Zachary Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation born on October 1, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He was also a guest on Comedy Central Presents and hosted Late World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been a mainstay in numerous films including The Hangover Trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010). The Campaign (2012), Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014), and Masterminds (2016). He has also voiced characters in animated films, including Puss in Boots (2011), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Missing Link (2019), and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). Galifianakis is currently hosting 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, a North Carolina native, was born on the 1st of October 1969, in Wilkesboro. The actor is the child of Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil dealer. His mother is of Scottish-Irish and English origin, and his paternal grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. He was baptized within the father's Greek Orthodox faith. He is the father of Merritt an older sister, and Greg the older brother. The 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 was a communications student. Galifianakis worked for a public radio station in college. He taught the waltz class, in 1991, where he met with Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis joined Saturday Night Live two weeks after he made his TV debut with Boston Common. Galifianakis has said "I worked on Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Britney Spears hosted the show for a week while I was there. I created a sketch. Will Ferrell was to be her bodyguard near the belly button. We planned to shrink Will to make him look like a belly button. ...she simply stared at me as I explained it to her. She finally said it, "Yeah that is funny." Galifianakis was Out Cold's lead actress as well as playing minor roles in Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers and Into the Wild.