Zach Braff
Zachary Israel "Zach" Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. Braff first became known in 2001 for his role as Dr. John Dorian on the TV series Scrubs, which earned him his first Emmy nomination. Braff remained working on Scrubs for eight years, until he announced his departure as an actor, his last episode airing in December 2009. Braff has, however, taken an executive producer's role on the series. In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State, a coming of age film. Braff returned to his home state of New Jersey to shoot the film, which was produced on a budget of $2.5 million. The film made over $35 million at the box office as well as profiting from DVD sales, and was praised by critics, giving Braff his first financial success and critical acclaim in film work. Braff wrote the film, starred in it, and selected and produced the soundtrack record, for which he won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005. Braff is also known for starring in the films The Last Kiss and The Ex, and for his vocal work on Chicken Little. In 1993, he had a supporting role in Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery – a role that would mark his film debut. Braff states that he will continue to write and direct films in the coming years.
78 acting credits · 13 directing credits
Acting · 78
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Conan
2010
Scrubs
2001
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
BoJack Horseman
2014
Arrested Development
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Good Mythical Morning
2012
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Punk'd
2003
Cougar Town
2009
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
The Reichen Show
2005
Scrubs
2026
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
The Exes
2011
TRL
1998
Bookie
2023
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Bad Monkey
2024
Clone High
2002
Chicken Little
2005
Live from E!
2002
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
Today
1952
Circus Halligalli
2013
Undateable
2014
Bill Nye Saves the World
2017
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
Long Story Short
2025
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Cheaper by the Dozen
2022
Alex, Inc.
2018
The Early Show
1999
Garden State
2004
In Dubious Battle
2016
The Disaster Artist
2017
The Last Kiss
2006
The Comeback Trail
2020
Moonshot
2022
French Girl
2024
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
A Little White Lie
2023
The Ex
2006
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
Girls Like Girls
2026
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
Reunion Road Trip
2021
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
The Baby-Sitters Club
1990
Wish I Was Here
2014
Percy
2020
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2005
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
Video Games: The Movie
2014
Getting to Know You
1999
The Color of Time
2012
Blue Moon
2000
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015
The High Cost of Living
2011
Clean Hands
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Fuck Coin
2021
The Misbehavers
2004
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2004
My Journey in Oz
2013
Wallace's Lists
2007
Crazy Hair Day
2009
Directing · 13
Scrubs
2001
Ted Lasso
2020
Shrinking
2023
Scrubs
2026
Rooster
2026
Solos
2021
Going in Style
2017
Alex, Inc.
2018
Garden State
2004
A Good Person
2023
Wish I Was Here
2014
In the Time It Takes to Get There
2019
Lionel on a Sun Day
1997