Zach Roerig

Zach Roerig is an American actor known for his long-running television roles. Born in Montpelier, Ohio, he trained at a modeling and acting school in Cleveland before moving to New York City. He began in daytime serials, playing Casey Hughes on As the World Turns from 2005 to 2007 and Hunter Atwood on One Life to Live in 2007, then appeared as Cash on Friday Night Lights. In 2009 he was cast as Matt Donovan on The Vampire Diaries and stayed for eight seasons until 2017, also appearing in the spin-offs The Originals and Legacies. In 2017 he played Pulse in the Fox series The Gifted and co-starred in the third installment of the Ring horror series and The Year of Spectacular Men. He later appeared in The Last Full Measure (2019), starred in the USA Network drama Dare Me, and joined the cast of the Netflix comedy drama Boots as Sergeant Knox.