Zachary Michael Cregger (born March 1, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and Twitch streamer. 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'', ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', which was a commercial success and opened to positive critical reviews.

Early life

Zachary Michael Cregger was born on March 1, 1981 in Arlington, Virginia. He performed in various comedy and music groups there before moving to Brooklyn,

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where he joined forces with Moore and Sam Brown to start The Whitest Kids U' Know. When he was in high school he was in an improv troupe, which was called The Nation of Improv. They would do shows at malls and other high school auditoriums.

Career

Cregger and his friends formed the WKUK comedy troupe in 2000 while still in college. Later on, he met

Darren Trumeter ''The Whitest Kids U' Know'' (''WKUK'') is an American sketch comedy show starring a comedy troupe of the same name. The group consisted of Trevor Moore (comedian), Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, Sam Brown (comedian), Sam Brown, Timmy Williams and D ...

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

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. 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

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in Aspen. The troupe won the award for Best Sketch Group and attracted the attention of many Hollywood executives. ''The Whitest Kids U' Know'' ran for five seasons first on FUSE and then on IFC. In 2008, Cregger made his first film appearance in Deb Hagan's directorial debut '' College,'' starring alongside Drake Bell. 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. 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 ''

'', which aired for one season in 2012–2013. Cregger next starred in the TBS show '' Wrecked''. Cregger wrote and directed the 2022 horror film ''

'', starring Bill Skarsgård, Georgina Campbell, 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''.

Personal life

In 2018, Cregger became engaged to his longtime girlfriend

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. They married on October 27, 2019.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

Official Twitter account
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