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Zach Braff

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Attended the same high school as R&B singer and hip-hop MC Lauryn Hill. Member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at Northwestern. He has gained praise at film festivals for his directorial debut, Garden State (2004). Attended the same high school as Elisabeth Shue and Andrew Shue. In fact, he grew up around the corner from the Shue family. Brother, novelist Josh Braff, wrote "The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green." Father is an attorney, who also does stage work. Also attending Columbia High School at the same time was Ahmed Best, better known as the voice of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)'s Jar Jar Binks. Is best friends in real life with "Scrubs" (2001) co-star Donald Faison, who plays Turk. The youngest of four children: Adam J. Braff, Joshua Braff (wife, Jill; children, Henry and Ella), and Shoshanna Braff. Middle brother, Joshua Braff, and oldest brother, Adam J. Braff have collaborated on screenplays for TV. Sister is a fashion designer. Parents are divorced, each is remarried, and all get along with one another. Zach's "four parents" are all at Thanksgiving dinner together every year, with the four children, and the grandchildren. Won a Grammy in February of 2005 for "Best Compilation Soundtrack For A Motion Picture" for Garden State (2004), on which he served as the compilation producer. According to an article in The Chicago Sun-Times, when Braff won his Best First Feature Independent Spirit Award for Garden State (2004), his father jumped up from a back table in the room and yelled, "That's my kid!". Attended the same high school as producer Joel Silver (Road House (1989), Die Hard (1988) and Lethal Weapon (1987)) and drummer Max Weinberg (E Street Band, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)). Auditioned for the role of Drue Valentine on "Dawson's Creek" (1998), which eventually went to Mark Matkevich. Per his request that she contribute a song to the soundtrack of Garden State (2004), Bonnie Somerville recorded the song "Winding Road" for the film. Graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in film Named among Fade In Magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know" in 2005. Is a die-hard fan of the show "Lost" (2004)