Zachary Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation born on October 1st 1969) is an American comedian, actor as well as a musician and writer. He also appeared on Comedy Central Presents and hosted Late World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been in films such as The Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010), The Campaign (2012), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and Masterminds (2016). Galifianakis has also voiced characters in animated films like Puss In Boots (2011) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He has also voiced Missing Link (2019) and Ron's Gone wrong (2211). Galifianakis is currently host of Funny or Die's talk show Between Two Ferns, with Zach Galifianakis. He was a regular on the FX series Baskets. In 2017 Galifianakis was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis, a North Carolina native, was born on the 1st of October, 1969, in Wilkesboro. He is the son of Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil retailer. His mother is English and Scottish-Irish, whereas his paternal grandparents are from Crete. The baptism was performed according to the Greek Orthodox faith of his father. He has Merritt and a younger sister, and Greg, a brother older than him. 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 studied communications. He was an operator for a radio at an access station that was public at college. He taught a waltz class in 1991 and he came into contact with Mary J. Blige. Following his TV debut Boston Common, Galifianakis joined Saturday Night Live for two weeks. He's stated "I did work for Saturday Night Live for two weeks, and Britney Spears was host during the week I was there. Will Ferrell was scheduled to play the role of an bodyguard for her belly button. Will and I were going shrink Will down so that she could fit a belly button. ...she looked at me in a blank stare when I explained the idea to her. She finally said, "Yeah that is funny." Galifianakis was co-starring in the movie Out Cold, and had minor roles in Corky Romano, Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers, Into the Wild, Super High Me, Little Fish Strange Pond and Largo.