Zach McGowan

Zach McGowan
McGowan at the 2018 WonderCon
Citizenship	Ireland[1] United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	Emily Johnson ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	4[2]

Zach McGowan is an American film, television and voice actor.^[3] He is known for his roles in television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Anton Ivanov / The Superior, Shameless, Black Sails, and The 100.^[4] Other highlights include parts in the films Terminator Salvation,^[5] The Hunt for Eagle One,^[6] and the sequel The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point. He guest-starred in the television series Numbers, CSI: Miami, and Cold Case,^[7] with voice-over work^[8] for the Scream Awards, Animal Planet and the video games Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and Iron Man.

Early life

McGowan was raised in New York. He attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School from kindergarten through senior year in high school, where he was the captain of the football and ice hockey teams and a member of the drama and theater societies.^[9] He graduated in 2002 from Carleton College. His mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent while his father is Irish American.^{[10][non-primary source needed]}

Career

In mid-2011, McGowan joined the cast of the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Jody, first as a guest star (season 2) and then as a series regular (season 3).^[11] Season two premiered January 8, 2012. He said that modeling for art students helped him for the role and now "nudity is just part of the job".^[12]

In July 2013, McGowan joined the cast of the Universal Pictures feature film Dracula Untold, playing Shkelgim, a mysterious Romani.^[13]

In January 2014, McGowan joined the cast of the Starz dramatic adventure TV series Black Sails, playing a fictionalized version of the real-life 18th-century English pirate Charles Vane. The role called for an English actor, so McGowan, an American, affected an accent. Casting directors found out later that McGowan was faking but were impressed with his performance and chose him for the role.^[14]

In July 2016, McGowan joined the cast of The CW science fiction TV series The 100, playing King Roan of the Ice Nation, after having previously played the role as a guest star.^[15]

In January 2017, McGowan joined the cast of the ABC TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., playing villain Anton Ivanov / The Superior.^[16]

In March 2018, McGowan joined the cast of L.A.'s Finest, a TV series based on the Bad Boys franchise, alongside Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union.^[17]

Personal life

He married Emily Johnson on September 27, 2008, in the Santa Barbara mountains.^[18]

Filmography

McGowan at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Hunt for Eagle One	Hank Jackson	Direct-to-DVD
	The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
2009	Terminator Salvation	Soldier on Osprey
	Losing Control	Terry
	Conception	Joel
2012	Cockroaches	Johnny Slim	[19]
	Snapshot	Thomas Grady	[20]
2014	Dracula Untold	Shkelgim
2018	The Brawler	Chuck Wepner
	Death Race: Beyond Anarchy	Connor Gibson	Direct-to-DVD
	The Scorpion King: Book of Souls	Mathayus
2019	Robert the Bruce	Brandubh
2021	Last Call	Laurence "Dougal" McDougal Jr.
2022	Murder at Yellowstone City	Robert Dunnigan
	Sanctioning Evil	Congressman Dakota Ambrose	[21]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2007	Two Dudes Catering	Himself	TV reality show	[22]
2008	CSI: Miami	Kurt Greenfield	Episode: "Wrecking Crew"
	Numbers	Keith Jackson	Episode: "High Exposure"
2009	Scream Awards	Announcer/Narrator
	Cold Case	Corporal Clerk	Episode: "Libertyville"
2010	Good Luck Charlie	Happy Horse	Episode: "Butt Dialing Duncans"
2011	Man Eating Super Snake	Voice	TV movie	[23]
	Body of Proof	Vincent Stone	Episode: "Helping Hand"
	Scream Awards	Announcer/Narrator
2012	Dating Rules from My Future Self	Jagger	2 episodes	[24]
2012–2013	Shameless	Jody Silverman	24 episodes Recurring role (season 2) Main role (season 3)
2014–2016	Black Sails	Charles Vane	28 episodes Main Cast (seasons 1–3)
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Anton	Episode: "Maternal Instincts"
2016	UnREAL	Brock	Episode: "Casualty"
2016–2017, 2020	The 100	Roan	17 episodes Recurring role (season 3) Main cast (season 4) Guest star (season 7)	[25]
2017	Lethal Weapon	Cody Lewis	Episode: "Birdwatching"
2017–2018	Damnation	Tennyson Duvall	2 episodes
	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Anton Ivanov / The Superior	8 episodes Recurring role (season 4) Guest star (season 5)
2018	The Walking Dead	Justin	3 episodes Recurring role (season 9)
2019	L.A.'s Finest	Ray Sherman	2 episodes
2020	Project Blue Book	Duncan Booker	Episode: "Roswell Incident Part I & Part II"
	MacGyver	Roman	3 episodes
2022	Blood & Treasure	Andrei Levchenko	2 episodes
2023	The Rookie: Feds	Jason Simmons	1 episode
2024	The Boys	Dogknott	Episode "Department of Dirty Tricks"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Ref.
2008	Boom Blox	Cowboy Beaver
	Iron Man	Mark Scarlotti / Whiplash / Stark Engineer
2012	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	Ghost
	Anarchy Reigns	Nikolai Dmitri Bulygin, additional voices	[26]
	Resident Evil 6	BSAA	[26]

References

1. https://twitter.com/Zach_McGowan/status/858119356819034116 ^{[bare URL]}
2. "Zach McGowan on Instagram: "Finally got one where we are all looking at the camera and not crying. ✌️♥️🍻"".
3. "Zach McGowan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013.
4. Gelman, Vlada (July 6, 2011). "Exclusive: Zach McGowan Joins Shameless as New Bad Boy -- and [Spoiler Alert]?". TVLine. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
5. "Trailer: Cockroaches". The Movie Blog. April 14, 2012.
6. "Zach McGowan Online". LocateTV.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013.
7. "More Sausage, Please! Shameless Promotes Zach McGowan to Series Regular". TV Guide.com. February 15, 2012.
8. "Actor Zach McGowan talks about time-traveling between TV roles". WPIX. January 20, 2016.
9. Frederick, Brittany (March 3, 2012). "Q&A: Get To Know 'Shameless' Star Zach McGowan". Starpulse. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015.
10. @matt_mcgowan (May 14, 2017). "@keikoinboston @joseph_lachman Why? Because @Zach_McGowan @doug_mcgowan and I are 2nd generation Irish American Jew…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. "'Shameless' Promotes Zach McGowan to Series Regular". The Hollywood Reporter. February 15, 2012.
12. Naughty But Nice Rob (April 24, 2012). "Zach McGowan, 'Shameless' Star, On Preparing For Full-Frontal Scenes". Huffington Post.
13. Dickson, Evan (July 11, 2013). "Dracula Casts A 'Shameless' Gypsy". Bloody Disgusting.
14. Topel, Fred (February 21, 2014). "Exclusive Interview: Zach McGowan on 'Black Sails' and Dracula Untold". CraveOnline.
15. Ge, Linda (July 22, 2016). "'The 100' Promotes Zach McGowan to Series Regular for Season 4". The Wrap.
16. "Listing: 'Marvel's Agents of Shield'". The Futon Critic. January 31, 2017.
17. Ritman, Alex (March 26, 2018). "Zach McGowan Joins NBC's 'Bad Boys' Spinoff". The Hollywood Reporter.
18. "Zach McGowan (Wiki, Age, Married, Wife, Net Worth)". unapix.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
19. "Cockroaches". IMDb.com. January 5, 2018.
20. "Snapshot". IMDb.com. June 1, 2014.
21. Massoto, Erick (September 13, 2022). "'Sanctioning Evil' Trailer Reveals Gritty FBI Covert Ops Targeting Child Predators [Exclusive]". Collider. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
22. "2 Dudes Catering". IMDb.com.
23. "Man Eating Super Snake". IMDb.com. June 5, 2011.
24. "Dating Rules from My Future Self". IMDb.com.
25. Ge, Linda (July 24, 2015). "CW's 'The 100' Casts 'Black Sails' Star Zach McGowan in Recurring Role". The Wrap.
26. "Zach McGowan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 6, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• Official website
• Zach McGowan at IMDb
• Zach McGowan on Instagram
• Zach McGowan on Twitter