Zach Gilford Net Worth

What Is Zach Gilford's Net Worth?

Zach Gilford is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Zach Gilford is best known for roles such as Matt Saracen on "Friday Night Lights" (2006–2011), Gregg on "Good Girls" (2018–2021), Ben Walker on "L.A.'s Finest" (2019–2020), Riley Flynn on "Midnight Mass" (2021), Elias Voit on "Criminal Minds: Evolution" (2022 — present), and Young Roderick Usher on "The Fall of the House of Usher" (2023). He also starred on and produced the 2017 YouTube Red series "Lifeline." Gilford has more than 40 acting credits to his name, including the films "The Last Winter" (2006), "Post Grad" (2009), "Super" (2010), "The Last Stand" (2013), "Devil's Due" (2014), "The Purge: Anarchy" (2014), and "There's Something Wrong with the Children" (2023) and the television series "Off the Map" (2011), "The Mob Doctor" (2012–2013), "The Family" (2016), and "This Close" (2018–2019). In 2011, Zach starred as Taylor Swift's love interest in her music video for "Ours."

Early Life

Zach Gilford was born Zachary Michael Gilford on January 14, 1982, in Evanston, Illinois. He is the son of a Lutheran mother, Anne, and a Jewish father, Steve. After graduating from Evanston Township High School, Zach attended Northwestern University. He worked for Adventures Cross-Country as a trip leader, and he led adventure and wilderness trips for teenagers to Hawaii, Alaska, California, the South Pacific, and British Columbia. On the Adventures Cross-Country website, he stated, "One of my favorite ARCC memories was trekking up over an Alaskan tundra pass. We were greeted by a herd of caribou and views of glaciated river valleys below. We looked down to see the highlight of our adventure, a snowfield. Our group spent the afternoon glissading through this snowfield, laughing all the while. Traveling off trail for the past six days, it was clear that we had this playground all to ourselves." Gilford was also a staff member for Michigan's YMCA Camp Echo.

Career

In 2003, Gilford appeared in the short film "Handbook to Casual Stalking," and two years later, he guest-starred on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." He got his big break in 2006 when he began starring as Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama "Friday Night Lights." Zach was a main cast member during the first three seasons, and he had a recurring role during the fourth and fifth seasons. "Friday Night Lights" aired 76 episodes, and it won a Peabody Award for Broadcast Excellence in 2007 and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series in 2011. Gilford's first feature film was 2006's "The Last Winter," which also starred his "Friday Night Lights" co-star Connie Britton. Next, Zach appeared in the films "Rise: Blood Hunter" (2007), "Dare" (2009), and "Post Grad" (2009), and he guest-starred on "Grey's Anatomy" (2009). In 2010, he appeared in the films "The River Why" and "Super," and in 2011, he played Dr. Tommy Fuller on the ABC medical drama "Off the Map." From 2012 to 2013, Gilford starred as Dr. Brett Robinson on Fox's "The Mob Doctor," and between 2014 to 2019, he guest-starred in three episodes of Comedy Central's "Drunk History."

Zach appeared in the films "Answers to Nothing" (2011), "In Our Nature" (2012), "The Last Stand" (2013), and "Crazy Kind of Love" (2013), and in 2014, he starred in the horror movies "Devil's Due" and "The Purge: Anarchy." "The Purge: Anarchy" grossed $111.9 million at the box office and earned Gilford an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. He then guest-starred on "Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories" (2015), "Kingdom" (2017), and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2019), and he played Daniel "Danny" Warren on the ABC thriller "The Family" (2016), Conner Hooks on the YouTube Red science-fiction drama "Lifeline" (2017), Danny on the Sundance Now dramedy "This Close" (2018–2019), and Gregg on the NBC crime comedy-drama "Good Girls" (2018–2021). In 2019, Zach appeared in the film "Boy Genius" and began starring as Ben Walker on the Spectrum crime drama "L.A.'s Finest." In 2021, he started collaborating with Mike Flanagan, playing Riley Flynn on Netflix's "Midnight Mass." Gilford went on to guest-star on Flanagan's "The Midnight Club" in 2022 and star as Young Roderick Usher on "The Fall of the House of Usher" in 2023. In 2022, he began playing Elias Voit on the Paramount+ crime drama "Criminal Minds: Evolution," and in 2023, he appeared in the horror film "There's Something Wrong with the Children."

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Personal Life

Zach began a relationship with actress Kiele Sanchez in the spring of 2010. The two met while filming the pilot for "Matadors," and they later co-starred in "The Purge: Anarchy." Gilford and Sanchez married on December 29, 2012, a little over a year after becoming engaged. In August 2015, Kiele announced that she was expecting a son with Zach, but sadly, she suffered a miscarriage a few weeks before her due date. In November 2017, they welcomed a daughter, Zeppelin, via surrogacy, followed by a son, Revel, in 2021. In April 2025, Gilford filed for divorce from Sanchez, citing irreconcilable differences.

Awards and Nominations

Gilford has received eight Gold Derby Award nominations. He was nominated for Breakthrough Performer of the Year and Drama Supporting Actor for "Friday Night Lights" in 2007, and the show earned him nominations for Drama Guest Actor and Drama Supporting Actor of the Decade in 2010. The "Friday Night Lights" cast received three Ensemble of the Year nominations, winning in 2009. Zach also earned a Gold Derby nomination for Limited/Movie Supporting Actor for "Midnight Mass" in 2022. In 2007, "The Last Winter" cast received a Gotham Award nomination for Best Ensemble Performance, and in 2009, Gilford was named a Rising Star for "Dare" at the Hamptons International Film Festival. In 2010, he won an International Online Cinema Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series for "Friday Night Lights ," and in 2015, he earned an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Scared-As-S**t Performance for "The Purge: Anarchy." Zach received a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for "Midnight Mass" in 2022, and he earned Critics Choice Super Award nominations for Best Actor in a Horror Series for "Midnight Mass" in 2022 and Best Actor in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie for "The Fall of the House of Usher" in 2024.

Real Estate

In 2011, Gilford and Sanchez paid $1.435 million for a home in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. The seller was producer Janet Healy. Built in the 1930s, the 3,900-square-foot Spanish-style home includes three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a media room, and a library with a bar.

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