Zach McGowan

Zachary Brendan McGowan (born May 5, 1980) is an American film and television actor and voice-over artist.[1] He is known for his roles in television series Shameless as Jody, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Anton Ivanov/The Superior, Black Sails as Charles Vane, and The 100 as Roan.[2] Other highlights include parts in the films Terminator Salvation,[3] The Hunt for Eagle One,[4] and the sequel The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point. He guest-starred in the television series Numbers, CSI: Miami, and Cold Case,[5] with voice-over work[6] for the Scream Awards, Animal Planet and the video games Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and Iron Man.

Zach McGowan
McGowan at the 2018 WonderCon
Born
Zachary Brendan McGowan

(1980-05-05) May 5, 1980
New York City, New York
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
Emily Johnson
(
m. 2008)

Early life
Zach McGowan

McGowan was born in New York City to Brenda and Vincent McGowan. His older brothers are Doug and Matt McGowan.[7] Although they lived in New York City most of their lives, the McGowans traveled extensively due to Brenda's employment at United Airlines. McGowan attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School from kindergarten through senior year in high school, where he was the captain of the football and ice hockey teams and a member of the drama and theater societies.[8] He then attended Carleton College.

Career

In mid-2011, McGowan joined the cast of the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Jody, first as a guest star (Season 2) and then as a series regular (Season 3).[9] Season two premiered January 8, 2012. He said that modeling for art students helped him for the role but now "nudity is just part of the job".[10]

In July 2013, McGowan joined the cast of the Universal Pictures feature film Dracula Untold, playing Shkelgim, a mysterious Romani.[11]

In January 2014, McGowan joined the cast of the Starz dramatic adventure TV series Black Sails, playing a fictionalized version of the real-life 18th-century English pirate Charles Vane. The role called for an English actor, so McGowan, an American, affected an accent. Casting directors found out later that McGowan was faking but were impressed with his performance and chose him for the role.[12]

In July 2016, McGowan joined the cast of The CW science fiction TV series The 100, playing King Roan of the Ice Nation, after having previously played the role as a guest star.[13]

In January 2017, McGowan joined the cast of the ABC TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., playing the villain The Superior.[14]

McGowan was briefly part of a "whitewashing" controversy when he was cast as Hawaiian soldier Benehakaka "Ben" Kanahele in the film Enemy Within (originally known as Niihau), based on the Niihau incident during World War II. When the casting was announced in May 2017, some criticized it, since Kanahele was native Hawaiian.[15] The part was eventually recast with Joe Naufahu, and the film was released in 2019.

In March 2018, McGowan joined the cast of L.A.'s Finest, a TV series based on the Bad Boys franchise alongside Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union.[16]

Personal life

McGowan married Emily Johnson on September 27, 2008, in the Santa Barbara mountains.[17]

Filmography
McGowan at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Hunt for Eagle One Jackson Direct-to-DVD
2009 Terminator Salvation Soldier on Osprey
Losing Control Terry
Conception Joel
2012 Cockroaches[18] Johnny Slim
Snapshot[19] Thomas Grady
2014 Dracula Untold Shkelgim
2018 The Brawler Chuck Wepner
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy Connor Gibson Direct-to-DVD
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls Mathayus
2019 Robert the Bruce Brandubh Post-production
2020 Crabs in a Bucket Dougal Post-production

Television
Title Year Role Network Notes Ref(s)
Two Dudes Catering[20] 2007 Himself TV reality show
CSI: Miami 2008 Kurt Greenfield CBS Episode: "Wrecking Crew"
Numbers 2008 Keith Jackson CBS Episode: "High Exposure"
Scream Awards 2009 Announcer
Narrator		 N/A
Cold Case 2009 Corporal Clerk CBS Episode: "Libertyville"
Good Luck Charlie 2010 Happy Horse Disney Channel Episode: "Butt Dialing Duncans"
Man Eating Super Snake 2011 Voice Discovery Channel TV Movie [21]
Body of Proof 2011 Vincent Stone Episode: "Helping Hand"
Scream Awards 2011 Announcer
Narrator		 N/A
Dating Rules from My Future Self 2012 Jagger Episodes: "What Is Love?" and "Change YR World" [22]
Shameless 2012 Jody Silverman Showtime Season 2 & 3
Black Sails 2014–2017 Charles Vane Starz Main Cast (seasons 1-3)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2015 Anton NBC Episode: "Maternal Instincts"
The 100 2016–2017, 2020 Roan CW 17 episodes
Main cast (season 4)
Recurring role (season 3)
Guest (season 7)		 [23]
UnREAL 2016 Brock Episode: "Casualty"
Lethal Weapon 2017 Cody Lewis Episode 7: Birdwatching
Damnation Tennyson Duvall Recurring
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 2017–2018 Anton Ivanov / The Superior ABC Recurring (Season 4)
Guest (Season 5)
8 episodes
The Walking Dead 2018 Justin AMC Recurring; 3 episodes (Season 9)
L.A.'s Finest 2019 Ray Sherman Main Cast
MacGyver 2020 Roman CBS Episode: "Loyalty + Family + Rogue + Hellfire" and "Save + The + Dam + World"

Video games
Year Title Voice role Ref.
2008 Boom Blox Cowboy Beaver
Iron Man Mark Scarlotti / Whiplash / Stark Engineer
2012 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Ghost
Anarchy Reigns Nikolai Dmitri Bulygin
Resident Evil 6 Tall Oaks civilians
gollark: Maybe your USB WiFi stick is ust bad.
gollark: Why even use WiFi when we have transcrustal neutrino pipelines nowadays?
gollark: Can you NOT simply buy a wireless card/USB stick/apiocuboid?
gollark: S is after R in the alphabet, so this is true.
gollark: Oh no, not ANOTHER locally-amnesticizing printer.

References
  1. Zach McGowan nytimes
  2. Gelman, Vlada (2011-07-06). "Exclusive: Zach McGowan Joins Shameless as New Bad Boy -- and [Spoiler Alert]?". TVLine. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  3. "Trailer: Cockroaches - The Movie Blog". themovieblog.com.
  5. "More Sausage, Please! Shameless Promotes Zach McGowan to Series Regular". 15 February 2012.
  7. "Matt McGowan (@matt_mcgowan) - Twitter". www.twitter.com.
  8. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Brittany_Frederick/2012/03/03/qa_get_to_know_shameless_star_zach_mcg Starpulse
  9. 'Shameless' Promotes Zach McGowan to Series Regular, Hollywood Reporter, February 15, 2012
  10. Naughty But Nice Rob (April 24, 2012). "Zach McGowan, 'Shameless' Star, On Preparing For Full-Frontal Scenes". Huffington Post.
  11. Dracula Casts A 'Shameless' Gypsy, Bloody Disgusting, July 11, 2013
  12. Topel, Fred (February 21, 2014). "Exclusive Interview: Zach McGowan on 'Black Sails' and Dracula Untold". CraveOnline.
  13. 'The 100’ Promotes Zach McGowan to Series Regular for Season 4, The Wrap, July 22, 2016
  14. Listing 'MARVEL'S AGENTS OF SHIELD', The Futon Critic, January 31, 2017
  15. Nyren, Erin (May 9, 2017). "'Whitewashing' Accusations Fly as Zach McGowan Cast as Hawaiian WWII Hero". Variety.
  16. Zach McGowan Joins NBC's 'Bad Boys' Spinoff (Exclusive), March 26, 2018
  17. "Zach McGowan (Wiki, Age, Married, Wife, Net Worth)". unapix.com.
  18. "Cockroaches". 5 January 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  19. "Snapshot". 1 June 2014 – via www.imdb.com.
  20. "2 Dudes Catering" – via www.imdb.com.
  21. "Man Eating Super Snake". 5 June 2011 – via www.imdb.com.
  22. "Dating Rules from My Future Self" – via www.imdb.com.
  23. "CW's 'The 100' Casts 'Black Sails' Star Zach McGowan in Recurring Role (Exclusive)". 24 July 2015.
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