Had the opportunity to audition for Back to the Future, but his family urged him to stay in school.
Actor, acting teacher, and screenwriter living in New York City. (2006)
Parents divorced when Zach was 3 years old. Father is a lawyer.
Coincidentally, he and his character Eric Rhodes from Cupid (1997) had February
14 (Valentine's Day) as their birthday.
He is of approximately three quarters Irish descent. Most of the rest of his ancestry is Austrian Jewish (from a maternal great-grandfather) and English.
Auditioned for parts in both "Taps" and "Tempest," but didn't get hired
for either film.