Zach Braff

Zach Braff occupies a sweet spot I find rare: a comic actor with a filmmaker's sensibility. J.D. in Scrubs could have been a one-note daydreamer, but Braff layered in melancholy until the silliness ached. Then he went and won a Grammy for a soundtrack compilation, which tells you his curatorial ear is as sharp as his comic timing. Critics sometimes dismiss his earnestness as twee; I read it as sincerity in an industry allergic to it. New Jersey roots, Northwestern training, and a willingness to direct his own ideas — Braff keeps betting on his own taste, and the bet usually pays off.

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Name (English)

Zach Braff

Name (Japanese)

ザック・ブラフ

Reading

ざっく・ぶらふ

Born

April 6, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

South Orange, New Jersey, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / film producer / film director / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

High school

Columbia High School

University

Northwestern University

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Official sitehttp://www.zachbraff.com
• Xhttps://x.com/zachbraff
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach%20Braff
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139330

Tags

• New Jersey
• actor
• screenwriter
• film producer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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