Zach McGowan

McGowan is one of those actors I value precisely because he rarely takes the lead. Give him a pirate, a sociopath, or a cold-eyed enforcer, and he brings a coiled menace that elevates everything around him. From Black Sails to The Boys to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., he keeps finding roles that need exactly that edge. A Carleton College graduate from New York with stage roots and voice work to boot, he strikes me as a craftsman more interested in the work than the spotlight. That quiet reliability is underrated, and I think it is why directors keep calling him back.

Name (English)

Zach McGowan

Name (Japanese)

ザック・マッゴーワン

Reading

ざっく・まっごーわん

Born

May 5, 1981 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor

University

Carleton College

• Official sitehttps://www.ZachMcGowan.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mcgowanzach/
• Xhttps://x.com/Zach_McGowan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach%20McGowan
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8063820

Tags

• New York
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.