Early life and education

Gilford was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Anne and Steve Gilford. He is of half Swedish and half Russian Jewish descent. He graduated from Northwestern University and Evanston Township High School. He served as a Trip Leader for Adventures Cross-Country and has led wilderness and adventure trips for teenagers to Alaska, British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and the South Pacific. Gilford also worked as a staff member for YMCA Camp Echo in Fremont, Michigan.

Acting career

In 2005, he appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

In 2006, Gilford landed a regular role in Friday Night Lights, in which he played the role of Matt Saracen in the main cast, from Season 1 to Season 3. In 2009, Gilford was switched to the recurring cast in Seasons 4 and 5. That year, he also made his feature film debut, co-starring in The Last Winter (2006).

In 2009, he co-starred in Post Grad opposite Alexis Bledel and in Dare opposite Emmy Rossum.

In 2010, he joined the cast of ABC's medical drama Off The Map which premiered in January 2011 but was cancelled after 13 episodes.

In 2011, he appeared in Taylor Swift's music video for "Ours", in which he played her love interest.

In 2012, he was cast in another medical drama, The Mob Doctor, on Fox, opposite Jordana Spiro; however this was also cancelled after 13 episodes. In January 2013, he appeared with Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Last Stand.

He co-starred in the horror film Devil's Due (2014), set in New Orleans and the Dominican Republic, and released on January 17, 2014. He also co-starred in the film sequel The Purge: Anarchy, released on July 18, 2014.

Personal life

In the spring of 2010, Gilford began dating actress Kiele Sanchez, whom he met on the set of the television pilot for The Matadors. The couple became engaged in November 2011, and married on December 29, 2012. The couple also co-starred in The Purge: Anarchy. In August 2015, Sanchez announced she and Gilford were expecting their son in November. In October 2015, the couple announced that their son was stillborn.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Handbook to Casual Stalking	Jimmy	Short
2006	The Last Winter	Maxwell McKinder	Nominated - Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Sailor
2009	Post Grad	Adam Davies
	Dare	Johnny Drake
2010	Super	Jerry
2011	The River Why	Gus Oviston
	Answers to Nothing	Evan
2012	In Our Nature	Seth
2013	Crazy Kind of Love	Matthew
	The Last Stand	Jerry Bailey
2014	Devil's Due	Zach McCall
2014	The Purge: Anarchy	Shane	Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kevin Wilcox	1 episode ("Contagious")
2006-2011	Friday Night Lights	Matt Saracen	Series regular, 62 episodes Main cast (Seasons 1-3) Recurring cast (Seasons 4-5)
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Charlie Lowell	1 episode ("Here's to Future Days")
2010	The Matadors	Alex Galloway	TV movie
2011	Off The Map	Dr. Tommy Fuller	Series regular, 13 episodes
2012-2013	The Mob Doctor	Dr. Brett Robinson	Series regular, 13 episodes
2014-2015	Drunk History	Jim Abbott/Roger Sharpe	2 episodes
2016	The Family	Daniel "Danny" Warren	Series regular

Music Videos

Year	Artist	Song	Role
2011	Taylor Swift	"Ours"	Taylor Swift's love interest

[ Source: Wikipedia ]