Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis (Greek
pronunciation 01 October 1969) was an American comedian, actor, musician,
writer, and comedian. He also appeared on Comedy Central Presents and hosted
Late World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been featured in movies such as
The Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010) and The Campaign (2012). He
was also in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) as well as
Masterminds (2016). He has voiced characters in animated films like Puss in
Boots (2011), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Missing Link (2019), and Ron's Gone
Gone Wrong (2021). Galifianakis currently hosts the Funny or Die website talk
show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. Galifianakis has appeared 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 the 1st October 1969. The child of the
community arts center owner Mary Frances (nee Cashion) and heating oil merchant
Harry Galifianakis. His mother is an English-Irish and Scottish His paternal
grandparents are Greek immigrants from Crete. He was baptized according the
Greek Orthodox faith of his father. He is the father of Merritt, his younger
sister as well as Greg who is his 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 after
that, he attended North Carolina State University where she studied
communications. While at university, he worked at a station that was accessible
to the public. He taught an waltz class in the year 1991, where he met with
Mary J. Blige. Following his debut on television Boston Common, Galifianakis
joined Saturday Night Live for two weeks. He's stated "I participated on
Saturday Night Live for two weeks. Britney Spears hosted the show for a week
while I was doing it. I sketched a picture. Will Ferrell was to serve as her
bodyguard on the belly button. We planned to shrink Will to make him appear to
be the belly button. After I explained it to them, she looked at me. She then
declared, "Yeah, that's funny." Galifianakis played Out Cold's
leading lady, and she also played small parts in Below, Bubble Boy,
Heartbreakers and Into the Wild.
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