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Z: The Beginning of Everything

Z: The Beginning of Everything is a 2015-2017 Amazon Prime Video period drama starring Christina Ricci as Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, based on Therese Anne Fowler's 2013 novel, canceled after one season when Amazon rescinded its renewal.

Zabriskie Point (film)

Zabriskie Point is Michelangelo Antonioni's 1970 MGM drama, his first US-made feature, starring non-professionals Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin amid 1960s counterculture, with a Pink Floyd-linked soundtrack, a $7 million cost, commercial failure, and later cult status.

Zac Burgess

Zac Burgess is an Australian actor from Bellingen, NSW, a WAAPA graduate known as Eli Bell in Boy Swallows Universe and Lucien Belmont in Prime Video's Cruel Intentions (2024), son of actor Scott Burgess.

Zac Efron

Zac Efron (Zachary David Alexander Efron, born 1987) is an American actor and singer who rose to fame as Troy Bolton in Disney's High School Musical films and later starred in Hairspray, The Greatest Showman, Extremely Wicked, and The Iron Claw.

Zac Looker

Zac Looker is a British actor from Portsmouth, England, known for Frank in A Kind of Spark, Toby Pilgrim in Netflix's Geek Girl, and Dustin in Prime Video's Elle (2026), the Legally Blonde prequel; trained at the National Youth Theatre.

Zach Braff

Zach Braff (Zachary Israel Braff), born 1975 in South Orange, New Jersey, is an American actor-director known for Scrubs' J.D., Garden State (Grammy 2005), and the 2026 Scrubs revival.

Zach Callison

Zach Callison (Zachry Dean Callison, born 1997) is an American actor and singer from St. Louis, the voice of Steven in Steven Universe, also known for Prince James in Sofia the First, Billy Batson in DC animated films, and his 2018 EP A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak.

Zach Cregger

Zach Cregger (born 1981, Arlington, Virginia) is an American horror director and former Whitest Kids U' Know sketch comedian; director of Barbarian (2022), Weapons (2025, $270M gross), and Resident Evil (2026).

Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis (Zacharius Knight Galifianakis), American comedian and actor born 1969 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina; star of The Hangover's Alan Garner and creator of the Funny or Die mock talk show Between Two Ferns (2008–2018), two-time Emmy winner, later Baskets and Netflix's This Is a Gardening Show.

Zach Gilford

Zach Gilford (Zachary Michael Gilford, born 1982, Evanston, Illinois) is an American actor known for Matt Saracen on Friday Night Lights, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and Elias Voit on Criminal Minds: Evolution.

Zach Grenier

Zach Grenier, American character actor born 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey; Tony-nominated as Beethoven in 33 Variations, known as David Lee on The Good Wife and in Fight Club, Zodiac, and Devs.

Zach McGowan

Zach McGowan (Zachary Brendan McGowan), American actor born in New York City, known for Captain Charles Vane in Black Sails, Jody in Shameless, and King Roan in The 100, plus film leads and voice-over work.

Zach Roerig

Zach Roerig (Zachary George Roerig), American actor born 1985 in Montpelier, Ohio; played Matt Donovan on all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), after soap roles on As the World Turns and One Life to Live.

Zach Tyler Eisen

Zach Tyler Eisen (Zachary Tyler Eisen, born 1993) is an American former voice actor from Stamford, Connecticut, known as Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pablo in The Backyardigans, and Lucas Nickle in The Ant Bully.

Zach Woods

Zach Woods (born 1984) is an American actor and comedian known as Gabe Lewis on The Office and Jared Dunn on Silicon Valley, and as co-creator, director, and voice of Peacock's In the Know.

Zachary Abel

Zachary Abel, full name Zachary Burr Abel (born 1980, Middletown, Indiana), is an American actor, producer, and travel blogger. Known for Carter Anderson on ABC Family's Make It or Break It (2009-2011), guest roles on The Big Bang Theory and Criminal Minds, marriage to Elizabeth Henstridge, and the Monkey Miles travel blog.

Zachary Gordon

Zachary Gordon (Zachary Adam Gordon), born 1998 in Oak Park, California, is an American actor, voice actor, and singer-songwriter best known as Greg Heffley in the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid films.

Zachary Knighton

Zachary Knighton (born 1978, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actor known as Dave Rose on Happy Endings, Dr. Bryce Varley on FlashForward, and Rick Wright on Magnum P.I. (2018-24, 96 episodes), with directing credits including Magnum P.I.'s "Consciousness of Guilt".

Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi (born 1980) is an American actor known for Chuck (2007–2012), Flynn Rider in Tangled, and DC's Shazam!; also Tony-nominated for She Loves Me and a polarizing public figure.

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto (born 1977), American actor and producer known as Sylar in Heroes and Spock in the Star Trek films (2009-2016); came out in 2011; stars in NBC's Brilliant Minds.

Zachary Scott

Zachary Scott (Zachary Thomson Scott Jr., 1914–1965), Austin-born American film actor known for suave villains in The Mask of Dimitrios, Mildred Pierce, and The Southerner; distinct from the modern actor Zachary T. Scott and Austin's Zach Theatre namesake.

Zachery Ty Bryan

Zachery Ty Bryan (born 1981, Aurora, Colorado) is an American actor and producer, known as Brad Taylor on ABC's Home Improvement (1991-1999, 203 episodes), later a film producer (The Kindergarten Teacher), now notable for repeated domestic violence and DUI arrests and prison sentences.

Zack Addy

Zack Addy (Zachary Uriah Addy) is a fictional forensic anthropologist on Fox's Bones, Brennan's original Jeffersonian assistant, played by Eric Millegan, later revealed as the Gormogon's apprentice and exonerated in the final season.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Kevin Smith, starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as friends making an adult film.

Zack Hudson

Zack Hudson, fictional EastEnders character played by James Farrar since 16 March 2021; son of Gavin Sullivan, half-brother of Sharon Watts; known for the 2023 HIV storyline, Whitney Dean, and Barney Mitchell paternity plots.

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder (Zachary E. Snyder) is a film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer known for 300, Watchmen, Man of Steel, and the four-hour Zack Snyder's Justice League, with a hyper-stylized slow-motion visual style.

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League, the "Snyder Cut", is Zack Snyder's 242-minute 2021 HBO Max director's cut of the 2017 film Justice League, released after the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut fan campaign, costing over $70 million with 1,000+ new VFX shots.

Zack Taylor

Zack Taylor (Zachary Taylor) is the original Black Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, played by Walter Emanuel Jones; first Black Ranger, Mastodon Power Coin, Hip Hop Kido, succeeded by Adam Park, later reprised in Once & Always.

Zack Ward

Zack Ward (Zacharias Ward), Canadian actor born 1970 in Toronto, played bully Scut Farkus in A Christmas Story (1983) and its 2022 sequel, Dave Scouvel on Titus, and the Postal Dude in Postal (2007); directed The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms (2024).

ZAG Entertainment

ZAG Entertainment, also called Zagtoon or ZAG Heroez, is a French-founded independent kids and family entertainment studio created by Jeremy Zag in 2009, known for Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, distinct from the unrelated Zagtoons YouTube meme studio.