Zachary Michael Pearlman (born May 19, 1988) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zack in ''

The Virginity Hit ''The Virginity Hit'' is a 2010 American found-footage comedy film directed by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland, produced by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, and starring Matt Bennett, Zack Pearlman, Jacob Davich, Justin Kline and Nicole Weaver. The ...

''. He has co-starred in short-lived television comedies such as

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's ''

The Inbetweeners ''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...

'' and on the Fox sitcom ''

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''.

Early life

Pearlman was born in

Royal Oak, Michigan Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Royal Oak is about north of Detroit's city limits. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 57,236. Royal Oak is located along th ...

, the son of Susan (née Weldon) and Mark Pearlman. He is the third child in the family. He has two older siblings Aaron and Allie as well as a younger sister Hannah. Pearlman is of

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descent. He is a 2006 graduate of

Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Pioneer High School is a public school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1856, the school was previously called the Union School and Ann Arbor High School. In 2010, Pioneer was listed as a "Silver Medal School" by the '' U.S. News & World Rep ...

. Growing up he was very active in local

Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...

comedy and theatre.

Career

Pearlman's acting career began after he submitted an entry for a contest with the website

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and was given the opportunity to audition for a role in the film ''

''. Pearlman landed a lead role in the film, which was released in September 2010."Pioneer High grad Zack Pearlman stars in new teen comedy 'The Virginity Hit'"
"annarbor.com". Retrieved 24 June 2011 To increase the realism of the film, the directors gave Pearlman and his castmates cameras to film many of the scenes themselves."Interview with Zack Pearlman, star of The Virginity Hit"
"movieretriever.com". Retrieved 2 August 2011 Pearlman began his television career as Leslie Kaczander in the season 1 finale of '' Breaking In''. Pearlman played Jay in the American remake of the British series ''

'' on

,"MTV greenlights Inbetweeners"
"insidetv.ew.com". Retrieved 2 August 2011 but the series was cancelled after one season due to low viewership.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearlman, Zack Living people Male actors from Michigan American male film actors American male television actors People from Royal Oak, Michigan 21st-century American male actors Actors from Ann Arbor, Michigan Jewish American male actors 21st-century American Jews 1988 births