Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek
pronunciation (born on October 1st, 1969): American comedian, musician,
comedian, and writer. He also appeared on Comedy Central Presents and hosted
Late World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis was in several films including The
Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010) and The Campaign (2012). He also
appeared in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014) as well as
Masterminds (2016). Galifianakis has also voiced characters in animated films
such as Puss In Boots (2011) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He has also
voiced Missing Link (2019) and Ron's Gone wrong (2211). Galifianakis hosts the
Funny or Die website chat show Between Two Ferns. Galifianakis starred on the
FX series Baskets. He was nominated in 2017 for the Primetime Emmy Award as
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis was born
in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, on October 1, 1969. He is the son of community
arts center owner Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and heating oil merchant Harry
Galifianakis. His mother is English and Scottish-Irish. his paternal
grandparents are from Crete. He was baptized within his father's Greek Orthodox
faith. He is the younger brother of, Merritt and an older brother, Greg. His
cousin Nick Galifianakis (Washington Post cartoonist) is his uncle.
Galifianakis was educated at Wilkes Central High School and later went to North
Carolina State University where he studied communications. He was radio
operator at an access station that was public at college. He taught a waltz
course in 1991, where he met with Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis joined Saturday
Night Live two weeks after he made his TV debut on Boston Common. According to
him, he said that he had been the Saturday Night Live host for two weeks and
Britney was host for the second week. Will Ferrell was in a role as the
bodyguard for her belly button. Will and I were going to shrink Will down so
that she could fit a belly button. When I explained the idea to her, she stared
at my sketch. Then she declared, "Yeah, that's funny." Galifianakis
co-starred in the film Out Cold, and had minor parts in Corky Romano, Below,
Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers, Into the Wild, Super High Me, Little Fish Strange
Pond and Largo.
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