Zach Cherry

Zach Cherry (born November 1, 1987)^[2] is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Dylan George on the Apple TV+ series Severance and as Woody Thomas on the Amazon Prime series Fallout.

Zach Cherry
Cherry in 2023
Born	(1987-11-01) November 1, 1987 (age 37)[1] Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Amherst College
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	2015–present
Spouse	Anabella Cherry ​ (m. 2022)​

Early life

Cherry was born on November 1, 1987, in Trenton, New Jersey.^[1][3] He attended Princeton Day School and Amherst College.

Career

Cherry began taking improv lessons in 2011, and was placed on a house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York in 2017.^[4]

In 2018, he played bookstore clerk Ethan Russell in season one of the Netflix series You.^[5] He played Wolf on FOX's Duncanville, Pete's manager Kevin on Crashing (2017–2019), and Norman on I Feel Bad (2018), and had minor roles on Succession and Living with Yourself. Cherry also played Klev in two Marvel Studios movies: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: Homecoming.

In 2020, Cherry was cast in a lead role as Dylan George in the ongoing Apple TV+ series Severance.^[6]

In August 2022, it was announced that Cherry and actress Ellie Kemper would host the sixth season of The Great American Baking Show, an American adaptation of the baking reality TV show The Great British Bake Off. The season aired on streaming television service The Roku Channel.^[7] Cherry returned for the seventh season in 2024 with new co-host Casey Wilson.^[8]

Personal life

Cherry lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Anabella, and their rescue dog.^[3] He is an avid gamer.^[3] Cherry has been vegetarian since 2020.^[3]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	The Big Sick	Party Goer 4
	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Klev		[9]
2018	An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn	Tyrone Paris
	Irreplaceable You	Jim
	Unsane	Denis
2019	Isn't It Romantic	Co-Worker
2020	Drunk Bus	Josh	Uncredited
2021	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Klev		[10]
2023	You Hurt My Feelings	Jim

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	High Maintenance	Diabetic Man	Episode: "Sufjan"
	Broad City	Bystander	Episode: "The Matrix"
2016	Horace and Pete	Young Hipster 1	Episode #1.1
	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Administrator	Episode: "Kimmy Gives Up!"
	The Jim Gaffigan Show	Male Comedian	Episode: "The List"
	Search Party	Duncan	3 episodes
2017–2019	Crashing	Kevin Woods	8 episodes	[11]
2018	Divorce		Episode: "Ohio"
	The Chris Gethard Show	Roger, the Leader of the Cave Maniacs	Episode: "Survive the Apocalypse"
	The Special Without Brett Davis	Ethan	Episode: "BBQ"
	You	Ethan Russell	9 episodes
	I Feel Bad	Norman	13 episodes
2018–2020	Our Cartoon President	Various voices	22 episodes
2019	The Magicians	Frankie Gallo	Episode: "The Bad News Bear"
	Succession	Brian	Episode: "Safe Room"	[12]
	Living with Yourself	Hugh	4 episodes
	The Resident	Marcus Broome	Episode: "Peking Duck Day"	[6]
2020	Most Dangerous Game	Looger	10 episodes
	The Last O.G.	Miles	4 episodes
2020–2022	Duncanville	Wolf (voice)	35 episodes
2021	Helpsters	Trophy Todd	Episode: "T-Ball Toni/Trophy Todd"
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Employee 3	Episode: "Union Busting"
2022–present	Severance	Dylan George	Main role
	The Great American Baking Show	Himself (host)	12 episodes
2023	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Ensign Amadou	Episode: "Caves"
2024	Fallout	Woody Thomas	5 episodes
2025	Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man	Klev (voice)	Episode: "Scorpion Rising"

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	Peabody Awards	Entertainment	Severance	Won	[13]
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated	[14]