Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek
pronunciation born October 1, 1969) is an American comedian, actor as well as a
musician and writer. He was also a guest 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) and The Campaign (2012). He was
also in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014) and 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 the host of the Funny or Die website
chat show Between Two Ferns. He was also a part of the FX series Baskets. In
2017 his nomination was for win the Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Lead
Actor for the Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis, a North Carolina
native, was born on the 1st of October 1969, in Wilkesboro. He is the child of
Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil seller. His
mother is of Scottish-Irish and English heritage, while his paternal
grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. He was baptized in the father's
Greek Orthodox faith. He is the father of 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 educated at Wilkes Central High School and then went on to North Carolina
State University where he was a communications student. Galifianakis interned
at a local radio station in college. He taught a waltz class in 1991 and he
came into contact with Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis was the Saturday Night Live
host for two weeks following his TV debut in Boston Common. He's said "I
did work for Saturday Night Live for two weeks, and Britney Spears was host for
a week while I was on it. Will Ferrell was going on part as bodyguard to
protect her belly button. Will and I were planning to shrink Will down so that
she could fit a belly button. ...she just stared at me when I explained the
idea to her. Then she said, "Yeah that is funny." Galifianakis played
in Out Cold and also had roles in Corky Romano, Below, Bubble Boy and
Heartbreakers.
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