Zachary Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation (born on October 1 1969): American comedian, musician, comedian and writer. He was also a guest on Comedy Central Presents and hosted Late World With Zach on 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 voiced characters in animated films like Puss In Boots (2011) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He also voices Missing Link (2019) and Ron's Gone Wrong (2211). Galifianakis is currently hosting the Funny or Die website talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. He was the main character in FX's show Baskets. In 2017, he was nominated to win the Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis, a North Carolina native, was born October 1 1969 in Wilkesboro. The actor is the son of Mary Frances (nee Cashion), and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil dealer. His mother is an English-Irish and Scottish, while his paternal grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. The baptism was performed according to the Greek Orthodox faith of his father. He has Merritt an older sister and Greg, a brother older than him. The cousin of his Nick Galifianakis (Washington Post cartoonist) is his uncle. Galifianakis was a student at Wilkes Central High School. Then he went to North Carolina State University and majored in communications. He worked as radio operator at an accessible public station while in college. He was a teacher of the waltz in 1991, when he first met Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis was a Saturday Night Live host for two weeks after his TV debut at Boston Common. He has stated "I worked on Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Britney Spears was the host during the week I was working. He wrote a sketch. Will Ferrell was act as a bodyguard to her belly button, and we were going reduce Will down to fit an abdominal button. ...she simply stared at me as I explained it to her. And then she finally goes "Oh, that's hilarious.'" Galifianakis was co-starring in the movie Out Cold, and had minor role in Corky Romano, Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers, Into the Wild, Super High Me, Little Fish Strange Pond and Largo.

 


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