---
name: "Joey Gaydos Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joey-gaydos-jr"
fi1m_id: "joey-gaydos-jr"
imdb_id: "nm1417621"
tmdb_id: 17739
wikidata_id: "Q2451991"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 April 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:49:14.639271+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joey Gaydos Jr.

## Identity

Joey Gaydos Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joey-gaydos-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joey-gaydos-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm1417621
- **TMDB ID:** 17739
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2451991
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Gaydos_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2451991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17739

Actor. Born 18 April 1991 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 April 1991, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
- **Also known as:** Joseph Stephen Gaydos Jr., Joey Gaydos
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Gaydos_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2451991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17739

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The School of Rock*](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md) (84)

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## Biography

Joey Gaydos Jr. is an American actor and guitarist. Born on 18 April 1991 in Dearborn, Michigan, he began playing guitar at the age of three. He gained his only film role after a music video of him performing with friends reached casting representatives for the 2003 comedy *The School of Rock*.

In the film, directed by Richard Linklater, Gaydos Jr. played Zack Mooneyham, the lead guitarist in the student band. Following its release he promoted the picture with television appearances including on *The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*. He subsequently focused on music, releasing a self-titled album in 2004 and working with bands such as the Joey Gaydos Group and Stereo Jane, while also teaching guitar.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, mlive.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The School of Rock* (2003), Fi1m 84, as Zack — [page](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The School of Rock* (2003), as Zack — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-school-of-rock.md)

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