Zach Braff

Zach Braff

Known for
Acting
Born
April 6, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Clean Hands poster

Clean Hands

Movie · as Kevin Simmers

2026
Girls Like Girls poster

Girls Like Girls

Movie · as Curtis

2026
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as John 'J.D.' Dorian · 20 eps

2026
Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald poster

Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2025
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert poster

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

Movie · as Self - Host

2025
Long Story Short poster

Long Story Short

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2024
French Girl poster

French Girl

Movie · as Gordon Kinski

2024
Bad Monkey poster

Bad Monkey

TV · as Israel 'Izzy' O'Peele · 2 eps

2023
A Little White Lie poster

A Little White Lie

Movie · as Real Shriver

2023
Bookie poster

Bookie

TV · as Locko Rocko (uncredited) · 1 ep

2022
Moonshot poster

Moonshot

Movie · as Leon Kovi

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Movie · as Self - Freck

2022
Cheaper by the Dozen poster

Cheaper by the Dozen

Movie · as Paul Baker

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi

TV · as Freck (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Fuck Coin poster

Fuck Coin

Movie · as Self

2021
Reunion Road Trip poster

Reunion Road Trip

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Percy poster

Percy

Movie · as Jackson Weaver

2020
The Comeback Trail poster

The Comeback Trail

Movie · as Walter Creason

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2018
Alex, Inc. poster

Alex, Inc.

TV · as Alex Schuman · 10 eps

2017
The Disaster Artist poster

The Disaster Artist

Movie · as Zach Braff (uncredited)

2017
Bill Nye Saves the World poster

Bill Nye Saves the World

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
In Dubious Battle poster

In Dubious Battle

Movie · as Connor

2015
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life poster

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life

Movie · as Self

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Video Games: The Movie poster

Video Games: The Movie

Movie · as Self

2014
Wish I Was Here poster

Wish I Was Here

Movie · as Aidan Bloom

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Undateable poster

Undateable

TV · as Zach · 1 ep

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Zach Braff (voice) · 2 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Oz the Great and Powerful poster

Oz the Great and Powerful

Movie · as Frank / Finley

2013
My Journey in Oz poster

My Journey in Oz

Movie · as Self

2013
Circus Halligalli poster

Circus Halligalli

TV · 1 ep

2012
The Color of Time poster

The Color of Time

Movie · as Albert

2012
Good Mythical Morning poster

Good Mythical Morning

TV · as Self, Himself · 2 eps

2011
The High Cost of Living poster

The High Cost of Living

Movie · as Henry

2011
The Exes poster

The Exes

TV · as Chuck Feeney · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Crazy Hair Day poster

Crazy Hair Day

Movie

2009
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik poster

Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Cougar Town poster

Cougar Town

TV · as Pizza Guy (uncredited) · 1 ep

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Scrubs: Interns poster

Scrubs: Interns

TV · as John "J.D." Dorian · 1 ep

2009
Scrubs: Med School poster

Scrubs: Med School

TV · as John "J.D" Dorian · 13 eps

2007
Wallace's Lists poster

Wallace's Lists

Movie

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Last Kiss poster

The Last Kiss

Movie · as Michael

2006
The Ex poster

The Ex

Movie · as Tom Reilly

2005
Chicken Little poster

Chicken Little

Movie · as Chicken Little (voice)

2005
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust poster

I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust

Movie · as Himself

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Garden State poster

Garden State

Movie · as Andrew Largeman

2004
The Misbehavers

The Misbehavers

Movie · as Self

2004
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade poster

Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade

Movie · as Self

2003
My Charlie Brown Christmas poster

My Charlie Brown Christmas

Movie · as J.D. as Charlie Brown

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2003
Punk'd poster

Punk'd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development

TV · as Phillip Litt · 2 eps

2002
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie poster

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Movie · as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian

2002
Clone High poster

Clone High

TV · as Paul Revere (voice), X-Stream Mike (voice) · 1 ep

2002
Live from E! poster

Live from E!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as John 'J.D.' Dorian · 181 eps

2000
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy poster

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

Movie · as Benji

2000
Blue Moon poster

Blue Moon

Movie · as Young Fred

2000
Endsville

Endsville

Movie · as Dean

1999
Getting to Know You poster

Getting to Know You

Movie · as Wesley

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1998
TRL poster

TRL

TV · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Manhattan Murder Mystery poster

Manhattan Murder Mystery

Movie · as Nick Lipton

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 3 eps

1990
The Baby-Sitters Club poster

The Baby-Sitters Club

TV · as David Cummings · 13 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep