Zach Roerig

ABOUT ZACH ROERIG

Best known for playing the roles of Casey Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns and Matt Donovan on The CW series The Vampire Diaries .

He was a wrestler and football player at Montpelier High School before he decided to pursue a career in entertainment.

He also appeared on Friday Night Lights as the character Cash.

He is from Montpelier, Ohio and has a younger sister named Emily. He welcomed a daughter in 2011 with his ex Alanna Turner and sought full custody of her in 2013. He dated his Vampire Diaries co-star Nathalie Kelley . He began dating another The Vampire Diaries co-star, Arielle Kebbel , in 2025.

His co-stars on The Vampire Diaries included Nina Dobrev , Candice Accola , Ian Somerhalder , and Paul Wesley .