Zach Braff
Sign in to saveZachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
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Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor, screenwriter, film producer, and film director. Born on April 6, 1975, in South Orange, he is a member of the Democratic Party and practices Judaism. He attended Northwestern University and resides in Los Angeles. His professional work in film began in 1989, and he writes in English.
Braff has received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. He is the sibling of Jessica Kirson and has been unmarried partners with Mandy Moore, Shiri Appleby, and Florence Pugh. In literature, he is listed as an author with the work *All New People*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1975-04-06
- Works
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Top works
- All New People
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Film & TV
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
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,…
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- Clean Hands — Kevin Simmers2026
- Girls Like Girls — Curtis2026
- Scrubs — John 'J.D.' Dorian2026
- Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert — Self - Host2025
- Long Story Short — (voice)2025
- French Girl — Gordon Kinski2024
- Bad Monkey — Israel 'Izzy' O'Peele2024
- A Little White Lie — Real Shriver2023
- Bookie — Locko Rocko (uncredited)2023
- Moonshot — Leon Kovi2022
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- South Orange
- Sibling
- Jessica Kirson
- Occupation
- producer
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- film
- Official website
- www.zachbraff.com
- Image
- Zach Braff - PaleyLive 2024 - Shrinking.jpg
- Height
- 183
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- social media followers
- 1945707
- writing language
- English language
- unmarried partner
- Florence Pugh
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- Zachary Braff
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- Zachary Israel Braff
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Encyclopedic overview
Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs (2001–2010, 2026), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State in which he also starred. Additionally, he wrote the screenplay and compiled the soundtrack album. He shot the film in his home state of New Jersey with a budget of $2.5 million. The film made over $35 million at the box office and was praised by critics, leading it to gain a cult following. He won numerous awards for his directing work and also won the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005. In 2014, Braff directed his second film, Wish I Was Here, which he partially funded with a Kickstarter campaign.
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