Zach Gilford is an American actor best known for portraying Matt Saracen on the Emmy Award-winning television show Friday Night Lights. Gilford received a nomination for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast in 2006 for his performance as Maxwell McKinder in the film The Last Winter.

Zachary Michael “Zach” Gilford, a Northwestern University graduate, was born on January 14, 1982, in Evanston, Illinois, to Anne Gilford (mother) and Steve Gilford (father) (father). He is of half Swedish and half Russian Jewish ancestry and is an American citizen. Zach attended Evanston Township High School and later Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for his education.

He worked for Adventures Cross-Country as a Trip Leader. Gilford has also accompanied teenagers on wilderness and adventure trips in Alaska, British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and the South Pacific. Zach used to work as a staff member for the YMCA Camo Echo in Fremont, Michigan, before pursuing his acting career.

Friday Night Lights is well-known.

Gilford made his film debut in 2003, playing Jimmy in a short film called Handbook to Casual Stalking. In 2005, he landed a role as Kevin Wilcox in Diane Neal and Danny Pino’s American crime drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Zach later starred as Maxwell McKinder in the 2006 thriller The Last Winter, for which he was nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast. He made his breakthrough role as Matt Saracen in the American sports drama series Friday Nights Lights the same year.

Gilford made a guest appearance as Charlie Lowell in Grey’s Anatomy, an American medical drama television series starring Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, and Sandra Oh, in 2009.

Zach recently joined the cast of L.A.’s Finest, an American police procedural drama buddy cop television series, as Ben Walker. He appears alongside Jessica Alba, Ryan McPartlin, and Ernie Hudson on screen.

Zach Gilford’s net worth is unknown.

As of November 2019, according to some tabloids, American actor Robert Gilford has a net worth of $6 million. His wealth is mostly derived from his professional acting career.

There is no information about Gilford’s salary or earnings, but sources claim that an average actor earns between $50,000 and $80,000 per year. As a versatile actor, Gilford is likely to earn a handsome salary in the same range.

Kiele Sanchez is his wife.

Zach Sanchez, who starred in Last Winter, is married to Kiele Sanchez. The two met for the first time in spring 2010 and began dating shortly after. They got engaged in November 2011 after just over a year of dating. On December 29, 2012, the couple married. On November 29, 2017, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Zeppelin Adele, after five years of marriage.