Cody Kasch

Cody Kasch
Born	Cody Reed Kasch (1987-08-21) August 21, 1987 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Cody Reed Kasch (born August 21, 1987) is an American actor. He is known for his role Zach Young on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives.

Early life

Kasch was born in Santa Monica, California. He is of Scottish descent. He was raised in Ojai, California on a working ranch until the age of 13, when he moved to Camarillo, California. Both of Kasch's parents were actively involved in the arts. His father was an actor and writer of locally premiering plays, and his mother was a director and photographer. As his older brother, actor Max Kasch, began to experience success, the brothers competed for jobs; their success caused the entire Kasch family to leave Ojai and move to the more favorably located Camarillo.

Career

After numerous television guest appearances, Kasch got his big break when he was cast in a regular role on the sitcom Normal, Ohio, only for the series to be cancelled after a few episodes. Kasch portrayed a Texan high school student in the Australian teen comedy-drama series Out There. He played Zach Young, the son of deceased Mary Alice Young, on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives. After a brief absence from the series, he returned in the third and seventh seasons as Gabrielle Solis' secret admirer. He is also the narrator for several audiobooks. He starred in the 2010 horror film Chain Letter.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Behind God's Back	Buda's boy	Short film
2005	Homefront	Jake	Short film
2008	Asylum	String
2009	The 2 Bobs	Doofus
2010	Chain Letter	Neil Conners
2011	The Encore of Tony Duran	Michael Duran
2012	The First Five	Jack
2014	The 420 Movie: Mary & Jane	Curt	In post-production
2014	The Last Rescue	Pvt. James Lewis	In post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Martial Law	Kid	Episode: "Sammo Claus"
2000	E.R.	Jason Bender	Episode: "Family Matters"
2000	The Others	Wounded boy	Episode: "Luciferous"
2000	Nash Bridges	N/A	Episode: "Heist"
2000	The Practice	Scott Simpson Jr.	Episode: "Death Penalties"
2000	Any Day Now	Brian	Episode: "Love Is Love"
2000	Normal, Ohio	Robert "Robbie" Miller	7 episodes
2002	Boston Public	Austin Cooper	Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five"
2002	NYPD Blue	Josh Stover	Episode: "Better Laid Than Never (Part I)"
2003	Family Affair	Devin	Episode: "Miss Turnstiles"
2003	Boomtown	Trevor "TJ" Jankowski, Jr.	Episode: "Haystack"
2004	Out There	Tom Butler
2004	Phil of the Future	Troy	Episode: "Future Jock"
2004–11	Desperate Housewives	Zach Young	37 episodes
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kyle Ackerman	Episode: "Raw"
2007	Side Order of Life	Max Kalen	Episode: "Early Bird Catches the Word"
2008	Criminal Minds	Owen Savage	Episode: "Elephant's Memory"
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Thommy Baker	Episode: "Death and the Maiden"
2009	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Cheesefoot	Episode: "The Gang Reignites the Rivalry"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2005	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Desperate Housewives	Won
2005	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Supporting Young Actor	Desperate Housewives	Nominated

External links

• Cody Kasch at the Internet Movie Database