Life and career

Braun was born in Bethpage, New York, the son of Elizabeth Lyle and actor Craig Braun. In 2001, he made his acting debut in Walter and Henry, a father-son drama television film with an ensemble cast that included John Larroquette, Kate Nelligan, Dorian Harewood and James Coburn. He graduated from St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts in 2006.

Most famous for his role in the film Sky High as Zachary "Zach" Braun (a.k.a. Zach Attack!), Braun also played Zeke Thompson in Minutemen, a Disney Channel Original Movie. Braun appeared in another Original Disney Channel movie, Princess Protection Program, that starred Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, in which he portrayed Edwin, who is always behind the camera video-taping.

He played the regular role of Cameron on the ABC Family show 10 Things I Hate About You, until it was cancelled with its final episode airing on May 24, 2010. He appeared in The Secret Life of the American Teenager and currently portrays the character Cole Waters on the Web series The LXD.

In 2011, he played Lloyd Taylor in Disney's theatrical release Prom, and Billy Ray in Kevin Smith's Red State.

In 2012, Braun appeared twice with Nina Dobrev in a Funny or Die comedy video called SPF and as "Ponytail Derek", in which he played Dobrev's on-screen boyfriend in the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Braun has a YouTube channel with Kyle Kaplan and Vincent Pergola called the Breakfast Toms, which is a group of young filmmakers that write, direct and produce its own media.

In 2015, he was featured on two tracks on Phantoms' debut EP, Broken Halo. He provided vocals on the title track and on "Voyeur". He also co-starred with Dakota Johnson in both Date and Switch (2014) and How to Be Single (2016).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Walter and Henry	Henry	Television film
2004	Carry Me Home	Zeke	Television film
2005	Sky High	Zachary "Zach" Braun/Zack Attack
2008	Minutemen	Zeke Thompson	Television film
2009	Princess Protection Program	Ed	Television film
	First Time, TheThe First Time	Ernie
2011	Red State	Billy Ray
	Chalet Girl	Nigel
	Prom	Lloyd Taylor
2012	Watch, TheThe Watch	Jason
	Perks of Being a Wallflower, TheThe Perks of Being a Wallflower	Derek
2013	At Middleton	Justin
2014	Date and Switch	Michael
2015	Poltergeist	Boyd
	Freaks of Nature	Dag Parker
	Jem and the Holograms	Brad	Uncredited
	The Stanford Prison Experiment	Karl Vandy
2016	How to Be Single	Josh
	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Tall Brian
	Get a Job	Charlie
	Good Kids	Andy	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kid	Episode: "Surveillance"
2006	Without a Trace	Zander Marrs	Episode: "Fade-Away"
2007	Shark	Craig	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
2008	Cold Case	Lenny Snow '51	Episode: "Shore Leave"
2009	Secret Life of the American Teenager, TheThe Secret Life of the American Teenager	Randy	Episode: "Money for Nothing, Chicks for Free"
2009-2010	10 Things I Hate About You	Cameron James	Main cast; 20 episodes
2009	Three Rivers	Michael	Episode: "The Luckiest Man"
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Neal Monroe	Episode: "Hitting for the Cycle"
2011	Brave New World	Matt Koutnick	Unsold NBC pilot
2013	Friend Me	Rob	Unaired CBS series

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