Zachary Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation (born on October 1st, 1969): American comedian, musician, comedian, and writer. He appeared in Comedy Central Presents special and hosted his own show Late World with Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has appeared in films that include The Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010), The Campaign (2012), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and Masterminds (2016). Galifianakis 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 is currently hosting the Funny or Die website talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. Galifianakis starred in the FX series Baskets. He was nominated in 2017 for the Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, on October 1, 1969. The child of the community arts center owner Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and heating oil merchant Harry Galifianakis. His mother is of Scottish-Irish and English heritage, while his paternal grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. His father was an Greek Orthodox Christian and he was born. He is the father of Merritt, a younger sister, and Greg, a brother older than him. His cousin is Washington Post cartoonist Nick Galifianakis, while his uncle, who is also known as Nick Galifianakis, is a politician. Galifianakis attended Wilkes Central High School, and then attended North Carolina State University, where he studied communications. While at college was working for a public access station. In 1991, he taught the class of waltz and got to know Mary J. Blige. Following his debut on television Boston Common, Galifianakis joined Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Galifianakis said he was a part-time employee for Saturday Night Live for two weeks and Britney Spears was the host for one of those episodes. He wrote a sketch. Will Ferrell was going to be a bodyguard for her belly button as we tried to shrink Will down to fit the belly button. ...she was staring at me as I explained it to her. Then she'll say "Wow, that's funny.'" Galifianakis co-starred in the film Out Cold, and had minor roles in Corky Romano, Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers, Into the Wild, Super High Me, Little Fish Strange Pond and Largo.