Zach Woods
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Zach Woods is an American actor and comedian born in Trenton, New Jersey, who grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania. He began performing improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre at age 16 and later studied at New York University. He has taught improv at Columbia University, Duke University, and Lincoln Center, and was a member of the UCB troupe The Stepfathers alongside Bobby Moynihan and Chris Gethard.
Woods first gained broader television recognition playing the perpetually anxious Gabe Lewis on NBC's The Office, joining the cast as a recurring player in 2010 and becoming a series regular in season seven. He went on to co-star as the earnest Jared Dunn on HBO's Silicon Valley (2014-2019), a role that became his most prominent. He has also appeared on Avenue 5, Veep, and Playing House, and has taken film roles in In the Loop (2009) and The Other Guys (2010).
In Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016), Woods played Tour Guide Garrett, who leads a ghost tour through the Aldridge Mansion at the film's opening, setting events in motion when a ghost encounter puts the paranormal firmly on the public radar.