Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek
pronunciation (born October 1 1969): American comedian, musician, comedian, and
writer. He was a part of the Comedy Central Presents special and presented his
show Late World with Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been in films that include
The Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010), The Campaign (2012), Birdman
or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and Masterminds (2016).
Galifianakis also voiced characters in animated films such as Puss in Boots
(2011). The Lego Batman Movie (2017). Missing Link (2019). Ron's Gone The Wrong
Way (2021). Galifianakis is currently the host of the Funny or Die talk show
Between Two Ferns, with Zach Galifianakis. He was a regular on FX's series
Baskets. In 2017 Galifianakis was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award in
Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis was
born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, on the 1st October 1969. the child of the
community arts center proprietor Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and heating oil
vendor Harry Galifianakis. His mother is an English-Irish and Scottish and his
paternal grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. He was baptized into the
father's Greek Orthodox faith. He is the younger brother of named Merritt, as well
as an elder brother, Greg. His cousin Nick Galifianakis is a Washington Post
cartoonist and his uncle Nick Galifianakis is also a politician. Galifianakis
attended Wilkes Central High School and after that, he attended North Carolina
State University where he studied communications. He was an operator of a radio
station at an access station for the public while at college. In 1991, he
taught the class of waltz and met Mary J. Blige. After his television debut
Boston Common, Galifianakis joined Saturday Night Live for two weeks. He has
stated "I worked on Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Britney Spears
hosted the show one week when I was working. Wrote a sketch, Will Ferrell was
going to play a bodyguard to her belly button as we tried to shrink Will down
so that she could fit in the belly button. When I explained the idea to them,
she looked at me. Then she replied, "Yeah, that's funny."
Galifianakis co-starred in the film Out Cold, and had small role in Corky
Romano, Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers, Into the Wild, Super High Me, Little
Fish Strange Pond and Largo.
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