Zachary Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation (born October 1 1969): American comedian, musician, comedian, and writer. He was a comic, actor as well as a host on Late World with Zach (VH1) Galifianakis has appeared in several films including 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 for animated films like Puss in Boots (2011). The Lego Batman Movie (2017). Missing Link (2019). Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). Galifianakis hosts the Funny or Die website chat show Between Two Ferns. Galifianakis starred in 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 the 1st October 1969. He is the son of community center owner Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and heating oil vendor Harry Galifianakis. His mother is English-Irish and Scottish, while his paternal grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. He was baptized in his father's Greek Orthodox faith. He has Merritt and a younger 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 was a student at Wilkes Central High School, and later attended North Carolina State University, where he studied communications. Galifianakis was employed at a public radio station in college. In 1991, he was a teacher in a waltz class where he was introduced to Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis was on Saturday Night Live two weeks after making his television debut on Boston Common. Galifianakis stated that he worked on Saturday Night Live for two week and Britney Spears was the host on one of those weeks. He wrote a sketch. Will Ferrell was act as a bodyguard to her belly button and we'd have reduce Will down to fit into an abdominal button. ...she just stared at me as I explained it to her. And then she finally goes "Oh, that's hilarious.'" Galifianakis played Out Cold's main character and also had minor roles in Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers and Into the Wild.