Zak Orth

Adam Zachary Orth (born October 15, 1970) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, Melinda and Melinda, In and Out, Music and Lyrics, and NYC 22. He also starred in the NBC television drama Revolution as Aaron.

Zak Orth
Orth at WonderCon in March 2013
Born	Adam Zachary Orth (1970-10-15) October 15, 1970 (age 54) Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
Education	DePaul University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

Early life and education

Orth was born Adam Zachary Orth in Libertyville, Illinois, the son of Jane (Oehms), a piano teacher, and Robert Orth, an opera singer.^[1] Orth is an alumnus of The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Career

He is a good friend of 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, as the character Gregory.^[2]

He is also one half of The Doilies, a musical comedy group, alongside Michael Showalter.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Spanking the Monkey	Curtis
1996	The Pallbearer	An Abernathy Cousin
1996	Romeo + Juliet	Gregory
1997	In & Out	Mike
1999	My Teacher's Wife	Paul Faber
1999	Snow Falling on Cedars	Deputy Abel Martinson
2000	Down to You	Monk Jablonski
2000	Loser	Adam
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	J.J.
2002	Stella shorts	Various roles
2003	Kill the Poor	Butch
2004	Hair High	Zip	Voice
2004	Melinda and Melinda	Peter
2005	The F Word	Manny
2005	The Baxter	Wendall Wimms
2005	Prime	Randall
2007	The Ten	Prosecutor / Tour Guide Barge Michaelson
2007	Music and Lyrics	David Newbert - TV Executive #1
2008	Life in Flight	Josh
2008	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Adam
2009	(Untitled)	Porter Canby
2009	Peter and Vandy	Keith
2010	Monogamy	Quinny
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Narrator	Voice
2010	The Other Guys	Accountant
2012	Vamps	Renfield
2014	They Came Together	Waiter with Pole
2015	Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot	Himself	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995, 2023–2024	Law & Order	Mr. Ricardi / Defense Attorney Harry Kagan	3 episodes
1997	Rose Hil	Douglas Clayborne	Television film
1998	When Trumpets Fade	Warren
2001, 2024	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Wally Parkers / Defense Attorney Harry Kagan	2 episodes
2002	Monday Night Mayhem	Don Ohlmeyer	Television film
2005	Stella	Elliot Morgenthal	Episode: "Pilot"
2005	Merry F %$in' Christmas	Nuns Gone Wild Host	Television special
2006	Cheap Seats	EZtech Executive / Network Bigwig	2 episodes
2008	John Adams	James McHenry	Episode: "Unnecessary War"
2008	Canterbury's Law	Gil Newhall	Episode: "Sick as Your Secrets"
2008	Fringe	Roy McComb	Episode: "The Ghost Network"
2009	30 Rock	Young Priest	Episode: "St. Valentine's Day"
2009	Wainy Days	Jake	Episode: "Dance Club"
2009	Michael & Michael Have Issues	Pinecone Guy	Unknown episodes
2009	Nurse Jackie	Zak	Episode: "Steak Knife"
2010	Michael Showalter's the Making of...	Allen McKenzie	Episode: "The Intel Choir Commercial"
2012	NYC 22	Eric Royce	Episode: "Pilot"
2012–2014	Revolution	Aaron Pittman	42 episodes
2014	Elementary	Gabe Coleman	Episode: "The Five Orange Pipz"
2014	The Good Wife	Steve Fratti	Episode: "The Trial"
2015	Happyish	Larry	3 episodes
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	JJ	8 episodes
2015, 2016	Above Average Presents	Mark Zimmerman / Owner	2 episodes
2015–2016	Veep	Jim Owens	3 episodes
2015–2018	Casual	Drew Meyers	15 episodes
2016–2018	Falling Water	Bill Boerg	18 episodes
2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	JJ	8 episodes
2018	Human Kind Of	Mr. Russo / Ethan / Dad (voices)	19 episodes
2020	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Howie	5 episodes
2020	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend	Cody Santimonio	Television film
2023	White House Plumbers	Alfred C. Baldwin III	Episode: "Don't Drink the Whiskey at the Watergate"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Manhunt 2	Project Militia
2010	Red Dead Redemption	The Local Population

References

1. "Zak Orth Biography (1970–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
2. Marks, Peter (1997-08-08). "Country House Chatter So Rudely Interrupted". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
3. Colford, Caitlin (2010-06-27). "Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Monogamous with Zak Orth". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-07.

External links

• Zak Orth at IMDb