Braff also knows Stagedoor alums Natalie Portman, Mandy Moore, and Joshua Radin well. Stagedoor was where Braff met and befriended actor Josh Charles. īraff attended Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts "training center" for youth actors ages 10 to 18. During his childhood, Braff was a friend of future Fugees member Lauryn Hill at Columbia High School in Maplewood. īraff wanted to be a filmmaker since his early childhood he has described it as his "life dream." Braff was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at age ten. His stepsister, Jessica Kirson, is a stand-up comedian. His other brother, Adam Braff, is a writer and producer. His older brother is author Joshua Braff. In 2005, he said that he was "not a huge organized religion guy," and in 2013, he said that "the religion (Judaism) doesn't necessarily work for me," although he identifies as Jewish. Braff said that he had a "very strong conservative/ orthodox upbringing." He had his bar mitzvah service at Oheb Shalom Congregation. Braff's father was born into a Jewish family and Braff's mother, originally a Protestant, converted to Judaism before marrying his father. His parents divorced and remarried others during Braff's childhood. His mother, Anne Brodzinsky (born Anne Hutchinson Maynard), worked as a clinical psychologist.
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His father, Harold Irwin "Hal" Braff (1934–2018), was a trial attorney, professor and alumnus at Rutgers Law School, a founder of the state's American Inns of Court (AIC) and an elected trustee of the National Inns of Court Foundation. He also played the lead role in a musical adaptation of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway in 2014.Įarly life, family and education īraff was born in South Orange, New Jersey, and grew up there and in neighboring Maplewood. It premiered in New York City in 2011 before playing in London's West End. īraff appeared on stage in All New People in which he starred he wrote the screenplay. Braff directed his second film, Wish I Was Here (2014), which he partially funded with a Kickstarter campaign. He won numerous awards for his directing work and also won the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005. The film made over $35 million at the box office and was praised by critics leading it to gain a cult following.
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He shot the film in his home state of New Jersey with a budget of $2.5 million. Additionally he wrote the screenplay and compiled the soundtrack album. In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State in which he also starred.
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He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and the Netflix series BoJack Horseman (2017, 2020). He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). on the NBC/ ABC television series Scrubs (2001–2010), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker.