Zach Braff

American actor (born 1975)

Zach Braff is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker, best known for his role as J.D. on the hit TV series Scrubs. He has also directed several successful films, including the cult classic Garden State, and has a diverse career in theater and voice acting.

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About the Zach Braff

Zachary Israel Braffis an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He portrayed John Michael “J.D.” Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubsand 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.

Braff has appeared on stage in the dark comedy All New People, in which he starred, and also wrote. The play premiered in New York City in 2011 before playing in London’s West End. He also played the lead role in a musical adaptation of Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway in 2014.

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Zach Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael ,J.D., Dorian on the TV series Scrubs.

Braff has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on Scrubs.

Zach Braff has starred in films such as The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, The Last Kiss, The Ex, and In Dubious Battle. He has also done voice work for movies like Chicken Little and Oz the Great and Powerful.

Zach Braff made his directorial debut in 2004 with the film Garden State, in which he also starred and wrote the screenplay.

Zach Braff won numerous awards for his directing work on Garden State, including a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005.

Braff has also appeared on stage in the dark comedy All New People, which he wrote and starred in, and played the lead role in a musical adaptation of Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway in 2014.

Zach Braff partially funded his second film, Wish I Was Here, through a Kickstarter campaign.

12 Quotes by Zach Braff

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    I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    I am really driven, but my drive doesn’t effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    I always liked the story of Noah’s Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    I didn’t necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    That image is a couple different people’s homes that I knew growing up.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn’t written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    The way I write is that I’ll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    I said, I’m on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don’t want to be known always as the silly “Scrubs” guy… So part of me was like, You know what? Life’s short. Let’s go for it.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we’d get all that music.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    I’m by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I’ve seen it save a lot of people’s lives.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)

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    It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married – those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there’s like this extra 10 years of that angst.

    Zach Braff

    American actor (born 1975)