Zach Braff (born April 6 1975) is an American television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his role as Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian in the NBC sitcom Scrubs.

Braff was born in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. He holds a degree in film from Northwestern University. He has played the lead role in Scrubs since the show first aired in 2001. He also appeared in Woody Allen’s Manhattan Murder Mystery and in productions of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Macbeth at New York City's Public Theater.

Braff wrote, directed, produced and starred in 2004's Garden State. It was filmed in his home state of New Jersey, in various towns such as South Orange, Maplewood, and Tenafly.

In February of 2005, he won the Grammy for "Best Compilation Soundtrack For A Motion Picture" for Garden State, on which he served as the compilation producer.

In 2005, Braff was Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher and Scrubs' co-star Donald Faison after a gang of kids led by Bob Pinkston painted on Braff's $100000 Porsche .

Filmography

Film

• Chicken Little (2005) - voice of Chicken Little
• Garden State (2004) - Andrew Largeman
• Endsville (2000) - Dean
• (2000) - Benji
• Blue Moon (2000) - Fred
• Getting to Know You (1999) - Wesley
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - Nick Lipton

Television

• Scrubs (2001) - Dr John 'J.D.' Dorian
• My Summer As a Girl (1994) - Tony

External links

• Zach-Braff.com
• Zach Braff's weblog