Zach Barack

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| name = Zach Barack

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|11|17}}

| birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

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| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|singer|comedian}}

| years_active = 2019–present

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Zach Barack (born November 17, 1995) is an American actor, singer, and comedian.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Angelique |date=June 26, 2019 |title=Spider-Man{{'}}s Zach Barack Opens Up About Being Marvel Studios' First Openly Transgender Actor |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/spider-man-far-from-homes-zach-barack-opens-up-about-being-marvel-studios-first-openly-transgender-actor-1203254288/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Variety |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704111942/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/spider-man-far-from-homes-zach-barack-opens-up-about-being-marvel-studios-first-openly-transgender-actor-1203254288/ }} Barack voices the character Barney on Netflix's animated show, Dead End: Paranormal Park.{{Cite web |last=Mackey |first=Joshua S. |title=Brandon Kyle Goodman, Zach Barack, and Sam Zelaya Are the New Class of Queer Voice Talent |url=https://www.intomore.com/culture/brandon-kyle-goodman-zach-barack-sam-zelaya-new-class-queer-voice-talent/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=INTO |date=October 25, 2022 |language=en-US}} He is known as the first openly transgender actor in a Marvel film, Spider-Man: Far From Home.{{Cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=January 18, 2019 |title=Transgender Actor Zach Barack Joins Sony's Spider-Man: Far From Home |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/transgender-newcomer-zach-barack-sonys-spider-man-far-from-home-1203112009/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119232818/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/transgender-newcomer-zach-barack-sonys-spider-man-far-from-home-1203112009/ |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2023 |website=Variety}}{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Amanda Lee |date=July 5, 2019 |title=Marvel's first openly trans actor Zach Barack calls for more portrayals |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/07/05/marvel-first-openly-trans-actor-zach-barack-calls-for-more-portrayals/OWBiTtu7lluCX7eBk1oUXK/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705214141/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/07/05/marvel-first-openly-trans-actor-zach-barack-calls-for-more-portrayals/OWBiTtu7lluCX7eBk1oUXK/story.html |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2023 |website=The Boston Globe}}{{Cite news |date=2022-10-23 |title=Marvel actor Zach Barack calls for more trans representation in the MCU |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/marvel-actor-zach-barack-calls-for-more-trans-representation-in-the-mcu/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=The Gay Times |language=en-GB}}

Early life

Barack was born in Evanston, Illinois and grew up in Glenview.{{cite news |last1=Blackwood |first1=Nicole |title=How Spider-Man star and Evanston native Zach Barack, the first openly transgender actor featured in a Marvel film, shed his own secret identity |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-zach-barack-spider-man-tt-0701-20190701-tpspbcnqjrchph5tejaedgnrle-story.html |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=1 July 2019}} He worked at a queer youth organization in Washington, D.C. and a cookie store after high school.

Career

Barack has appeared on Netflix's Dead End: Paranormal Park and Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home.{{Cite magazine |title=How Animation Is Changing a History of Trans Marginalization in Horror |url=https://time.com/6226230/wendell-and-wild-paranormal-park-trans-representation/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |magazine=Time |date=October 28, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030233205/https://time.com/6226230/wendell-and-wild-paranormal-park-trans-representation/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2022-10-20 |title=Dead End: Paranormal Park's Zach Barack wants better trans representation in animation and beyond |language=en-GB |work=Digital Spy |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a41720657/dead-end-paranormal-park-barney-zach-barack/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031033417/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a41720657/dead-end-paranormal-park-barney-zach-barack/ |url-status=live }} He has also appeared in episodes of Transparent and LA's Finest. He writes music and performs as a stand-up comedian.