Zachary Quinto

Infobox actor
name = Zachary Quinto

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birthname = Zachary John Quinto
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|6|2
birthplace = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
occupation = actor
yearsactive = 2000—present

Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American television actor known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on "24", Sasan on "So NoTORIous", and Sylar on NBC's "Heroes". He has been cast to appear in the 2009 film "Star Trek", as a young Spock. "Star Trek" will be Quinto's feature film debut.

Biography

Early life

Quinto, who is half-Italian and half-Irish [cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghpost-gazette.com/pg/06092/678228-42.stm|title=The Insiders: 4/2/06|author=Rob Owen|date=2006-04-02|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] , was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in nearby Green Tree, Pennsylvania. As a youth, Quinto attended summer camp at Camp Notre Dame in Fairview, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Civic Light Opera mini-stars in Pittsburgh as a child. He attended Aiken elementary school through fifth grade and Jay Neff Middle School through eighth grade in the Keystone Oaks school district. He graduated from Central Catholic High School, class of 1995, and then attended Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, from which he graduated in 1999. [ [http://www.cmu.edu/cfa/drama/people/alumni/graduatedecades/99.html 1999. ] ]

Career

Quinto first appeared on television in the short-lived television series "The Others", and frequently appeared as a guest star on several hit television shows, including "", "Touched By An Angel", "Charmed", "Six Feet Under", "Lizzie McGuire", and "L.A. Dragnet". [imdb name|0704270] 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, flamboyantly gay Persian-American best friend of Tori Spelling on her "reality" VH1 sitcom "So NoTORIous". Later that year, he joined the cast of NBC's "Heroes" as the quiet, insecure, and dangerously superpowered serial killer, Sylar. Quinto has reprised the role of Sylar for "Heroes"' second season as a contract regular and is in the show's third season as well. [cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19214539/|title=Sylar coming back next season on ‘Heroes’|accessdate=2007-07-10|date=2007-07-13|publisher=Access Hollywood on MSNBC]

On July 23, 2007, several websites including E! Online reported that Quinto had in fact been cast as Spock. An official announcement confirming this followed on July 26, 2007 at the 2007 Comic-Con. [Cite web|url=http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07205/803985-100.stm|title=Pittsburgh native to play Spock in new "Star Trek"|date=2007-07-24|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|first=Rob|last=Owen] [Cite web|url=http://trekmovie.com/2007/07/23/e-reports-quinto-as-spock-deal-almost-struck/|title=Quinto as Spock deal almost done|date=2007-07-23|publisher=Trekmovie.com|first=Anthony|last=Pascale] [Cite web|url=http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070725_zachary_quinto_is_spock.html|title=Zachary Quinto Is Spock|date=2007-07-25|publisher=Moviehole.net|first=Adam|last=Weeks] Rumors dating back to December 2006 speculated that Zachary Quinto had been in negotiations to play a young Spock in the upcoming eleventh "Star Trek" film. Quinto had expressed interest in portraying Spock in a 2006 article in which he noted his resemblance to Leonard Nimoy.

Film and television

* "The Others", 2000
* "Touched By An Angel", 2001
* "", 2002
* "Off Centre", 2002
* "Lizzie McGuire in episode #49, 'Party Over Here' ", 2002
* "Haunted", 2002
* "The Agency", 2002
* "Six Feet Under", 2003
* "Charmed" ("Cat House"), 2003
* "Miracles", 2003
* "Dragnet", 2004
* "24", 2004
* "Hawaii, 2004
* "Joan of Arcadia", 2004
* "Blind Justice", 2005
* "Crossing Jordan", 2006
* "Twins", 2006
* "So NoTORIous", 2006
* "Heroes", 2006–present
* "Star Trek", 2009

References

External links

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* [http://thestarscoop.com/2007jan/zachary-quinto.php Interview with TheStarScoop, January 2007]