Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis (Greek
pronunciation January 1, 1969) was an American comedian, actor, musician,
writer, and comedian. He was also a guest on Comedy Central Presents and hosted
Late World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has appeared in films like 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 like Puss in Boots (2011), The Lego Batman
Movie (2017), Missing Link (2019), and Ron's Gone Missing (2021). Galifianakis
currently hosts the Funny or Die website talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach
Galifianakis. He was a star in FX's series Baskets. In the year 2017, he was
nominated to win the Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Lead Actor for the
Comedy Series. Zachary Knight Galifianakis was a native of Wilkesboro, North
Carolina on October 1 1970. His mother is English and Scottish-Irish, while his
paternal grandparents are from Crete. He was baptized in accordance with the
Greek Orthodox faith of his father. He is the father of Merritt, his younger
sister along with Greg, his older brother. The cousin of his Nick Galifianakis
(Washington Post cartoonist) is his uncle. Galifianakis attended Wilkes Central
High School and later went to North Carolina State University where he studied
communications. He worked as an operator of a radio station at a public access
station while in college. He was a teacher of waltz in 1991 when he met Mary J.
Blige. Following his debut on television Boston Common, Galifianakis joined
Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Galifianakis claimed that he performed on
Saturday Night Live for two week and Britney Spears was the host for one of
those episodes. I created a sketch. Will Ferrell was to be her bodyguard near
the belly button. We were going to shrink Will so that he could fit into the
belly button. When I explained the idea to them, she stared at me. She finally
agreed, "Yeah that is funny." Galifianakis co-starred in the film 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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