Zak Orth
Birthday: 1970-10-15
Place of Birth: Libertyville, Illinois, USA
Biography: Zak Orth (born October 15, 1970) is an American comedic actor known for his roles in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Melinda and Melinda, In and Out, and Music and Lyrics. He also appeared as a man haunted by psychic visions named Roy in an episode of the Fox series Fringe. Orth was born Adam Zachary Orth in Libertyville, Illinois, the son of Jane, a piano teacher, and Robert Orth, an opera singer. He is good friends with the members of the comedy group Stella and has appeared in many of their short films, as well as their 2005 TV Series. He is also known for his brief role in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet playing the character Gregory. He is scheduled to be in the upcoming film Vamps with Alicia Sliverstone. He is also one half of The Doilies, a comedic musical group, with Michael Showalter.
Movies
Wet Hot American Summer
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real...
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Pitch
Two NYU film grads, hot off the success of their smash hit student film, prepare to pitch their big ...
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Prime
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the ...
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Loser
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city lif...
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Down to You
College coeds in New York City, Al, the son of a celebrity chef, and Imogen, a talented artist, beco...
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In & Out
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the...
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Music and Lyrics
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him...
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Kill the Poor
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenem...
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Melinda and Melinda
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illu...
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The Baxter
Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexcitin...
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When Trumpets Fade
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow s...
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The Pallbearer
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," h...
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Merry F#%$in' Christmas
Denis Leary and a cast of many others celebrate Christmas Leary-style. Packed with original music an...
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(Untitled)
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music compose...
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My Teacher's Wife
Todd Boomer is a college student aspiring to get into University. His chances are looking poor when ...
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Spanking the Monkey
Bright young student Raymond Aibelli is forced to sidetrack an important medical internship because ...
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Life in Flight
A successful New York architect with a beautiful wife and an adoring young son is forced to reevalua...
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Monogamy
Exhibitionism, voyeurism, jealousy, lust. Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo’s side business shooti...
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Vamps
The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in Ne...
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Rose Hill
Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to ...
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Monday Night Mayhem
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL ...
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his...
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They Came Together
A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development....
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Hair High
Rod and Cherri are the unmistakable king and queen of Echo High. When new kid Spud arrives, he makes...
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Adventures in Plymptoons!
A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that inclu...
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Snow Falling on Cedars
In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmae...
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Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot" summer-...
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The F Word
A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention af...
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The Other Guys
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no...
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Birthday
"Birthday" is a new short film from the unique three-man comedy group STELLA:...
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Peter and Vandy
Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers....
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Kimmy's a famous author and she's about to marry a prince! But first she has to foil the Reverend's ...
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 year...
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Hit
Brandon thinks he's met the girl of his dreams, until she brings a dead body on their first date....
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Romeo + Juliet
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues...
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Stella Shorts 1998-2002
STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Mic...
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