Zach Woods


Zachary Woods is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his run as a series regular for three seasons on the NBC sitcom The Office, playing the role of Gabe Lewis, and his role as Jared Dunn on the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley. He also recurs on the HBO series Veep and on the USA Network sitcom Playing House, as well as the HBO show Avenue 5.

Early life

Woods was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He is Jewish. Woods' father is a trained psychiatrist and social worker who specializes in clinical therapy, and his mother is a nurse practitioner. As a child, he participated in Karate, Little League Baseball, and pyrodancing. Woods is a middle child; he has an older brother and a younger sister. During 1997 and 1998, he also attended Interlochen Center for the Arts for summer camp. 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 and The Other Guys, and appeared in the CollegeHumor skit "Adam and Eve in the Friend 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.
From 2014-2019, Woods co-starred as Jared on HBO's Silicon Valley. He also appeared on HBO's Veep as Ed Webster.
Beginning in January 2020, Woods had a role as Matt Spencer, Head of Customer Relations for Avenue 5, a science fiction comedy television series created by Armando Iannucci that premiered on HBO in the United States.
Woods had a role in the action comedy Spy. He appeared in Feig's follow-up movie Ghostbusters in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web