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Zack Ward

Biography

Zack Ward is a Canadian actor who made his film debut as Scut Farkus, the bully in A Christmas Story (1983). Through the 1980s and 1990s he worked largely in television films while taking supporting parts in Ed (1996) and Wild America (1997). His career picked up again when he took the part of Dave Scoville in the Fox sitcom Titus, which ran from 2000 to 2002, bringing him supporting work in Almost Famous (2000), Freddy vs. Jason (2003) and Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004). He later took the lead in Postal (2007) as The Postal Dude, appeared in the Postal video games, and had a supporting role in Transformers (2007). In the 2010s he starred in Dark House (2014) and Beyond the Law (2019) and had recurring roles on American Horror Story and Z Nation. He played Scut Farkus again in A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) and made his directing debut in 2024.

56years old

Turns 57 on August 31in 293 days

  • Born Toronto
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Zacharias Ward

Movie Career

Films
30
Career span
41 years1983 to 2024

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  1. Behind the camera

    In 2014, Ward and James Cullen Bressack started the film production company Grit Film Works. Its first two films, which he co-produced, were the thriller Bethany and the horror movie Restoration.

  2. Behind the camera

    In 2024, Ward directed a film for the first time. That movie, The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms, featured James Hong in a starring role.

Zack Ward movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Postal2007 Action, Comedy, Thrilleras Dude

    IMDb rating 4.526K votes

  2. A Christmas Story1983 Comedy, Familyas Scut Farkus

    IMDb rating 7.9180K votes

  3. Resident Evil: Apocalypse2004as Nicholai Ginovaeff

    IMDb rating 6.1224K votes

  4. BloodRayne 2: Deliverance2007as Billy the Kid

    IMDb rating 2.710K votes

  5. Transformers2007as First Sergeant Donnelly

    IMDb rating 7.1727K votes

  6. Freddy vs. Jason2003as Bobby Davis (Mark's Brother)

    IMDb rating 5.8138K votes

  7. A Christmas Story Christmas2022as Scut Farkus

    IMDb rating 6.722K votes

  8. Trade2007as Alex Green

    IMDb rating 7.319K votes

Most often with

James Cullen Bressack directed five of these films, Uwe Boll two and Todd Tucker two. Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Zack Ward's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$981 million

10 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 30 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 7 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 7Never in cinemas
  • 10Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Transformers2007as First Sergeant Donnelly
    $710M72.3% of the total
  2. 2
    Resident Evil: Apocalypse2004as Nicholai Ginovaeff
    $129M13.2% of the total
  3. 3
    Freddy vs. Jason2003as Bobby Davis (Mark's Brother)
    $117M11.9% of the total
  4. 4
    A Christmas Story1983as Scut Farkus
    $21M2.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Ed1996as Dusty Richards
    $4.4M0.4% of the total
  6. 6
    BloodRayne 2: Deliverance2007as Billy the Kid
    $167K0.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Postal2007as Dude
    $147K0.0% of the total
  8. 8
    $67K0.0% of the total
Bethany (2017), $32,075Darkness of Man (2024), $17,324

$49,399from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total