Birth Name: Zachary John Quinto
Nickname/Stage Name: Zachary Quinto
Birth Date: June 2, 1977
Genres: Action, Sci-fi
Occupation(s): Actor, Film Producer
Years Active: 2000 till Present
Net Worth: $14 million
Latest Film: The Boys in the Band
Personal life
Zachary Quinto was born and raised in Green Tree, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. He came out as gay publicly in October 2011.
Quinto said he recognized “that living a homosexual life without openly identifying it is just not enough to make any substantial contribution to the huge task that remains ahead on the road to complete equality”.
He was in a relationship with actor Jonathan Groff from 2010 to 2013. In 2013, Quinto started dating model and musician Miles McMillan.
Quinto and McMillan called it quits in early 2019. He is reportedly single.
Education
He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1995 and then went on to Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in 1999.
Career
Quinto made his TV debut in the short-lived series The Others and featured as a guest star on CSI, Touched by an Angel, Charmed, Six Feet Under, and Lizzie McGuire.
The actor secured a recurring role as computer expert Adam Kaufman on the Fox series 24 in 2003. He joined the cast of Heroes later that year as Gabriel Gray, best known as serial killer Sylar. The role would garner him critical praise.
He was cast as a young Spock in J. J. Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek. He reprised the role in the subsequent sequels. Additionally, he played John Smith in the action film Hitman: Agent 47 (2015).
Awards
Gene Kelly Award (1994)
TV Land Award (2007)
Boston Society of Film Critics Award (2009)
SFX Award (2010)
Tina Award (2011)
Independent Spirit Award (2012)
Robert Altman Award (2012)
Critics’ choice television Award (2013)
Elliot Norton Award (2013)
Quotes
“The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadows. I stepped into this character and then realized how much there was to play with.”
“I love when you aren’t accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.”
“I don’t know what scares me – cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don’t always succeed, but I like to think I try.”
Trivia
His father was of Italian ancestry and his mother is of Irish ancestry.
Close friends with Star Trek co-stars Chris Pine and Karl Urban.
His fans call themselves “Sylar’s Army” after his character in Heroes (2006).
Is a supporter of LGBT rights and other causes.
Became good friends with Leonard Nimoy while playing Nimoy’s iconic role as Spock in the Star Trek (2009) remake.
Movies
Star Trek (2009)
Girls Walk Into a Bar (2011)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
I Am Michael (2015)
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Hotel Artemis (2018)
The Boys in the Band (2020)