Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek
pronunciation (born October 1st 1969): American comedian, musician, comedian
and writer. He has also appeared on Comedy Central Presents and hosted Late
World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been a star in a variety of 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 also voiced characters in animated films like Puss in Boots (2011), The Lego
Batman Movie (2017), Missing Link (2019), and Ron's Gone WRONG (2021).
Galifianakis is the host of the Funny or Die website chat show Between Two
Ferns. He was also a part of FX's series Baskets. In 2017 the show was
nominated for 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. He is the child of Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and Harry
Galifianakis, a heating oil seller. His mother is English and Scottish-Irish,
while his paternal grandparents are from Crete. His father was a Greek Orthodox
Christian and he was baptized. He is the father of Merritt an older sister, and
Greg, an 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 she studied communications. Galifianakis worked for a
public radio station in college. He taught the waltz in 1991, when he got to
know Mary J. Blige. Following his debut on television Boston Common,
Galifianakis joined Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Galifianakis stated that
he worked on Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Britney Spears hosted on one of
those weeks. Will Ferrell was playing an appearance as the bodyguard for her
belly button. Will and I were trying to shrink Will down so that she could fit
a belly button. ...she just stared at me after I explained it to her. She
finally said it, "Yeah that is funny." Galifianakis played Out Cold's
main character, and she also played minor roles in Below, Bubble Boy,
Heartbreakers and Into the Wild.
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