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Zach Galifianakis
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About Zach Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis is a well-known American actor, comedian, pianist, and writer who had been seen working actively from 1996 to the present.
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| Full Name | Zachary Knight Galifianakis |
| Date of Birth | October 1, 1969 |
| Birth Place | Wilkesboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Parent(s) | Mary Frances Galifianakis and Harry Galifianakis. |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian, Pianist and Writer |
| Spouse(s) | Quinn Lundberg (m. 2012) |
| Net worth | US $30 million |
Personal Life and Relationship
Zach Galifianakis was born on October 1, 1969, in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, U.S. as a son of mother Mary Frances Galifianakis and father, Harry Galifianakis. His mother used to be a community arts center owner, where his father used to be a heating oil vendor. He had one younger sister named Merritt and had an older brother whose name is Greg. Galifianakis’s full character is Zachary Knight Galifianakis, where he was known as Zach Galifianakis.
Zach Galifianakis got married to Quinn Lundberg in August 2012, a co-founder of the Growing Voices Charity at the UBC Farm. Later, they gave birth to their son on September 7, 2013, and after that, in November 2016, they gave birth to their second son.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Zach Galifianakis holds an American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. He is currently 51 years old, with a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70m) and 86 kg. He had got light brown hair with blue eyes. As he was born on October 1, his zodiac sign is Libra.
Early Life and Education
In his early life, Zach Galifianakis joined Wilkes Central High School, where later, he went to attend North Carolina State University in which he majored in communications. When he was in his college life, he used to work at a public access station, and he had also taught a waltz class, which was in the year 1991.
Career
Early Work
Zach Galifianakis started his career in acting after being cast into an American sitcom television series “Boston Common.” Later, he joined “Saturday Night Live” as a writer, but he worked only for two weeks, where at that time, Britney Spears was seen hosting the show for one week. After that, he was caught in a stoner comedy movie “Out Cold” in 2001 and later, seen in the film like “Corky Romano,” “Below,” “Bubble Boy,” “Heartbreakers,” “Into the Wild,” “Super High Me,” “Little Fish Strange Pond” and “Largo.”
In 2001, he was also seen in the episode of “Comedy Central Presents” and then seen hosting his VH1 talk show “Late World with Zach” in 2002. Further, he was seen playing as Davis in the supernatural drama series “Tru Calling,” where it was aired on Fox. Also, he was seen appearing on an American late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”. After that, he was also seen in the episode of a comedy television series “Reno 911!”.
Likewise, Zach Galifianakis was seen on Comedy Central show “Dog Bites Man” as Alan Finger, where the show is about fake news in which people caught during candid moments and made them feel like a real crew interviewed them. He was also seen as guests in the Comedy Central show “The Sarah Silverman Program,” where he was seen as Fred, who is a Homeless Guy. Later, he was seen repeatedly as a guest in an American adult animated series “Tom Goes to the Mayor,” where he also saw appearing in sketch comedy series “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” Tracey Greene.
Further, he appeared in a music video where he was seen lip-syncing the lyrics to the song “Not About Love” in 2006. After that, he was also cast for the same purpose in the second version of the video, which is for the song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” He had also released his single “Come On and Get It, “ which was a comedic hip-hop dance song of the year 2006.
Later, Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, and Maria Bamford, who were well-known comedian, had a periodic packaged comedy tour where they decided to perform at live rock clubs to try to reach a different audience. Later, he appeared on a 24-hour live TV special, “Jackassworld.com: 21 Hour Takeover,” where he also interviewed various Jackass, case members. Likewise, he played his first leading role in an independent movie “Visioneers” in the year 2008, which was directed by Jared Drake.
After that, he made his appearance in a web series of advertisements for Absolut vodka. Further, Galifianakis completed the pilot “Seed Freeks” for Comedy Central. In 2006, Zach’s movie “Live at the Purple Onion” was known as one of the first original programs from Netflix.
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
On the Funny or Die website Zach Galifianakis has a series of video where it was titled “Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis,” in which we can see the interview where he had taken interviews with celebrities like Jimmy Kimmel, Michael Cera, Jon Hamm, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Bradley Cooper, Carrot Top, Will Ferrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Tobey Maguire, Justin Bieber, former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Brad Pitt and more. For his work as producer of the show, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Mainstream Performance
Zach Galifianakis played the role of Alan Garner in a hit comedy movie “The Hangover,” for which he was able to earn the MTV Movie Award, which is for the Best Comedic Performance. Also, he was seen in a supporting role, which includes “G-Force, Youth in Revolt and Up in the Air.”
Likewise, he was seen in the HBO comedy series “Bored to Death” and later seen hosting Saturday Night Live. In the year 2010, he was seen in various movies like “Dinner for Schmucks,” “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” and “Due Date.” After that, he had also appeared in HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Later, in 2011, he was seen reprising his role in the comedy movie “The Hangover Part II.”
He also provided voice-over Humpty Dumpty in the computer-animated adventure comedy movie “Puss in Boots.” He was also seen in the political satire “The Campaign” and also seen in the film “Birdman,” which is also known as “The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance.” In 2017, he also voiced over The Joker in the computer-animated superhero comedy movie “The Lego Batman Movie.”
Net worth
The estimated net worth of Zach Galifianakis $30 million.
