Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis (Greek
pronunciation 1 October 1969) was an American actor, comedian as well as a
musician, writer and comedian. He appeared in Comedy Central Presents special
and presented his show Late World with Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been in
films like The Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010) and The Campaign
(2012). He was also in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
as well as Masterminds (2016). Galifianakis voiced characters in animated films
such as Puss In Boots (2011) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He also voices
Missing Link (2019) and Ron's Gone wrong (2211). Galifianakis is currently
hosting the Funny or Die website talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach
Galifianakis. Galifianakis appeared in the FX series Baskets. He was nominated
in 2017 for the Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy
Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis was a native of Wilkesboro, North Carolina
on October 1 1969. His mother is Scottish-Irish and English descent, while his
paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants from Crete. His father was a Greek
Orthodox Christian and he was Baptized. He is the father of Merritt who is a
younger sibling and Greg who is his older brother. His cousin Nick Galifianakis
(Washington Post cartoonist) is his uncle. Galifianakis attended Wilkes Central
High School and later went to North Carolina State University where he studied
communications. Galifianakis worked at a public radio station during his time
at college. He taught the waltz in 1991, when he got to know Mary J. Blige.
Galifianakis joined Saturday Night Live two weeks after his TV debut on Boston
Common. Galifianakis has stated that he worked for Saturday Night Live for two
weeks and Britney Spears was the host for one of those episodes. Created a
sketch. Will Ferrell was act as a bodyguard to her belly button as we tried to
shrink Will down to fit into an abdominal button. ...she just stared at me
after I explained it to her. She then declared, "Yeah, that's funny."
Galifianakis was co-starring in the movie Out Cold, and had minor role in Corky
Romano, Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers, Into the Wild, Super High Me, Little
Fish Strange Pond and Largo.
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