Zak Orth
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.044 |
| Birthday | 1970-10-15 |
| Place of Birth | Libertyville, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | Adam Zakary Orth , |
2001
Wet Hot American Summer
6.277/815
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfi...
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Wet Hot American Summer
2006
Pitch
2/1
Two NYU film grads, hot off the success of their smash hit student film, prepare to pitch their big action movie to a film studio in hopes of making t...
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Pitch
2005
Prime
5.963/802
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
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Prime
2000
Loser
5.4/439
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befr...
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Loser
2000
Down to You
5.3/239
College coeds in New York City, Al, the son of a celebrity chef, and Imogen, a talented artist, become smitten the second they lay eyes on one another...
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Down to You
1997
In & Out
6.5/700
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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In & Out
2007
Music and Lyrics
6.442/1692
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a...
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Music and Lyrics
2003
Kill the Poor
4.4/5
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The st...
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Kill the Poor
2004
Melinda and Melinda
6.2/464
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel...
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Melinda and Melinda
2007
The Ten
4.8/196
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
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The Ten
2005
The Baxter
6.1/47
A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he c...
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The Baxter
1998
When Trumpets Fade
6.6/134
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon...
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When Trumpets Fade
1996
The Pallbearer
4.9/123
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never m...
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The Pallbearer
2005
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
6.2/3
Denis Leary and a cast of many others celebrate Christmas Leary-style. Packed with original music and skits, this is a great spin on the usual holiday...
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Merry F#%$in' Christmas
2009
(Untitled)
6.4/38
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporar...
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(Untitled)
1999
My Teacher's Wife
5.2/35
Todd Boomer is a college student aspiring to get into University. His chances are looking poor when his maths teacher, fails him in every maths test....
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My Teacher's Wife
1994
Spanking the Monkey
5.7/73
Bright young student Raymond Aibelli is forced to sidetrack an important medical internship because his mother, Susan, is recovering from a broken leg...
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Spanking the Monkey
2010
Life in Flight
5.5/11
A successful New York architect with a beautiful wife and an adoring young son is forced to reevaluate his outwardly idyllic life after a chance meeti...
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Life in Flight
2010
Monogamy
4.2/13
Exhibitionism, voyeurism, jealousy, lust. Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo’s side business shooting surveillance-style photos of clients on the sly...
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Monogamy
2012
Vamps
5.3/273
The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has...
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Vamps
1997
Rose Hill
7/10
Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to head west and take the baby which they name Mary R...
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Rose Hill
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
5.3/6
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a ma...
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Monday Night Mayhem
2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6.8/3764
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relations...
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2014
They Came Together
5.6/415
A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.
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They Came Together
2004
Hair High
6.6/30
Bill Plympton's gothic '50s high-school comedy about a love-triangle that goes terribly wrong. Two murdered teens return from the grave, then go to th...
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Hair High
2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2/1
A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, c...
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Adventures in Plymptoons!
1999
Snow Falling on Cedars
6.036/138
In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emot...
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Snow Falling on Cedars
2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
6.4/46
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot" summer-camp cult hit featuring many future stars.
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Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2005
The F Word
6.4/16
A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention after the FCC has slapped his station with $1 millio...
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The F Word
2010
The Other Guys
6.309/4245
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seeming...
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The Other Guys
2008
Birthday
0/0
"Birthday" is a new short film from the unique three-man comedy group STELLA:
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Birthday
2009
Peter and Vandy
6.4/24
Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.
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Peter and Vandy
2020
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
6.507/151
Kimmy's a famous author and she's about to marry a prince! But first she has to foil the Reverend's evil plot. It's your move: What should Kimmy do ne...
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
5.9/857
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue wha...
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2015
Hit
8/1
Brandon thinks he's met the girl of his dreams, until she brings a dead body on their first date.
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Hit
1996
Romeo + Juliet
6.8/5052
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the...
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Romeo + Juliet
2002
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
3/2
STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black....
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