# Zach Cherry

Zach Cherry (born November 1, 1987) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Dylan George on the Apple TV+ series Severance and as Woody Thomas on the Amazon Prime series Fallout.

## Early life

Cherry was born on November 1, 1987, in Trenton, New Jersey. He attended Princeton Day School and Amherst College.

## Career

Cherry began taking improv lessons in 2011, and was placed on a house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York in 2017.
In 2018, he played bookstore clerk Ethan Russell in season one of the Netflix series You. He played Wolf on FOX's Duncanville, Pete's manager Kevin on Crashing (2017–2019), and Norman on I Feel Bad (2018), and had minor roles on Succession and Living with Yourself. Cherry also played Klev in two Marvel Studios movies: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
In 2020, Cherry was cast in a lead role as Dylan George in the ongoing Apple TV+ series Severance.
In August 2022, it was announced that Cherry and actress Ellie Kemper would host the sixth season of The Great American Baking Show, an American adaptation of the baking reality TV show The Great British Bake Off. The season aired on streaming television service The Roku Channel. Cherry returned for the seventh season in 2024 with new co-host Casey Wilson.

## Personal life

Cherry lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Anabella, and their rescue dog. He is an avid gamer. Cherry has been vegetarian since 2020.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Party Goer 4 | |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Klev | |
| 2018 | An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn | Tyrone Paris | |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You | Jim | |
| 2018 | Unsane | Denis | |
| 2019 | Isn't It Romantic | Co-Worker | |
| 2020 | Drunk Bus | Josh | Uncredited |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Klev | |
| 2023 | You Hurt My Feelings | Jim | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | High Maintenance | Diabetic Man | Episode: "Sufjan" |
| 2015 | Broad City | Bystander | Episode: "The Matrix" |
| 2016 | Horace and Pete | Young Hipster 1 | Episode #1.1 |
| 2016 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Administrator | Episode: "Kimmy Gives Up!" |
| 2016 | The Jim Gaffigan Show | Male Comedian | Episode: "The List" |
| 2016 | Search Party | Duncan | 3 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Crashing | Kevin Woods | 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Divorce | | Episode: "Ohio" |
| 2018 | The Chris Gethard Show | Roger, the Leader of the Cave Maniacs | Episode: "Survive the Apocalypse" |
| 2018 | The Special Without Brett Davis | Ethan | Episode: "BBQ" |
| 2018 | You | Ethan Russell | 9 episodes |
| 2018 | I Feel Bad | Norman | 13 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | Our Cartoon President | Various voices | 22 episodes |
| 2019 | The Magicians | Frankie Gallo | Episode: "The Bad News Bear" |
| 2019 | Succession | Brian | Episode: "Safe Room" |
| 2019 | Living with Yourself | Hugh | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | The Resident | Marcus Broome | Episode: "Peking Duck Day" |
| 2020 | Most Dangerous Game | Looger | 10 episodes |
| 2020 | The Last O.G. | Miles | 4 episodes |
| 2020–2022 | Duncanville | Wolf (voice) | 35 episodes |
| 2021 | Helpsters | Trophy Todd | Episode: "T-Ball Toni/Trophy Todd" |
| 2021 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Employee 3 | Episode: "Union Busting" |
| 2022–present | Severance | Dylan George | Main role |
| 2022–present | The Great American Baking Show | Himself (host) | 12 episodes |
| 2023 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Ensign Amadou | Episode: "Caves" |
| 2024 | Fallout | Woody Thomas | 5 episodes |
| 2025 | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Klev (voice) | Episode: "Scorpion Rising" |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Severance | Won | |
| 2022 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Severance | Nominated | |