Early life

Quinto was born in Pittsburgh, and grew up in Green Tree, Pennsylvania. His mother, Margaret J. "Margo" (née McArdle), worked at an investment firm and later at a magistrate's office. His father, Joseph John "Joe" Quinto, a barber, died of cancer when Quinto was seven years old. Quinto and his brother, Joe, were subsequently raised by their mother. He grew up Catholic. His father was of Italian descent, while his mother is of Irish ancestry. Quinto graduated from Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) in 1995, where he participated in their musicals and won the Gene Kelly Award for Best Supporting Actor, and then attended Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, from which he graduated in 1999.

Career

Quinto first appeared on television in the short-lived television series The Others, and appeared as a guest star on shows including CSI, Touched by an Angel, Charmed, Six Feet Under, Lizzie McGuire, and L.A. Dragnet. In 2003, during the theatrical run of Endgame by Samuel Beckett, directed by Kristina Lloyd at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles playing the role of Clov, he landed a recurring role as computer expert Adam Kaufman on the Fox series 24; Quinto appeared in 23 episodes of the third season.

In 2006, Quinto played the role of Sasan: the haughty, gay Iranian-American best friend of Tori Spelling on her VH1 series So NoTORIous. Later that year, he 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.

His casting as a young Spock in the J.J. Abrams-directed reboot of the Star Trek film franchise was officially announced at the 2007 Comic-Con.

Speaking alongside Leonard Nimoy at a press conference to promote the new Star Trek film, 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, 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.

After Star Trek, he appeared in the comedy short Boutonniere (2009). It "...was a movie written and directed by my former landlady and friend, . She called up and said, 'Would you do me a favor and be in my short film?'"

In 2008, Quinto joined with Corey Moosa and Neal Dodson to form Before the Door Pictures. The company has projects in film, television, new media, and the graphic novel arena. In a publishing deal with comic book publisher Archaia, they published a graphic novel called Mr. Murder is Dead, created by writer Victor Quinaz, closely followed by LUCID: A Matthew Dee Adventure written by writer/actor Michael McMillian.

Quinto also starred in several comedy shorts. He played a strangely lovable kidnapper in Hostage: A Love Story, written by the comedy duo HoltandSteele, for Before the Door and FunnyorDie. He also played a prospective dog adopter (based on Quinto's own experience) in Dog Eat Dog, written and directed by Sian Heder, and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2012.

Quinto has also found time to keep up his theatre experience, which includes roles in a variety of productions, including classics such as Beckett's Endgame at the Los Angeles Odyssey Theatres in 2003, Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival and Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow at the Old Globe Theatre. From October 2010 to February 2011, Quinto 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, Quinto 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. He was also in the Broadway reprisal of the production, in 2014. In February 2016, Zachary will appear in the New York premiere of MCC Theater’s Smokefall.

In 2010, Quinto's company Before the Door Pictures produced Margin Call, an independent film about the financial crisis. Quinto played the role of Peter Sullivan in the film, in a cast that included Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley and Demi Moore. Margin Call premiered in January 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival. Margin Call received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, by JC Chandor. Quinto has been behind the scenes as executive producer for the next two Chandor films: All Is Lost (2013) with Robert Redford as the sole actor and A Most Violent Year (2014) with Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.

Not leaving television behind, in October 2011, Quinto began a recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story as Chad, former owner of the house. Quinto returned for the second season in one of the lead roles, as Dr. Oliver Thredson. In 2014, Zachary 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. In 2015, Quinto was a guest on the acclaimed TV series Girls and Hannibal.

Movie-wise, Quinto has continued his role as Spock in Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013 and in Star Trek Beyond, to be released in 2016. In addition he played John Smith in Hitman: Agent 47 in 2015. At the other end of the spectrum from the action oriented Agent 47, Quinto appears opposite James Franco in the drama I Am Michael, a film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Quinto also portrays Glenn Greenwald in the Edward Snowden biopic Snowden, due out in May 2016. Quinto narrates as space scientist Pascal Lee in the documentary film Passage To Mars to be released in 2016., and as himself in the documentary film For the Love of Spock, also to be released in 2016.

He has modeled for magazines including GQ and August.

Personal life

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." Prior to his coming out, Quinto had long been an active supporter of gay rights and organizations, including the Trevor Project. In 2009, he appeared in the one-night production Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, a benefit stage 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, Quinto contributed a video to the It Gets Better Project, an Internet-based campaign that aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth. In 2012 Quinto campaigned on behalf of Barack Obama, including appearing in the video Obama Pride: LGBT Americans For Obama.

In 2010, Quinto was rumored to be dating actor Jonathan Groff. In September 2012, Quinto confirmed that he and Groff were in a relationship. In July 2013, it was reported that the two had broken up.

Since 2013, Quinto has been in a relationship with model artist Miles McMillan. In early 2015, the couple moved into an apartment in Manhattan they purchased together.

Filmography

Film

Year	Movie.Title	Role	Notes
2009	Star Trek	Spock
2011	Margin Call	Peter Sullivan	Also producer
	Girl Walks into a Bar	Nicolas "Nick"
	What's Your Number?	Rick
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	Spock
2014	We'll Never Have Paris	Jameson
2015	I Am Michael	Bennett
	Hitman: Agent 47	John Smith
2016	Passage to Mars	Pascal Lee	Voice
	Tallulah	Andreas	Post-production
	Snowden	Glenn Greenwald	Post-production
	Star Trek Beyond	Spock	Post-production
	Aardvark	Josh Norma	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Others, TheThe Others	Tony	Episode: "Unnamed"
2001	Touched by an Angel	Mike	Episode: "When Sunny Gets Blue"
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Mitchell Sullivan	Episode: "Anatomy of a Lye"
	Off Centre	Smudge	Episode: "Diddler on the Roof"
	Lizzie McGuire	Director	Episode: "Party Over Here"
	Haunted	Paul Kingsley	Episode: "Grievous Angels"
	Agency, TheThe Agency	Jay Lambert	Episode: "Air Lex"
2003	Six Feet Under	Hip Student	Episode: "The Eye Inside"
	Charmed	Warlock	Episode: "Cat House"
	Miracles	Messenger	Episode: "Battle at Shadow Ridge"
2003-2004	24	Adam Kaufman	23 episodes
2004	Dragnet	Howard Simms	Episode: "Frame of Mind"
2004	Hawaii	Loomis	Episode: "No Man Is an Island"
	Joan of Arcadia	Pretentious Filmmaker God	Episode: "P.O.V."
2005	Blind Justice	Scott Collins	Episode: "In Your Face"
2006	Crossing Jordan	Leo Fulton, Jr.	Episode: "Code of Ethics"
	Twins	Jason	Episode: "When I Move, You Move"
	So NoTORIous	Sasan	10 episodes
2006-2010	Heroes	Sylar	60 episodes
2008	Robot Chicken	Archimedes Q. Porter / Sylar (voice)	Episode: "Bionic Cow"
2011	American Horror Story: Murder House	Chad Warwick	4 episodes
2012-2013	American Horror Story: Asylum	Oliver Thredson	12 episodes
2014	The Chair	Himself	10 episodes
2015	The Slap	Harry Apostolou	7 episodes
	Girls	Ace	2 episodes
	Hannibal	Neal Frank	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2000	Code Blue	Monty Rodriguez
2006	24: The Game	Adam Kaufman
2010	Star Trek Online	Khitomer Emergency Medical Hologram
2013	Star Trek	Spock

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result
1994	Gene Kelly Award for Best Supporting Actor	The Pirates of Penzance	Won
1995	Gene Kelly Award for Best Lead Actor	1776	Nominated
2007	TV Land Award for Future Classic Award	Heroes	Won
	Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain		Nominated
2008	Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain		Nominated
2009	Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain		Nominated
	Teen Choice Award for Best Rumble	Star Trek	Nominated
	Critics' Choice Award for Best Cast		Nominated
	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast		Won
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Ensemble		Nominated
2010	People's Choice Award for Favorite Breakout Movie Actor		Nominated
	SFX Award for Best Actor	Heroes, Star Trek	Won
2011	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Angels in America	Nominated
	Theatre World Award		Won
	Tina Award for Best Actor (Play)		Won
	Tina Award for Best Ensemble (Play)		Won
	Tina Award for Best Stage Duo		Won
	Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Performance	Margin Call	Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting		Nominated
2012	Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble		Nominated
	AACTA International Award for Best Film		Nominated
	Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature		Won
	Robert Altman Award		Won
	Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television	American Horror Story	Nominated
2013	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	American Horror Story: Asylum	Won
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie		Nominated
	PAAFTJ Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie		N/A
	PAAFTJ Television Award for Best Cast in a Miniseries or TV Movie		N/A
	People's Choice Award Favorite Movie Duo	Star Trek Into Darkness	Nominated
	Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Ensemble	The Glass Menagerie	Won
2014	Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance		Nominated
	Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Leading Actor in a Play		Nominated
	BroadwayWorld.com Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play		Nominated

Charities

Zachary Quinto supports the following charitable causes: Poverty, Environment, Domestic Violence, Peace, Children, Health Education, Special Education, Homeless.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]