Zach Gilford shares shocking face photos after health scare

Zach Gilford is recovering after suffering a health scare earlier this week, with his sense of humor still intact.

“Yesterday was so much fun,” Gilford, 42, captioned a series of selfies via her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, December 17. “Good thing we wrapped up @criminalminds last week.”

In the first two photos shared, Gilford showed her face in what appeared to be a reaction, causing her face to puff up and her eyes to close completely.

The third and last image, meanwhile, showed that his face is now recovering.

“Thank you to all the nurses, doctors and staff at @huntingtonhospital for getting my face back to normal. … Still a little way to go,” she captioned the third snap, giving a shout-out to the California hospital. He did not disclose any further details.

Gilford has played the role of Elias Voit in the series criminal minds revival from his debut in 2022, a prolific serial killer who spent years building his own network of killers and assisting them in their crimes. While speaking exclusively with Us Weekly in August, Gilford revealed that she was only supposed to appear in the first season before she was asked to stay.

“I only signed a one-year contract,” he explained. “And halfway through the first season, (showrunner) Erica (Messer) he told me: ‘I don’t know what will happen. We haven’t figured out the season finale, but we’ve decided we’re not going to kill you. We want to keep you close. So I came back and I was very happy to (do it).

The character remained a mainstay in Season 2 and will return for Season 3, which wrapped filming earlier this month. In addition to giving Gilford a juicy role in front of the camera, it has also provided the actor with a major career milestone: his first time in the director’s chair.

“I wanted to direct forever. I kept shadowing Friday night lights. I’ve shadowed almost every show I’ve been to,” Gilford said. “It’s hard to get that opportunity. I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. And I was inspired when I got to direct my episode because Erica and everyone was like, “Do your episode.” Do what you want’”.

“It was fantastic,” he added. “It was a lot of fun.”

Gilford started out playing Matt Saracen FNL in the early 2000s before moving on to leading roles Good girls, midnight mass and more He met his wife, Kiele Sanchezon the set of his 2010 TV pilot The Slayersand the couple married two years later. They have worked together several times since then, incl evolution

While speaking with us, Gilford acknowledged how “lucky” he is to be part of the criminal minds franchise

“I don’t know how I got so lucky. I’ve been very lucky in my career, but it’s been great,” Gilford shared about his experience on the CBS procedural. “Everybody who comes to this set says, ‘This is the best set I’ve ever been on,'” he said. we. “It’s so much fun working with your friends and they really are the best group of people. Then, aside from that, our crew is great. They’re so goofy, they’re so cool, they’re so funny, they’re so laid back, and they’re so good at her work. I appreciate being on a set (where) this is the atmosphere. It all comes from the showrunner, Erica Messer.