Zach Braff was born and raised in South Orange, New Jersey, to Anne Hutchinson (Maynard), a clinical psychologist, and Harold Irwin Braff, a trial attorney. His father is from Russia and Austria, while Zach's mother is from a family with deep roots in New England. Zach attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, and also graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in film. Zach is known for playing Dr. John 'J.D.' Dorian on the television series Scrubs (2001), for writing, directing, and starring in the films Garden State (2004) and Wish I Was Here (2014), and for starring in the movies Chicken Little (2005), The Last Kiss (2006), and The Ex (1996).

He just completed directing the New Line/ Warner Bros. feature "Going In Style" starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin.

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Kate Hudson and Zach Braff in Wish I Was Here (2014)

Natalie Portman and Zach Braff in Garden State (2004)

Zach Braff and Donald Faison in Scrubs (2001)

Casey Affleck, Tony Goldwyn, Zach Braff, Eric Christian Olsen, and Michael Weston in The Last Kiss (2006)

Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison in Scrubs (2026)

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Anjelica Huston, and Zach Braff in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Natalie Portman, Zach Braff, and Peter Sarsgaard in Garden State (2004)

John C. McGinley, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Michael Mosley, Dave Franco, Eliza Coupe, and Kerry Bishé in Scrubs (2001)

Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, James Franco, and Michelle Williams in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

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