Zachary Quinto Biography

Zachary Quinto is an American actor and film producer who is best known for his roles as Sylar on the science fiction drama series Heroes (2006–2010), Spock in the reboot Star Trek (2009) and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). He is also known for his Emmy-nominated performance in American Horror Story: Asylum.

Quinto’s other film roles include Hitman: Agent 47, Margin Call, What’s Your Number?, Snowden, and Hotel Artemis. He has also appeared in smaller roles on television series such as So NoTORIous, The Slap, and 24, and on stage in Angels in America.

Zachary Quinto Education

Quinto attended Saints Simon and Jude Catholic School (which closed in 2010). He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1995, where he participated in its musicals and won the Gene Kelly Award for Best Supporting Actor. He then attended Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, from which he graduated in 1999.

Zachary Quinto Age

He was born Zachary John Quinto on June 2, 1977, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 2nd June every year. Quinto is 13 years old.

Zachary Quinto Height

Quinto stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.88 m) tall and weighs about 83 kg.

Zachary Quinto Family

Quinto is the son of Margaret J. “Margo” (née McArdle), and Joseph John “Joe” Quinto. His father was of Italian descent, while his mother is of Irish ancestry. His mom worked at an investment firm and later at a magistrate’s office, while his father, a barber, died of cancer when Quinto was seven years old. Quinto and his brother, Joe, were subsequently raised by their mother.

Zachary Quinto Gay

Quinto publicly came out as gay in October 2011. He explained that, after the suicide of gay teenager Jamey Rodemeyer, he realized “that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.” Before his coming out, Quinto had long been an active supporter of gay rights and organizations, including the Trevor Project.

In 2009, Quinto appeared in the one-night production Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, a benefit staged reading in response to the passing of Proposition 8, as well as in the play The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, about the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard. In 2010, he contributed a video to the It Gets Better Project, an Internet-based campaign that aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth. In 2012, he campaigned on behalf of Barack Obama, including appearing in the video Obama Pride: LGBT Americans For Obama.

In 2017, Quinto criticized the timing of actor Kevin Spacey’s decision to come out as part of his response to allegations of sexual advances toward then-14-year-old actor Anthony Rapp. Quinto called the manner of Spacey’s announcement “deeply sad and troubling”, feeling he had not stood up “as a point of pride – in the light of all his many awards and accomplishments – thus inspiring tens of thousands of struggling LGBTQ kids around the world”, but instead as “a calculated manipulation to deflect attention from the very serious accusation that he attempted to molest one.”

Zachary Quinto Boyfriend | Zachary Quinto Miles Mcmillan | Zachary Quinto Partner

Quinto started dating model and painter Miles McMillan in the summer of 2013. In early 2015, they moved into a NoHo apartment they purchased together. In November 2015 Vogue magazine called them “a power couple whose domain extends across the film, fashion, and art scene.” In early 2019, the couple “amicably” split up after a six-year relationship.

Zachary Quinto Star Trek | Zachary Quinto Spock

Quinto played roles as Spock in the reboot Star Trek (2009) and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). His casting as a young Spock in the Star Trek film franchise was officially announced at the 2007 Comic-Con. Speaking alongside Leonard Nimoy at a press conference to promote the first new Star Trek film, Zachary Quinto revealed that Nimoy had been given casting approval over who would play the role of the young Spock. “For me, Leonard’s involvement was only liberating, frankly,” says Quinto. “I knew that he had approval over the actor that would play young Spock, so when I got the role I knew from the beginning it was with his blessing.”

In a September 2008 interview, J. J. Abrams said of Quinto’s performance as Spock: “Zachary brought a gravity and an incredible sense of humor, which is a wonderful combination because Spock’s character is deceivingly complicated. The revelation for me watching the movie, when I finally got to watch the whole thing after working on sequences, was that he is extraordinary. He was doing things I didn’t even realize while we were shooting – these amazing things to track his story.”

Quinto also made references to Star Trek’s historical record for diversity and inclusiveness in its casting and storylines and said that he hoped the looming election of Barack Obama would build that dynamic towards the film’s May 2009 release date. In 2013, Quinto reprised his role of Spock in Star Trek Into Darkness and in Star Trek Beyond, released in 2016.

Zachary Quinto American Horror Story

In October 2011, Quinto began a recurring role as Chad on the FX series American Horror Story, former owner of the house. He returned for the second season in one of the lead roles, as Dr. Oliver Thredson.

Chris Pine And Zachary Quinto

In 2014, Quinto and his Before the Door partners produced a Chris Moore project, The Chair, a documentary series on Starz that shows the process of two directors bringing their first feature to the screen.

Zachary Quinto Heroes | Zachary Quinto Sylar

In 2006, Quinto joined the cast of Heroes as Gabriel Gray, better known as the serial killer Sylar. He worked on the series until its cancellation in 2010 after four seasons.

Zachary Quinto Broadway

From October 2010 to February 2011, Zachary played the lead role of Louis Ironson in an Off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America at the Signature Theatre, New York City. For this role, he received the Theatreworld Outstanding Debut Performance award.

In 2013, Quinto played the role of Tom Wingfield in the American Repertory Theatre’s production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Quinto was also in the Broadway reprisal of the production, in 2014. In 2018, Quinto starred in the Broadway play The Boys in the Band.

Zachary Quinto Net Worth

Quinto has an estimated net worth of $14 million which he has earned through his career as an actor and film producer.

The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Quinto.