Zach Grenier is an American theater, film and television actor. He became famous in the middle of the two thousandth thanks to roles in the successful series “24 Hours” and “Deadwood”. In the movie, best known for working with David Fincher. Over the course of his many years of career, he participated in one hundred projects. Successful theater actor, nominee for the prestigious Tony Award.
Childhood and career start
Zach Grenier was born on February 12, 1954 in the city of Inglewood, New Jersey. Real name is James Hampton Grenier. On the screen for the first time appeared in the Woody Allen film "Radio Days" in a cameo role. After he began to appear on TV shows, in 1988 he played in Oliver Stone's drama Talk Radio. In 1988-1989 appeared in episodes of the successful series “The Great Equalizer” and “Miami Police” in the roles of different characters.
TV roles
In 1988, Zach Grenier received his first major role on television, entering the main cast of the Tattingers sitcom. However, the series was closed after the first season due to not too high ratings. The next main role in the series followed only ten years later, when Grenier joined the series "C-16". The show about the FBI agents with Eric Roberts in the lead role was also closed after the first season.
Over the next few years, Zach Grenier participated as a guest actor in the legal TV series Ellie MacBill and Practice, the cult science fiction series The X-Files and the comedy show Temper Your Enthusiasm.
In 2001, Grenier played the role of Karl Webb in the first season of the 24-hour spy series. From 2004 to 2006, he played in a western from the HBO channel - "Deadwood". In 2007, he appeared in two episodes of the legal series "Boston Lawyers."
Since 2010, Zach Grenier played the role of one of the secondary characters in the successful legal series “The Good Wife”. Starting from the fifth season, he was promoted to the main cast. In total, the actor appeared in 62 episodes.
In 2016, Grenier performed one of the supporting roles in the satirical series Brainless, which was closed after the first season. In 2017, he appeared in the spinoff of Good Wife, the series Good Fight, and in the spy drama Blind Spot.
Movie roles
Since the late eighties, the actor began to appear in feature films. Zach Grenier played minor or episodic roles in such famous films as “Business Girl”, “Difficult Child 2”, “Rock Climber” and “Man Without a Face”.
In 1997, the actor appeared in the crime drama “Donnie Brasco”, and in 1999 he played his most famous role on the big screen in the movie “Fight Club”. In the picture, Grenier depicted the chief of the protagonist. Zack worked again with director David Fincher in the movie Zodiac. In subsequent years, he continued to play secondary roles in the cinema, in particular in the blockbusters Fantastic Four and Robocop.