Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis
Galifianakis at the 2012 LA Pod Fest
Birth name	Zachary Knight Galifianakis
Born	(1969-10-01) October 1, 1969 (age 47) Wilkesboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, film, television, music
Years active	1996–present
Genres	Alternative comedy, deadpan, surreal humor, observational comedy, black comedy, insult comedy, physical comedy, musical comedy, one-liners
Subject(s)	Everyday life, self-deprecation, current events
Spouse	Quinn Lundberg (m. 2012)
Children	2

Zachary Knight "Zach" Galifianakis (/ˌɡælᵻfəˈnækᵻs/; born October 1, 1969) is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He came to prominence with his Comedy Central Presents special in 2001 and presented his own show called Late World with Zach on VH1 the following year. He has also starred in films, such as The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013), Due Date (2010), The Campaign (2012), Birdman (2014), Puss in Boots (2011) and Masterminds (2016).

He currently hosts the Emmy Award-winning talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis on the Funny or Die website and executive produces, writes, and stars in the dark comedy series Baskets on FX.

Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. His mother, Mary Frances (née Cashion), is a community arts center owner, and his father, Harry, is a heating oil vendor. His mother has Scottish ancestry, while his paternal grandparents, Mike Galifianakis and Sophia Kastrinakis, were immigrants from Crete, Greece, and Galifianakis was baptized in his father's Greek Orthodox church. He has a younger sister named Merritt and an older brother named Greg. His cousin is Washington Post cartoonist Nick Galifianakis. His uncle, a politician, is also named Nick Galifianakis. Galifianakis attended Wilkes Central High School, and subsequently attended but did not graduate from North Carolina State University, where he was a communication major.