Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto (born June 2, 1977; age 46) played Adam Kaufman during Season 3 of 24 and voiced the same character in 24: The Game. He is best known for his role as the murderous superhuman Sylar on the NBC series Heroes.

Biography and career

Zachary Quinto was born in Pittsburgh, and grew up in Green Tree, Pennsylvania. His mother worked at an investment firm and later at a magistrate's office and his father was a barber. He died of cancer when Quinto was seven years old. Quinto graduated from Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) in 1995, where he participated in their musicals and won the Gene Kelly Award for Best Supporting Actor, and then attended Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, graduating in 1999.

Quinto has had walk-on roles on other TV shows such as CSI, Touched by an Angel, Charmed, Six Feet Under (with James Cromwell and Sprague Grayden), Hawaii (with Eric Balfour), Lizzie McGuire, and Dragnet (with Christina Chang). He also starred as Tori Spelling's best friend on her "reality" sitcom series, So NoTORIous, in 2006.

In July 2007, it was officially announced that Quinto would be portraying a young Spock in the new Star Trek film, simply called Star Trek which was released in May 2009. Quinto had expressed interest in the role as far back as December 2006. [1] Star Trek was his feature film debut. His recent film, Margin Call, which he co-produced, was released in October 2011. That same month, he began his recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story (also with James Cromwell, Connie Britton and Kate Mara) as Chad Warwick and currently stars in the second season in a lead role as Dr. Oliver Thredson. Quinto reprised his role as Spock in the Star Trek reboot sequel Star Trek Into Darkness.

24 credits

• Season 3 (all episodes except "5:00am-6:00am")
• 24: The Game (voice)

Selected filmography

• Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
• What's Your Number? (2011)
• Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)
• Margin Call (2011)
• Star Trek (2009)

Television appearances

• The Slap (2015)
• American Horror Story: Asylum (2012)
• American Horror Story (2011)
• Robot Chicken (2008)
• Heroes (2006-2010)
• So NoTORIous (2006)
• Twins (2006)
• Crossing Jordan (2006)
• Blind Justice (2005)
• Joan of Arcadia (2004)
• Hawaii (2004)
• Dragnet (2004)
• 24 (2003-2004)
• Miracles (2003)
• Charmed (2003)
• Six Feet Under (2003)
• The Agency (2002)
• Haunted (2002)
• Lizzie McGuire (2002)
• Off Centre (2002)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002)
• Touched by an Angel (2001)
• The Others (2000)

External links

• Zachary Quinto Official Website
• Zachary Quinto at the Internet Movie Database
• Zachary Quinto (@ZacharyQuinto) on Twitter
• Zachary Quinto's Instagram
• Zachary Quinto at Memory Alpha
• Zachary Quinto at the Heroes Wiki