Zach Woods

Zach Woods Biography

Zach Woods (born September 25, 1984) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his portrayal of Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom The Office and Donald "Jared" Dunn on the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley.

Early life

Woods was born in Trenton, New Jersey. His father is a trained psychiatrist and social worker who specializes in clinical therapy, and his mother is a nurse practitioner. Woods is a middle child: he has an older brother and a younger sister. His parents are both Jewish, but his maternal grandfather was Lutheran. Woods grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsbury High School in 2003. He is a graduate of New York University.

Career

He started performing improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre at age 16 and was a part of the improvisational sketch troupe "The Stepfathers", whose members also include Bobby Moynihan and Chris Gethard. He has taught improv at Columbia University, Duke University and Lincoln Center. He has appeared in such films as In The Loop, The Other Guys and appeared in the CollegeHumor skit "Adam and Eve in the Friends Zone".

Woods is also known for starring as Awkward Boy, the protagonist in the YouTube video series The Most Awkward Boy in the World. In 2010, Woods appeared as a zombie in a Starburst candy commercial.

Starting in 2010, he portrayed Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom The Office. He was promoted to series regular beginning in Season 7.

Since 2014, Woods has appeared as series regular Jared on HBO's Silicon Valley. He also appeared on HBO's Veep as Ed Webster.

Woods had a role in the action comedy Spy (2015), alongside Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Allison Janney, and 50 Cent. He appeared in Feig's follow-up movie Ghostbusters in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Terrorists	Drugstore Cashier
2009	Strangers	Man	Short film
2009	In the Loop	Chad
2009	The Honkys	O.G	Short film
2010	Flipped	Michael
2010	The Other Guys	Douglas
2011	High Road	Tommy
2011	Andy and Zach	Zach	Short film
2011	Damsels in Distress	Rick DeWolfe
2012	Rich Girl Problems	Duncan	Short film
2013	The Heat	Paramedic
2015	Spy	Man in Purple Tie
2016	Other People	Paul
2016	Ghostbusters	Gareth
2016	Mascots	Mike Murray
2017	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Zane	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	My Wife, the Ghost	Geets Wilson	Episode: "#1.5"
2006	Sexual Intercourse: American Style	Ted	Episode: "Incense and Candles"
2009	Washingtonienne	Mark	Episode: "Pilot"
2011	Funny or Die Presents	Stuart	Episode: "#2.9"
2010-2013	The Office	Gabe Lewis	51 episodes Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2011-12)
2011	Bored to Death	Super Ray fan	Episode: "Nothing I Can't Handle by Running Away"
2012-2015	The League	Lane	3 episodes
2013-2014	Veep	Ed Webster	3 episodes
2013	Arrested Development	Trippler	Episode: "Off the Hook"
2013-2016	The Good Wife	Jeff Dellinger	4 episodes
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	The Remarkable Greg	Episode: "Cobie Smulders Wears a Black & White Strapless Dress"
2014	Kroll Show	Cal Culvers	Episode: "Krolling Around with Nick Klown"
2014-present	Silicon Valley	Donald "Jared" Dunn	33 episodes
2014-Present	Playing House	Zach	6 episodes
2015	Drunk History	Lee Duncan	Episode: "Los Angeles"
2016	Animals.	Brian (voice)	Episode: "Pigeons."

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Podcast	Gabe Lewis	3 episodes

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