Zachary Quinto
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| Zachary Quinto | |
 Quinto at the 2009 premiere of Love the Beast |
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| Born | Zachary John Quinto June 2, 1977 Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000—present |
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Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American television actor known for his roles as Sylar on Heroes, Adam Kaufman on 24, and Sasan on So NoTORIous. His feature film debut was playing Spock in the 2009 film Star Trek.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Quinto, who is of half-Italian and half-Irish descent,[1] was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Green Tree, Pennsylvania with his mother Margo and his brother Joe.[2] His father, John, who was a barber, died of cancer when Quinto was 7 years old.[3] He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1995 and then attended Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, from which he graduated in 1999.[4]
[edit] Career
Quinto first appeared on television in the short-lived television series The Others, and appeared as a guest star on shows including CSI, Touched By An Angel, Charmed, Six Feet Under, Lizzie McGuire, and L.A. Dragnet. In 2003, he landed a recurring role on the Fox series 24, as computer expert Adam Kaufman. Quinto appeared in all but one of the third season episodes of 24.
In 2006, Quinto played the role of Sasan, the haughty, Iranian-American best friend of Tori Spelling on her VH1 series So NoTORIous. Later that year, he joined the cast of NBC's Heroes as the quiet, insecure, and dangerously superpowered serial killer Sylar.[5]
His casting as a young Spock in the J.J. Abrams-directed reboot of the Star Trek film franchise was officially announced at the 2007 Comic-Con.[6][7][8] Speaking alongside Leonard Nimoy at a press conference to promote the new Star Trek film, Quinto revealed that Nimoy had been given casting approval over who would play the role of the young Spock. "For me Leonard's involvement was only liberating, frankly,"[9] says Quinto. "I knew that he had approval over the actor that would play young Spock, so when I got the role I knew from the beginning it was with his blessing."
In a September 2008 interview, Star Trek director J.J. Abrams said of Quinto's performance as Spock: "Zachary brought a gravity and an incredible sense of humor, which is a wonderful combination because Spock's character is deceivingly complicated. The revelation for me watching the movie, when I finally got to watch the whole thing after working on sequences, was that he is extraordinary. He was doing things I didn't even realize while we were shooting - these amazing things to track his story."[10]
Following Star Trek, he appeared in the comedy short "Boutonniere" (2009), explaining it "...was a movie written and directed by my former landlady and friend [actress Coley Sohn]. She called up and said, 'Would you do me a favor and be in my short film?' I played this very brief but extreme, funny character.... [I]t's had a fair amount of success on the festival circuit."[11]
Today, with his Star Trek and Heroes body of work, Quinto hopes to capitalize on his cachet by adding to his artistic endeavors as a producer. Teaming up with Corey Moosa and Neal Dodson, both 2000 graduates of Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama, he recently formed Before the Door Pictures, a production company named after the school's acting exercise. [12]
[edit] Film and television
- The Others, 2000
- Touched By An Angel, 2001
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 2002
- Off Centre, 2002
- Lizzie McGuire in episode #49, 'Party Over There' , 2002
- Haunted, 2002
- The Agency, 2002
- Off Centre, 2002
- Six Feet Under, 2003
- Charmed ("Cat House"), 2003
- Miracles, 2003
- Dragnet, 2004
- 24, 2003-2004 (23 episodes)
- Hawaii, 2004
- Joan of Arcadia, 2004
- Blind Justice, 2005
- Crossing Jordan, 2006
- Twins, 2006
- So NoTORIous, 2006 (10 episodes)
- Heroes, 2006–present
- Robot Chicken, 2008
- Star Trek, 2009
- Boutonniere, 2009
[edit] Audiobooks
In the 2009 novelization of Star Trek, Zachary Quinto was the reader for the audiobook.
[edit] References
- ^ Rob Owen (2006-04-02). "The Insiders: 4/2/06". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.pittsburghpost-gazette.com/pg/06092/678228-42.stm.
- ^ http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/zachary-quinto/bio/191120
- ^ Hollywood.com: Zachary Quinto
- ^ Carnegie Mellon University Alumni: 1999
- ^ "Sylar coming back next season on 'Heroes'". Access Hollywood on MSNBC. 2007-07-13. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19214539/. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
- ^ Owen, Rob (2007-07-24). "Pittsburgh native to play Spock in new Star Trek". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07205/803985-100.stm. (dead link)
- ^ Pascale, Anthony (2007-07-23). "Quinto as Spock deal almost done". Trekmovie.com. http://trekmovie.com/2007/07/23/e-reports-quinto-as-spock-deal-almost-struck/.
- ^ Weeks, Adam (2007-07-25). "Zachary Quinto Is Spock". Moviehole.net. http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070725_zachary_quinto_is_spock.html. (dead link)
- ^ "Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto: The Two Faces of Spock". SuicideGirls.com. 03 May 2009. http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Leonard+Nimoy+and+Zachary+Quinto%3A+The+Two+Faces+of+Spock/. Retrieved on 2009-03-04..
- ^ "J.J. Abrams on TV's Fringe". SuicideGirls.com. September 5, 2008. http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/J.J.+Abrams+on+TV%27s+Fringe/. Retrieved on 2009-01-08.
- ^ Lovece, Frank. "Zachary Quinto is 'Spock' in new 'Star Trek'", Newsday.com, May 6, 2009. Extended online version of print article, p. B4
- ^ Owen,Rob . "A Stars Trek'", www.carnegiemellontoday.com, April, 2009.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Zachary Quinto |
- Zachary Quinto at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with TheStarScoop, January 2007
- Zachary Quinto at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Zachary Quinto Official Site
- Before The Door Official Site
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