AGE 29
MUSTWORTHINESS The ''Scrubs'' star has gone from sutures to
features: He wrote, directed, and starred in ''Garden State''
(opening July 30), a quirky, touching comedy that spurred one of
the biggest bidding wars at this year's Sundance festival.
WHEN
HE REALIZED HE WAS A CELEBRITY In a drugstore during ''Scrubs'''
first season: ''When you're in line to buy cough medicine in the
middle of the night and some guy is trying to get you to
autograph his box of condoms, that's when you realize your life's
gonna be a little bit different.''
NEXT Cowriting an adaptation of
the children's book ''Andrew Henry's Meadow'' with his brother Adam.
Then, season 4 of NBC's ''Scrubs.''

