Zachary Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek pronunciation (born on October 1st, 1969): American comedian, musician, comedian, and writer. He also appeared on Comedy Central Presents and hosted 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). He has also voiced characters for animated films such as Puss in Boots (2011), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Missing Link (2019), and Ron's Gone WRONG (2021). Galifianakis is currently hosting the Funny or Die website talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. He was a part of 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 October 1, 1969, in Wilkesboro. The actor is the child of Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil seller. His mother is Scottish-Irish and English descent, and his paternal grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. He was baptized in the father's Greek Orthodox faith. He has Merritt an older sister and Greg the older brother. His 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 attended North Carolina State University where the school of communications was where he studied. He was radio operator at a public access station while at college. He taught dance in the year 1991 when he was introduced to Mary J. Blige. Galifianakis was on Saturday Night Live two weeks after making his TV debut with Boston Common. Galifianakis said he was a part-time employee for Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Britney Spears was the host on one of those days. Will Ferrell was going on part as an bodyguard for her belly button. Will and I were trying to shrink Will down to accommodate the belly button. ...she simply stared at me when I explained the idea to her. And then she finally goes "Oh that's funny.'" Galifianakis was co-starring in the movie Out Cold, and had small parts in Corky Romano, Below, Bubble Boy, Heartbreakers, Into the Wild, Super High Me, Little Fish Strange Pond and Largo.