Zak Orth

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Zak Orth
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Orth at WonderCon in March 2013
Born
Adam Zachary Orth

(1970-10-15) October 15, 1970 (age 50)
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
EducationDePaul University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Zak Orth (born October 15, 1970) is an American actor known for his roles in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Melinda and Melinda, In and Out, Music and Lyrics, and NYC 22. He also starred in the NBC television drama Revolution as Aaron, and appeared as a man haunted by psychic visions in an episode of the Fox series Fringe.

Early life and education[]

Orth was born Adam Zachary Orth in Libertyville, Illinois, the son of Jane (Oehms), a piano teacher, and Robert Orth, an opera singer.[1] Orth is an alumnus of The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Career[]

He is a good friend of the members of the comedy group Stella and has appeared in many of their short films, as well as their 2005 TV series. He is also known for his brief role in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, as the character Gregory.[2]

He is also one half of The Doilies, a musical comedy group, alongside Michael Showalter.[3]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Spanking the Monkey Curtis
1996 The Pallbearer An Abernathy Cousin
1996 Romeo + Juliet Gregory
1997 In & Out Mike
1999 My Teacher's Wife Paul Faber
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Deputy Abel Martinson
2000 Down to You Monk Jablonski
2000 Loser Adam
2001 Wet Hot American Summer J.J.
2002 Stella shorts Various roles
2003 Kill the Poor Butch
2004 Hair High Zip Voice
2004 Melinda and Melinda Peter
2005 The F Word Manny
2005 The Baxter Wendall Wimms
2005 Prime Randall
2007 The Ten Prosecutor / Tour Guide Barge Michaelson
2007 Music and Lyrics David Newbert - TV Executive #1
2008 Life in Flight Josh
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Adam
2009 (Untitled) Porter Canby
2009 Peter and Vandy Keith
2010 Monogamy Quinny
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Narrator Voice
2010 The Other Guys Accountant
2012 Vamps Renfield
2014 They Came Together Waiter with Pole
2015 Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot N/A Documentary

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Law & Order Mr. Ricardi Episode: "Jeopardy"
1997 Rose Hil Douglas Clayborne Television film
1998 When Trumpets Fade Warren
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Wally Parkers Episode: "Consent"
2002 Monday Night Mayhem Don Ohlmeyer Television film
2005 Stella Elliot Morgenthal Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Merry F %$in' Christmas Nuns Gone Wild Host Television special
2006 Cheap Seats EZtech Executive / Network Bigwig 2 episodes
2008 John Adams James McHenry Episode: "Unnecessary War"
2008 Canterbury's Law Gil Newhall Episode: "Sick as Your Secrets"
2008 Fringe Roy McComb Episode: "The Ghost Network"
2009 30 Rock Young Priest Episode: "St. Valentine's Day"
2009 Wainy Days Jake Episode: "Dance Club"
2009 Michael & Michael Have Issues Pinecone Guy N/A
2009 Nurse Jackie Zak Episode: "Steak Knife"
2010 Michael Showalter's the Making of... Allen McKenzie Episode: "The Intel Choir Commercial"
2012 NYC 22 Eric Royce Episode: "Pilot"
2012–2014 Revolution Aaron Pittman 42 episodes
2014 Elementary Gabe Coleman Episode: "The Five Orange Pipz"
2014 The Good Wife Steve Fratti Episode: "The Trial"
2015 Happyish Larry 3 episodes
2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp JJ 8 episodes
2015, 2016 Above Average Presents Mark Zimmerman / Owner 2 episodes
2015–2016 Veep Jim Owens 3 episodes
2015–2018 Casual Drew Meyers 15 episodes
2016–2018 Falling Water Bill Boerg 18 episodes
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later JJ 8 episodes
2018 Human Kind Of Mr. Russo / Ethan / Dad 19 episodes
2020 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Howie 5 episodes
2020 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend Cody Santimonio Television film
TBA The White House Plumbers Alfred C. Baldwin III Post-production

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Manhunt 2 Project Militia
2010 Red Dead Redemption The Local Population

References[]

  1. ^ "Zak Orth Biography (1970–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  2. ^ Marks, Peter (1997-08-08). "Country House Chatter So Rudely Interrupted". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ Colford, Caitlin (2010-06-27). "Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Monogamous with Zak Orth". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-07.

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