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Biography

Zachary Knight " Zach " Galifianakis ( ; born October 1, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his numerous film and television appearances including his own Comedy Central Presents special. While initially more of an " Alternative comedy|underground " comedian, he garnered mainstream attention for his role as Alan Garner in the comedy film The Hangover and its sequel The Hangover Part II .

Early life

Zach Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina . His mother, Mary Frances (née Cashion), ran a community center for the arts, and his father, Harry Galifianakis, was a heating oil vendor. Galifianakis' paternal grandparents emigrated from Crete , Greece, from Paste (magazine)|Paste magazine and Galifianakis was baptized in his father's Greek Orthodox faith. His mother is of Scots-Irish American|Scots-Irish descent. He has two siblings, a younger sister, Merritt, and an older brother, Greg. His uncle, Nick Galifianakis , was a congressman from North Carolina between 1967 and 1973. He attended Wilkes Central High School , and subsequently attended but did not graduate from North Carolina State University , where he was a communications major.

Career

Early work

Galifianakis' career began on television in 1996, when he played the recurring role of a stoner named Bobby in the short-lived sitcom Boston Common (TV series)|Boston Common . Then he joined Saturday Night Live as a writer but lasted only two weeks. Galifianakis co-starred in the film Out Cold (2001 film)|Out Cold and had small roles in Corky Romano , Below (film)|Below , Bubble Boy (film)|Bubble Boy , Heartbreakers (2001 film)|Heartbreakers , Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild , Super High Me , Little Fish Strange Pond , and Largo .

He had his own episode of Comedy Central Presents , which first aired in September 2001. It included a stand-up routine and a segment with a piano, and concluded with an a cappella group (The Night Owls, introduced as his "12 ex-girlfriends") singing " Eternal Flame (song)|Eternal Flame " by The Bangles while he made jokes. In 2002, he was the host of his own VH1 talk show called Late World with Zach . It featured many of his friends and regular performers from the LA comedy and music venue Largo where he appeared frequently during this time period. One episode featured Largo regulars Jon Brion and Rhett Miller as musical guests. His next television role was as a coroner named Davis (Tru Calling character)|Davis in the Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox drama Tru Calling , which lasted from 2003 to 2005. He has also appeared many times on Jimmy Kimmel Live and has made three appearances on Reno 911! as "Frisbee".

Galifianakis starred as Alan Finger on the Comedy Central show Dog Bites Man , a fake news program that caught people during candid moments thinking they were being interviewed by a real news crew. In addition, he was on an episode of the Comedy Central show The Sarah Silverman Program as Fred the Homeless Guy. He also had a recurring guest role as a doctor on the animated Adult Swim show Tom Goes to the Mayor and appeared in several episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! in a recurring role as Tairy Greene.

In 2006, Galifianakis was featured in Fiona Apple 's Not About Love#Video|music video for the song "Not About Love" where he is seen lip sync|lip-synching the lyrics to the song. A year later Kanye West employed Galifianakis and indie rock musician Will Oldham for similar purposes in the second version of the video for his song " Can't Tell Me Nothing ". In June 2006 Galifianakis released the single "Come On and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)", a comedic rap/hip-hop/dance song which features Apple's vocals.

Galifianakis was, together with Patton Oswalt , Brian Posehn , and Maria Bamford , one of the four The Comedians of Comedy|Comedians of Comedy , a periodic packaged comedy tour in the style of The Original Kings of Comedy and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour . They chose to perform at live rock clubs as opposed to comedy clubs to try to reach a different audience. Much of the tour was taped, and has been featured in both a short-lived TV series on Comedy Central and a full length movie that has appeared at SXSW and on Showtime (TV network)|Showtime .

On February 22, 2008, he made an appearance on the Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover . He interviewed various members of the Jackass (TV series)|Jackass cast.

Galifianakis starred in the independent film Visioneers which played in select cities in 2008. This was Galifianakis's first starring role in a film and was given a direct-to-DVD release. That same year, Galifianakis appeared in a web video series of advertisements for Absolut vodka, along with Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim , creating a parody of the Golden Girls in which one has a deep anger issue, breaking the fourth wall in exasperation and outright violence on the set. from YouTube He also completed the pilot Speed Freaks for Comedy Central.

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

Galifianakis has a series of videos on the Funny or Die website titled "Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis" where he conducts interviews with popular celebrities between two potted fern s. He has interviewed Jimmy Kimmel , from Funny or Die Michael Cera , Jon Hamm , from Funny or Die Natalie Portman , from Funny or Die Charlize Theron , Bradley Cooper (with a brief appearance by Carrot Top ), Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter (with a brief appearance by Andy Dick ), Ben Stiller , Steve Carell , Sean Penn , Bruce Willis , Tila Tequila , Jennifer Aniston and Will Ferrell . His interview style consists of typical interview questions, bizarre Non sequitur (literary device)|non sequitur s and sometimes inappropriate sexual questions and comments. from Funny or Die

Mainstream performances: 2009–present

Galifianakis co-starred as Alan Garner in the hit comedy The Hangover and earned the MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Award for the Best Comedic Performance. Following The Hangover 's release, Galifianakis was prominently advertised in subsequent films that featured him in supporting roles. These included G-Force (film)|G-Force , Youth in Revolt , and the Oscar-nominated film Up in the Air (2009 film)|Up in the Air .

Galifianakis is currently a member of the regular cast playing a supporting role in the HBO series Bored to Death . He hosted Saturday Night Live on March 6, 2010 Saturday Night Live (season 35)|during the show's 35th season , during which he shaved his beard mid-show for a sketch, and then closed the show wearing a fake beard. from NBC He hosted again on March 12, 2011 and shaved his head this time, in a Mr. T -like hairstyle, which was allegedly supposed to be used for a sketch that never aired due to time constraints.
In 2010, he starred in several films, including Dinner for Schmucks , '' It's Kind of a Funny Story (film)|It's Kind of a Funny Story '', and Due Date .

On October 29, 2010, while debating marijuana legalization on the show HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher , Galifianakis appeared to have smoked marijuana on live television; host Bill Maher denied that it was real marijuana in an interview with Wolf Blitzer during an episode of The Situation Room .

In 2011, he returned as Alan Garner in the sequel, The Hangover Part II , which was set in Thailand .

In 2011, he voiced Humpty Dumpty in DreamWorks Animation 's Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots .

Galifianakis will star alongside Will Ferrell in The Campaign (film)|The Campaign , a political comedy directed by Jay Roach in 2012 in film|2012 . http://collider.com/zach-galifianakis-puss-in-boots-hangover-3-interview/122262/

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	sortname>nolink=1	Pizza boy
1999	Flushed	Pathetic guy
2001	Heartbreakers (2001 film)>Heartbreakers	Bill
2001	Bubble Boy	Bus stop man
2001	Corky Romano	Dexter
2001	Out Cold	Luke
2002	Late World with Zach	Host	Television series: 29 episodes
2002	Below	Weird Wally
2003–05	Tru Calling	Davis	Television series: 27 episodes
2004	Zach & Avery of Fergus	Homeless man
2005	The Comedians of Comedy	Himself
2006	sortname>nolink=1	Zach
2006	Dog Bites Man	Alan Finger	Television series: 9 episodes
2007-10	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Tairy Greene	Television series: 6 episodes
2007	Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion	Himself/ Seth Galifinakis	Also Writer/ Executive Producer
2007	Into the Wild	Kevin
2008	What Happens in Vegas	Dave the Bear
2008	Super High Me	Himself	Documentary
2008	Visioneers	George
2009	The Ballad of G.I. Joe	Snow Job	Video short
2009	Gigantic	Homeless guy
2009	sortname>The	Alan Garner	ubl> MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
2009-10	American Dad!	Heavyset Man and Norman ; Juror	Television series: 2 episodes (voice only)
2009	G-Force	Ben
2009–11	Bored to Death	Ray	Television series: 16 episodes
2009	Up in the Air	Steve
2009	Operation: Endgame	Hermit	Straight to DVD
2010	Youth in Revolt	Jerry
2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job& #33; Chrimbus Special	Tairy Greene	Television movie
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Therman Murch	Comedy Award - Best Comedy Actor in Film
2010	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Bobby
2010	Due Date	Ethan Tremblay/ Ethan Chase	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie: Actor Comedy (also for The Hangover Part II )
2010	Frenemy	Bucky
2010–11	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Television show: 2 episodes Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (2011)
2011	sortname>The	Alan Garner	Pending - MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie: Actor Comedy (also for Due Date) Nominated - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms )
2011	Puss in Boots	Humpty Dumpty	Voice only Nominated - Annie Award for Best Voice from a Animated Feature
2011	The Muppets (film)>The Muppets	Hobo Joe	Cameo appearance
2012	'' Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Jim Joe Kelly
2012	The Campaign	Marty Huggins
2013	The Hangover Part III	Alan Garner

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