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Zach Cregger
Zach Cregger
	Cregger in 2010
Born	Zachary Michael Cregger; March 1, 1981 (age 43); Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Occupations	Comedian; actor; director; writer; producer;
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Sara Paxton (m. 2019)

Zachary Michael Cregger (born March 1, 1981) is an American comedian, actor, writer, director and producer. He first came to prominence as one of the three founding members, alongside Trevor Moore and Sam Brown, of the New York City-based comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know. He later starred in the sitcoms Friends with Benefits, Guys with Kids, and Wrecked. He also starred in the film Miss March, which he co-directed and co-wrote with Moore. In 2022, Cregger wrote and directed the horror film Barbarian, which was a commercial success and opened to positive critical reviews.

Early life

Cregger was born in Arlington, Virginia.^[1]^[2] He performed in various comedy and music groups there before moving to Brooklyn, New York where he joined forces with Moore and Sam Brown to start The Whitest Kids U' Know.^[3]

When he was in high school he was in an improv troupe, which was called The Nation of Improv. They performed shows at malls and other high school auditoriums.^[4]

Career

Cregger and his friends formed the WKUK comedy troupe in 2000 while still in college. Later on, he met Darren Trumeter while shooting an independent film and asked him to join them. Trumeter became the second of two later additions to the troupe, the first being Timmy Williams.^[5]

Cregger, along with the troupe, garnered great success while performing live in New York City at LES music venue Pianos and on the internet. This led to an invitation in 2006 to the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. The troupe won the award for Best Sketch Group and attracted the attention of many Hollywood executives.^[6]

The Whitest Kids U' Know ran for five seasons first on FUSE and then on IFC.^[7]

In 2008, Cregger made his first film appearance in Deb Hagan's directorial debut College.^[8]

He directed his second feature film with Moore called The Civil War on Drugs. It had a limited theatrical release and was ultimately aired during the fifth season of WKUK.^[4] Afterwards, he toured with the WKUK and performed in live shows. He has participated in several independent movies.

Cregger joined the cast of the NBC sitcom Friends with Benefits, which began airing on August 5, 2011. He then starred on the NBC sitcom Guys with Kids, which aired for one season in 2012–2013.^[9] Cregger next starred in the TBS show Wrecked.

Cregger wrote and directed the 2022 horror film Barbarian, starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long.

Cregger, along with the surviving members of The Whitest Kids U'Know, is currently crowdfunding the second feature from the troupe, Mars.

Cregger is set to direct Weapons, a horror film based on a screenplay also written by him.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Personal life

In 2018, Cregger became engaged to his longtime girlfriend Sara Paxton.^[13] They married on October 27, 2019.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2009	Miss March	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-directed with Trevor Moore
2011	The Civil War on Drugs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-directed with Trevor Moore
2022	Barbarian	Yes	Yes	No
2025	Companion	No	No	Yes	^[14]^[15]
2026	Weapons	Yes	Yes	Yes	Post-production
TBA	Occupant	No	No	Yes
TBA	Resident Evil Reboot	No	No	Yes

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	College	Cooper
2009	Miss March	Eugene Bell
2011	The Civil War on Drugs	Abraham Lincoln / various roles
2011	The Death and Return of Superman	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern	Short film
2013	Love & Air Sex	Jeff
2014	Date and Switch	Greg
2016	Opening Night	Micky
2018	Doubting Thomas	Graham
2022	Barbarian	Everett
2024	Mars	Various

Television

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Homicide: Life on the Street	Dean Stamper	Episode: "Brotherly Love"
2007–2011	The Whitest Kids U' Know	various roles	Also director, writer and executive producer
2011	Friends with Benefits	Aaron	Main role
2012–2013	Guys with Kids	Nick	Main role
2014	About a Boy	T.J.	Recurring role
2015	The McCarthys	Doug	Episode: "The Ref"
2016–2018	Wrecked	Owen	Main role
2019	Adam Ruins Everything	Berch	Episode: "Adam Ruins Nature"
2019	Just Roll with It	Brent	Episode: "Gator's Reunion"