Zachary Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis Greek
pronunciation born on October 1st, 1969) is an American comedian, actor as well
as a musician and writer. He was also a guest on Comedy Central Presents and
hosted Late World With Zach on VH1. Galifianakis has been in films such as The
Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010) and The Campaign (2012). He also
appeared in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014) and
Masterminds (2016). He has also voiced characters in 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 the lead actor in 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 was a native
of Wilkesboro, North Carolina on October 1st 1969. His mother is 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 has
Merritt his younger sister along with Greg the older brother of his. His cousin
Nick Galifianakis is a Washington Post cartoonist and his uncle Nick Galifianakis
is also a politician. Galifianakis attended Wilkes Central High School and
later went to North Carolina State University where he was a communications
student. He worked as radio operator at an accessible public station while in
college. He taught waltz in 1991 when he was introduced to Mary J. Blige.
Galifianakis joined Saturday Night Live two weeks after making his TV debut on
Boston Common. He mentioned that he had been a Saturday Night Live host for two
weeks. Britney was my host on the other week. I created a sketch. Will Ferrell
was to be her bodyguard at her belly button. We were going to shrink Will to
make him become an abdominal button. When I explained the idea to them, she
looked at me. Then she says "Oh, that's hilarious.'" Galifianakis
starred in Out Cold and also had roles in Corky Romano, Below, Bubble Boy and
Heartbreakers.
Comments
Post a Comment