Zachary George Roerig plays Matt Donovan on The Vampire Diaries, and is also known for his roles on TV series As The World Turns and One Life To Live. Roerig was born in Montpelier, Ohio to Daniel and Andrea
Roerig in 1985. He attended Montpelier High school where he played both
football and was also a wrestler. While he was growing up, Zach worked
for his dad and grandpa at Fackler Mounuments, a place where they make
gravestones. Zach also has a younger sister named Emily who was born in
1989. While Zach is technically bi-coastal, he will always consider New
York his home.
Has a daughter born in January 2011. In June 2013, he filed legal papers in Georgia seeking full custody of his daughter after her mother, ex-girlfriend Alanna Turner, was incarcerated in a federal prison.