1. Zachary Quinto is known for his roles as Sylar, the primary antagonist from the science fiction drama series Heroes ; Spock in the film Star Trek and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond ; Charlie Manx in the AMC series NOS4A2, and Dr Oliver Thredson in American Horror Story: Asylum, for which he received a nomination for an Emmy Award.
Zachary Quinto's other starring film roles include Margin Call, Hitman: Agent 47, Snowden, and Hotel Artemis.
Zachary Quinto appeared in smaller roles on television series, such as So Notorious, The Slap, and 24, and on stage in Angels in America, The Glass Menagerie, and Smokefall.
Zachary John Quinto was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Margaret "Margo", who worked at an investment firm and later at a magistrate's office, and Joseph John "Joe" Quinto, a barber.
Zachary Quinto was raised in the suburb of Green Tree, Pennsylvania, and attended Saints Simon and Jude Catholic School.
Zachary Quinto's father died of cancer when Quinto was seven years old, and Quinto and his brother, Joe, were subsequently raised by their mother.
Zachary Quinto's father was of Italian descent, while his mother was of Irish ancestry.
In 2003, during the theatrical run of Endgame by Samuel Beckett, directed by Kristina Lloyd at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles playing the role of Clov, he landed a recurring role as computer expert Adam Kaufman on the Fox series 24; Zachary Quinto appeared in 23 episodes of the third season.
In 2006, Zachary Quinto played the role of Sasan, the haughty, bisexual Iranian-American best friend of Tori Spelling on her VH1 series So NoTORIous.
Zachary Quinto worked on the series until its cancellation in 2010 after four seasons.
In 2008, Zachary Quinto joined with Corey Moosa and Neal Dodson to form Before the Door Pictures.
Zachary Quinto played a strangely lovable kidnapper in "Hostage: A Love Story", written by the comedy duo HoltandSteele, for Before the Door Pictures and Funny or Die.
Zachary Quinto played a prospective dog adopter in "Dog Eat Dog", written and directed by Sian Heder, and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2012.
Zachary Quinto has kept up his theatre experience, which includes roles in a variety of productions, including classics such as Samuel Beckett's Endgame at the Los Angeles Odyssey Theatres in 2003, Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival and Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow at the Old Globe Theatre.
From October 2010 to February 2011, Zachary Quinto played the lead role of Louis Ironson in an Off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America at the Signature Theatre, New York City.
In 2013, Zachary Quinto played the role of Tom Wingfield in the American Repertory Theatre's production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
Zachary Quinto was in the Broadway reprisal of the production, in 2014.
In February 2016, Zachary Quinto appeared in the New York premiere of MCC Theater's Smokefall.
Zachary Quinto played the role of Peter Sullivan in the film, in a cast that included Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley and Demi Moore.
Zachary Quinto was an executive producer for Chandor's next film All Is Lost with Robert Redford as the sole actor.
In October 2011, Zachary Quinto began a recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story as Chad, former owner of the house.
Zachary Quinto returned for the second season in one of the lead roles, as Dr Oliver Thredson.
In 2015, Zachary Quinto was a guest on the acclaimed TV series Girls and Hannibal.
Movie-wise, Zachary Quinto reprised his role of Spock in Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013 and in Star Trek Beyond, released in 2016.
At the other end of the spectrum from the action-oriented Agent 47, Zachary Quinto appeared opposite James Franco in the drama I Am Michael, a film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 2016, science fiction author John Scalzi released a novella, The Dispatcher, created specifically for Audible; Zachary Quinto narrated the story, as well as the second book in the series, Murder by Other Means.
Zachary Quinto starred with Michelle Buteau in the Audible scripted podcast, Sorry Charlie Miller.
In 2022, Zachary Quinto made his debut on the West End stage in London as Gore Vidal in James Graham's new play Best of Enemies.
In 2010, Zachary Quinto contributed a video to the It Gets Better Project, an Internet-based campaign that aims to prevent suicide among LGBTQAI+ youth.
In 2012, Zachary Quinto campaigned on behalf of Barack Obama, including appearing in the video Obama Pride: LGBT Americans For Obama.
From 2010 to 2013, Zachary Quinto was in a relationship with actor Jonathan Groff.
Zachary Quinto began dating model and musician Miles McMillan in the summer of 2013.