Northwestern University School of Communication, from which he graduated with his degree in 1997. Braff started his professional career in 1989, when he was cast to appear in a television series entitled “High”, yet the pilot of the show was never put to air. As a result of that, Braff starred opposite Meghan Andrews and Avriel Hillman in an episode of “The Baby-Sitters Club”, and then auditioned for “Manhattan Murder Mystery”, directed by Woody Allen. Braff’s mainstream breakthrough came in 2001, when he joined the cast of “Scrubs”, in which he portrayed one of the main characters. In addition to that, Braff was the director of several episodes of the show. In 2004, Braff came out with a comedy-drama film called “Garden State”, which he wrote and directed. Released to positive reviews, “Garden State” brought Braff several nominations for Teen Choice Awards, as well as MTV Movie Awards. The film serves as a reminder that Braff is an extremely talented actor, as well as a director.

In regards to his personal life, Zach Braff started dating the well-known model Taylor Bagley in 2009. However, the couple fell apart in 2014.

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Zach Braff Quick Info

Full Name Zach Braff
Net Worth $22 Million
Date Of Birth April 6, 1975
Place Of Birth South Orange, New Jersey, United States
Height 6 ft (1.83 m)
Profession Actor, Film director, Voice Actor, Television producer, Television Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer
Education Northwestern University School of Communication
Nationality American
Parents Harold Irwin Braff, Anne Brodzinsky
Siblings Adam J. Braff, Joshua Braff, Jessica Kirson, Shoshanna Braff
Nicknames Zachary Israel Braff , Zachary I. Braff , Braff, Zach , Zack Braff , Zachary „Zach“ Israel Braff , Zachary Israel “Zach” Braff
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Awards BET Comedy Awards, Emmy Awards, Peabody Awards
Nominations Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards, Satellite Awards, Teen Choice Awards, MTV Movie Awards
Movies “Scrubs” (2001-2010), “Garden State” (2004), “High”, “Wish I Was Here”
TV Shows “Arrested Development”, “Saturday Night Live”, “Cougar Town”, “The Exes”

Zach Braff Quotes

  • I think – not to push this on anyone – that this is the life we have. There is no afterlife and there’s no cloud that we get to sit on and read the paper. When I fold that into the search for my own spirituality, I want to seize the day. I want to live each moment. I want to make the most of it, because this is it.
  • [on his mother’s conversion to Judaism] Well, my mom converted – she was Protestant – so she doesn’t have any of the stereotypical attributes of a Jewish mother. But she’s amazing. I got all the benefits of having an amazing Jewish mom without having any of the annoying things. I’m a total momma’s boy.
  • [6/25/07, on his MySpace.com Blog] I’m not sure when or why the tabloid angle on me was decided that I am a cad. I would have much rather it had been that I am secretly a dentist or that I love soup. I am, in fact, merely doing what every other single 32-year-old man in NYC is doing this summer. I am dating. If you must read that stuff, please don’t digest it as fact. It is probably one of the only real shitty things one has to get used to when living in the public eye, but I suppose one of the benefits of this blog is that you can hear it directly from me. [on his MySpace.com Blog] [25 June 2007]
  • I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers.
  • My mother’s a psychologist, my stepfather’s a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and my dad’s a lawyer. So it was all prominent in my life. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know someone on some form of prescription medicine.
  • [Responding to E! Ted Casablanca, when asked what he thinks of studio heads] They put all this money into these huge movies, and then no one goes to see them . . . That sort of shows that they’re out of touch. Then, everyone in town passes on my little movie, and it does really well.
  • Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with. Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like. That you love cocaine and that you spend every night in orgies with models. If only it were true.
  • [on casting Natalie Portman in Garden State (2004)] When you are writing a script, you can’t help but stop and daydream about which actors are going to play the parts, and I kind of imagined Natalie Portman. Not just because she is beautiful, because obviously she is, but she is a wonderful actress who hasn’t had a chance in a long time to show the world how talented she is.
  • [on Hollywood’s initial response to his Garden State (2004) script] Everyone said no. Everyone with a date book and a phone in Los Angeles said no.
  • [on working with Woody Allen] That was a very surreal experience: I had studied the script right down to the punctuation marks, and then he would say, “We’re not going to say what’s on the page, and you don’t really have to, either. Try to keep up”.
  • I love The Office (2001). I think it’s the funniest thing – Ricky Gervais is possibly the funniest person I’ve seen in my entire life.
  • I love Scrubs (2001). It’s the best day job in the world.

Zach Braff Important Facts

  • $350,000 /episode (2009-10)
  • $350,000 /episode (2007-08)
  • $350,000 per episode season 7
  • Zach had his Bar Mitzvah ceremony in a Conservative synagogue.
  • Good friends with James Franco. James’ younger brother, Dave Franco, starred as one of the new interns in the final season of Braff’s show Scrubs.
  • Godfather of Donald Faison’s son Rocco.
  • Playing J.D. in NBC’s hit comedy show, Scrubs (2001). [April 2005]
  • In 2012 he became the spokesman for Pur Water Filters.
  • Stepbrother of New York stand-up comedienne Jessica Kirson.
  • Had a small uncredited cameo as a worker in the homeless shelter in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). That film was directed by Gabriele Muccino, who worked with Zach on The Last Kiss (2006).
  • Went to film school with Janae Bakken; they now work together on Scrubs (2001).
  • Close friend with Scrubs (2001) co-star Sarah Chalke.
  • When he sent the script for Garden State (2004) to people, he would also send them a copy of the songs (which he handpicked) that would eventually be the soundtrack. This was in the order in which they appeared.
  • His alma mater, Columbia High School, is in a town (Maplewood, NJ) adjacent to (and is a de facto rival of) Millburn, where Zach’s Scrubs (2001) co-star John C. McGinley grew up and attended high school. Actress Anne Hathaway also attended Millburn High.
  • The actor has cut a one-year deal with Scrubs (2001) producer ABC TV Studio that will pay him about $350,000 per episode for the 2007-2008 season.
  • Some of the events in Garden State (2004) (which Braff wrote and directed) are quirky, exaggerated derivatives of occurrences in his real life.
  • His right leg is an eighth of an inch longer than his left, which led to a herniated disk in late 2006.
  • Directed the music video “Chariot” for singer Gavin DeGraw. Zach Braff’s real-life friend and Scrubs (2001) cast mate, Donald Faison, also made a cameo in the video.
  • On Scrubs (2001), Braff’s character is often called by various girl’s names. Ironically, his first TV role was in an after school special called CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984) (Episode: My Summer as a Girl), in which he poses as a girl to get a summer job.
  • Zach’s father, Harold Irwin “Hal” Braff, is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (from a family from Austria and Russia). Zach’s mother, born Anne Hutchinson Maynard, is from a family of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry (Anne converted to Judaism). Through his mother’s line, Zach is a ninth cousin of politician Mitt Romney. Zach and Mitt are both descendants of Francis Nurse (c. 1619-1695), and of his wife, Rebecca Nurse (1621-1692), a woman who was hanged in the Salem, Massachusetts, witch trials, after being falsely accused of practicing witchcraft.
  • Mandy Moore accompanied him to the Golden Globes in 2006.
  • Is a die-hard fan of the show Lost (2004).
  • Named among Fade In Magazine’s “100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know” in 2005.
  • Graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in film
  • Per his request that she contribute a song to the soundtrack of Garden State (2004), his ex-girlfriend Bonnie Somerville recorded the song “Winding Road” for the film.
  • Auditioned for the role of Drue Valentine on Dawson’s Creek (1998), which eventually went to Mark Matkevich.
  • Attended the same high school as producer Joel Silver (Road House (1989), Die Hard (1988) and Lethal Weapon (1987)) and drummer Max Weinberg (E Street Band, Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1993)).
  • According to an article in The Chicago Sun-Times, when Braff won his Best First Feature Independent Spirit Award for Garden State (2004), his father jumped up from a back table in the room and yelled, “That’s my kid!”.
  • Won a Grammy in February of 2005 for “Best Compilation Soundtrack For A Motion Picture” for Garden State (2004), on which he served as the compilation producer.
  • Parents are divorced, each is remarried, and all get along with one another. Zach’s “four parents” are all at Thanksgiving dinner together every year, with the four children, and the grandchildren.
  • Middle brother, Joshua Braff, and oldest brother, Adam J. Braff have collaborated on screenplays for TV. Sister works in fine dining in a major hotel.
  • The youngest of four children: Adam J. Braff, Joshua Braff (wife, Jill; children, Henry and Ella), and Shoshanna Braff.
  • Is best friends in real life with Scrubs (2001) co-star Donald Faison, who plays Turk.
  • Also attending Columbia High School at the same time was Ahmed Best, better known as the voice of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)’s Jar Jar Binks.
  • Father is an attorney, who also does stage work.
  • Brother, novelist Josh Braff, wrote “The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green.”
  • Attended the same high school as Elisabeth Shue and Andrew Shue. In fact, he grew up around the corner from the Shue family.
  • He has gained praise at film festivals for his directorial debut, Garden State (2004).
  • Member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at Northwestern.
  • Attended the same high school and graduated the same year (1993) as R&B singer and hip-hop MC Lauryn Hill.

Zach Braff Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
In Dubious Battle 2016 Connor Actor
Undateable 2015 TV Series Zach Actor
Inside Amy Schumer 2014 TV Series Rob Actor
Wish I Was Here 2014 Aidan Bloom Actor
Community 2014 TV Series J.D. Actor
Effed! 2013 Short Richie Keys Actor
Oz the Great and Powerful 2013 Frank
Finley
Actor
The Color of Time 2012/II Albert Actor
The Exes 2012 TV Series Chuck Feeney Actor
Cougar Town 2012 TV Series Pizza Guy Actor
The High Cost of Living 2010 Henry Welles Actor
Scrubs 2001-2010 TV Series Dr. John ‘J.D.’ Dorian Actor
Scrubs: Interns 2009 TV Series John ‘J.D.’ Dorian Actor
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ 2007 Video Game Chicken Little (English version, voice) Actor
The Ex 2006 Tom Reilly Actor
Chicken Little: Ace in Action 2006 Video Game Chicken Little (voice) Actor
The Last Kiss 2006 Michael Actor
Arrested Development 2005-2006 TV Series Phillip Litt Actor
Nobody’s Watching 2006 TV Movie Zach Braff Actor
Kingdom Hearts II 2005 Video Game Chicken Little (English version, voice) Actor
Chicken Little 2005 Chicken Little (voice) Actor
Chicken Little 2005 Video Game Chicken Little (voice) Actor
Garden State 2004 Andrew Largeman Actor
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 2002 TV Movie Dr. John ‘J.D.’ Dorian Actor
Clone High 2002 TV Series Paul Revere / X-Stream Mike Actor
Endsville 2000 Dean Actor
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy 2000 Benji Actor
Blue Moon 2000 Young Fred Actor
Getting to Know You 1999 Wesley Actor
CBS Schoolbreak Special 1994 TV Series Tony
Tammy
Actor
Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993 Nick Lipton Actor
The Baby-Sitters Club 1990 TV Series David Cummings Actor
High 1989 TV Movie Actor
Video Games: The Movie 2014 Documentary executive producer Producer
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz 2014 Documentary executive producer Producer
Wish I Was Here 2014 producer Producer
Positive Comment 2010 Short executive producer Producer
Scrubs 2009-2010 TV Series executive producer – 13 episodes Producer
Scrubs: Interns 2009 TV Series executive producer Producer
Night Life 2008 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Going in Style 2017 completed Director
Self Promotion 2015 TV Movie Director
Wish I Was Here 2014 Director
Scrubs 2004-2009 TV Series 7 episodes Director
Night Life 2008 TV Movie Director
Garden State 2004 Director
Lionel on a Sunday 1997 Short Director
Todd’s Pop Song Reviews 2011 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Scrubs TV Series 1 episode, 2001 performer – 11 episodes, 2002 – 2009 Soundtrack
Chicken Little 2005 performer: “We are the Champions” Soundtrack
Wish I Was Here 2014 Writer
Garden State 2004 written by Writer
Lionel on a Sunday 1997 Short Writer
Garden State 2004 executive soundtrack producer – uncredited Music Department
Positive Comment 2010 Short this film was made possible by a generous grant from Miscellaneous
Barely Famous 2016 TV Series special thanks – 1 episode Thanks
Call This a Cry for Help 2007 Video very special thanks Thanks
I Will Follow You Into the Dark 2004 Short special thanks Thanks
Sunday Brunch 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Graham Norton Show 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
MSN Exclusives 2012 TV Series Himself (2013) Self
Rove LA 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2010-2011 TV Series Himself Self
Inconvenient Interviews with Risa 2011 Video short Himself – interviewee Self
The Hour 2011 TV Series Himself Self
Cougar Town 2010 TV Series Himself Self
X-Play 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Zach Braff at 2010 Vail Film Festival 2010 Video short Himself Self
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards 2009 TV Special Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Söndagsparty med Filip och Fredrik 2009 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Speechless 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Live Earth 2007 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The 61st Annual Tony Awards 2007 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Spring Awakening Self
Punk’d 2005-2007 TV Series Himself Self
Saturday Night Live 2007 TV Series Himself – Host Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2001-2007 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2002-2007 TV Series Himself Self
Film Independent’s 2007 Spirit Awards 2007 TV Special Himself Self
E! Live from the Red Carpet 2007 TV Series Himself Self
The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2007 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Self
Film ’72 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Fashion Rocks 2006 TV Movie Himself Self
Total Request Live 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Hatching ‘Chicken Little’ 2006 Video documentary short Self
The 78th Annual Academy Awards 2006 TV Special Chicken Little – Presenter: Best Animated Short Film (voice) Self
Hooked 2006/I Short Himself Self
On the Set: Chicken Little 2005 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2005 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Self
The View 2005 TV Series Himself Self
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards 2005 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 TV Special documentary Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Television Series [Musical or Comedy] Self
The Making of ‘Garden State’ 2004 Video documentary short Himself Self
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade 2004 TV Special Himself Self
The Misbehavers 2004 Documentary Himself Self
The Panel 2004 TV Series Himself Self
Rove Live 2004 TV Series Himself Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2001-2004 TV Series Himself Self
Charlie Rose 2004 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Anatomy of a Scene 2004 TV Series documentary Himself Self
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2004 TV Special Himself Self
MTV Hits 2002-2003 TV Series Himself Self
VH1 Big in 2002 Awards 2002 TV Special Himself Self
The Daily Show 2002 TV Series Himself Self
The 28th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2002 TV Special Himself Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 2001 TV Series Himself Self
The More You Know 1989 TV Series Himself Self
The Masterpiece 2017/II post-production Himself Self
Barely Famous 2016 TV Series Himself Self
The Sixth Lead 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary short Zach Braff Self
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf 2011-2015 TV Series Himself Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones 2015 TV Series Himself Self
Sesame Street 2015 TV Series Himself Self
Circus Halligalli 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Extra 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Made in Hollywood 2013-2014 TV Series Himself Self
The Insider 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Video Games: The Movie 2014 Documentary Himself Self
Live with Kelly and Michael 2004-2014 TV Series Himself Self
Reel Junkie 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Today 2006-2014 TV Series Himself Self
E! News 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Howard Stern Birthday Bash 2014 Video Himself – Audience Member Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2004-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself (segment “Mean Tweets”) Self
The Broadway.com Show 2014 TV Series Himself Self
The 68th Annual Tony Awards 2014 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Bullets Over Broadway Self
The Talk 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Late Show with David Letterman 2002-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
Last Call with Carson Daly 2007-2013 TV Series Himself Self
Brand X with Russell Brand 2013 TV Series Himself Self
Janela Indiscreta 2013 TV Series Himself Self
Conan 2011-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself Self
Vivir de cine 2013 TV Series Himself Self
E! Special: Oz – The Great and Powerful 2013 TV Movie Himself Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2004-2013 TV Series Himself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2008-2013 TV Series Himself Self
Lennon or McCartney 2014 Documentary short Himself Archive Footage
The Graham Norton Show 2012 TV Series Himself Archive Footage

Zach Braff Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2005 COFCA Award Central Ohio Film Critics Association Breakthrough Film Artist Garden State (2004) Won
2005 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Garden State (2004) Won
2005 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Garden State (2004) Won
2005 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Breakthrough Filmmaker Garden State (2004) Won
2004 Crystal Image Award Rhode Island International Film Festival Won
2004 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best New Director Garden State (2004) Won
2004 Pauline Kael Breakout Award Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Garden State (2004) Won
2004 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Breakthrough Performance of the Year Garden State (2004) Won
2004 Hollywood Breakthrough Award Hollywood Film Awards Breakthrough Directing Garden State (2004) Won
2004 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Best Directorial Debut Garden State (2004) Won
2004 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Breakout of the Year – Behind the Camera Garden State (2004) Won
2005 COFCA Award Central Ohio Film Critics Association Breakthrough Film Artist Garden State (2004) Nominated
2005 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Garden State (2004) Nominated
2005 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature Garden State (2004) Nominated
2005 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Breakthrough Filmmaker Garden State (2004) Nominated
2004 Crystal Image Award Rhode Island International Film Festival Nominated
2004 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best New Director Garden State (2004) Nominated
2004 Pauline Kael Breakout Award Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Garden State (2004) Nominated
2004 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Breakthrough Performance of the Year Garden State (2004) Nominated
2004 Hollywood Breakthrough Award Hollywood Film Awards Breakthrough Directing Garden State (2004) Nominated
2004 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Best Directorial Debut Garden State (2004) Nominated
2004 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Breakout of the Year – Behind the Camera Garden State (2004) Nominated