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In October 2008, Zachary became the first celebrity to ever appear on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly in consecutive weeks. One cover story was about
Heroes, the other was about the
Star Trek movie.
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Zachary supported Brack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
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Zachary knows how to play the banjo.
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Zachary has his very own Sylar trading card, which was produced in a set by trading card company Topps along with his fellow cast members in 2007.
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One of Zachary's favorite authors as a child was Maurice Sendak.
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Zachary will be having his own
Heroes action figure of Sylar made by Mezco Toyz.
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Zachary was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive for 2007.
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Quinto was thirty years old when he started filming the Star Trek movie as the role of young Spock. But he really isn't that young, Leonard Nimoy was 35 when he originated the role.
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Zachary is half-Italian and half-Irish.
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In July 2007, it was announced that Zachary will play the role of Mr Spock in a new Star Trek movie. His Heroes co-star, Masi Oka, let it slip in an interview with The Daily 10 that the left-handed Zachary is unable to do the famous Vulcan hand symbol with his right hand.
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Zachary Quinto has a Irish Wolfound Terrier mix named Noah who is four years old. He also has a black cat with a white chest named Harold, who is six years old.
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Zachary was involved in a serious car accident when he was 16.
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When Zachary auditioned for the role of Sylar, only one of the scenes he auditioned with made it into the show. The producers were elusive about who the character of Sylar was and he didn't know much about the character when he got the role.
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Zachary started acting at the age of 11.
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Zachary featured in the sitcom
So noTORIous. He appeared in all 9 episodes of its only season.
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Zachary worked on the television show
Heroes.
Rena Sofer, who plays the wife of Nathan Petrelli is also on the show. Zachary and Rena have worked together before on the set of
Blind Justice. Also both have appeared on
"24" but in separate seasons.
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Zach has a photographer brother, Joe Quinto.
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Zachary is single as of 2006.
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Zachary's parents raised him as a Catholic.
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Zachary has recently been cast as the villain, Sylar in
Heroes. This is the second show that Zachary has worked on that was created by
Tim Kring.
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Zachary's television debut was in 2000 on the short-lived show,
The Others. He only featured in the
Pilot.
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Zachary attended the Carnegie Mellon University.
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Zachary won the Gene Kelly Award in High School for his role as the General in Pirates of Penzance.
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Zachary graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1995.
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Zachary lent his voice to the game Code Blue, as the character Monty Rodriguez.
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Zachary Quinto co-stars in the film, Star Trek XI released in 2009. He plays Spock.
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Zachary lent his voice to
24: The Game, as his
24 character, Adam Kaufman.
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Zachary has brown eyes and dark hair.