Zachary Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation born October 1, 1969) is an American actor, comedian as well as a musician and writer. He was a comedian, actor as well as a host on Late World with Zach (VH1) Galifianakis has been a star in many films which include The Hangover Trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010). The Campaign (2012), Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014) and Masterminds (2016). Galifianakis has voiced characters in animated films such as Puss In Boots (2011) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He also voiced Missing Link (2019) and Ron's Gone wrong (2211). Galifianakis is currently host of the comedy show Between Two Ferns, with Zach Galifianakis. He was the lead actor in the FX series Baskets and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2017. Zachary Knight Galifianakis was a native of Wilkesboro, North Carolina on October 1st, 1969. His mother is English and Scottish-Irish, while his paternal grandparents hail from Crete. His father was a Greek Orthodox Christian and he was baptized. He has Merritt his younger sister, as well as Greg the older brother of his. The cousin Nick Galifianakis is a Washington Post cartoonist and his uncle Nick Galifianakis is also a politician. Galifianakis was a student at Wilkes Central High School, and then attended North Carolina State University, where he was a communications major. Galifianakis was employed at a public radio station during his time at college. He taught waltz in 1991 when he was introduced to Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis was on Saturday Night Live two weeks after making his television debut on Boston Common. Galifianakis has said "I worked for Saturday Night Live for two weeks, and Britney Spears was host for a week while I was doing it. Will Ferrell was in an appearance as an bodyguard for her belly button. Will and I were trying to shrink Will down in order to make her fit the belly button. After I explained it to them, she looked at me. Then she said, "Yeah that is funny." Galifianakis starred as Out Cold's lead actress as well as playing small roles in Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers and Into the Wild.