Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek
pronunciation born on October 1st, 1969) is an American comedian, actor,
musician, and writer. He was a performer, comedian, and presenter of Late World
with Zach (VH1) Galifianakis is a regular in many films that include The
Hangover Trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010). The Campaign (2012), Birdman or
The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014) as well as 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 the host of Funny or Die's
talk 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 in 1969. His mother
is an English-Irish and Scottish His paternal grandparents are Greek immigrants
from Crete. He was baptized according to the Greek Orthodox faith of his
father. He has a younger sister, Merritt as well as an elder brother named
Greg. His cousin Nick Galifianakis (Washington Post cartoonist) is his uncle.
Galifianakis was educated at Wilkes Central High School and then attended North
Carolina State University where she studied communications. While at college
Galifianakis worked for an access point for the public. In 1991, he taught the
class of waltz and was introduced to Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis was the
Saturday Night Live host for two weeks after his TV debut at Boston Common.
Galifianakis has stated that he worked for Saturday Night Live for two weeks.
Britney Spears hosted during one of those weeks. Will Ferrell was in a role as
a bodyguard for her belly button. Will and I were going shrink Will down so
that she could fit a belly button. After I explained the idea to her, she
simply stared at my sketch. Then she said, "Yeah that is funny."
Galifianakis starred in Out Cold and also had roles in Corky Romano and Below,
Bubble Boy and Heartbreakers.
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