[2] Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ziegler studied theatre at the University of Minnesota before moving to Canada to continue his education at the National Theatre School of Canada.
[3] Over his career he has also had some film and television roles, most notably regular roles as Dr. Jim Barker in Side Effects[4] and Len Hubbard in Black Harbour.
[5] He is a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award winner for Best Leading Actor, General Theatre, in 2008 for The Time of Your Life,[6] and in 2011 for Death of a Salesman.
[9] He has also been a two-time Dora nominee for Best Direction, General Theatre, receiving nods in 2005 for Hamlet[10] and in 2006 for Our Town.
[11] He is married to actress Nancy Palk, alongside whom he has acted in several shows including Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey Into Night and A Tender Thing, a play by Ben Power which reimagines William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as an elderly couple confronting mortality.