Zach Galifianakis

Biography

Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in a Comedy Central Presents special and presented his own talk show, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, which earned critical acclaim. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2017.

Galifianakis has starred in films including The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013), Due Date (2010), It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010), The Campaign (2012), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and Masterminds (2016). He has also voiced characters in animated films such as Puss in Boots (2011), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Missing Link (2019), Ron's Gone Wrong (2021) and The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022).

Known For

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

Lilo & Stitch

Jumba

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

Self

The Simpsons

Lucas Bortner (voice)

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Self

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Saturday Night Live

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Lilo & Stitch	Jumba
2025	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert	Self
2024	Thelma the Unicorn	Crusty Trucker (voice)
2024	Winner	Ronald Winner
2023	The Beanie Bubble	Ty
2022	The Bob's Burgers Movie	Felix Fischoeder (voice)
2021	Ron's Gone Wrong	Ron (voice)
2020	The Sunlit Night	Haldor
2020	Joker: Put on a Happy Face	Self
2019	Missing Link	Mr. Susan Link (voice)
2019	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Zach Galifianakis
2018	A Wrinkle in Time	The Happy Medium
2018	A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy	Self
2017	Tulip Fever	Gerrit
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Joker (voice)
2017	One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie	Self
2017	Batman Is Just Not That Into You	Joker (voice)
2016	Masterminds	David Ghantt
2016	Keeping Up with the Joneses	Jeff Gaffney
2016	Queen Mimi	Self
2015	Tig	Self
2015	Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)	Self
2014	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Jake
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	Hobo Joe
2014	Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor	Self - Coach
2013	Justin Bieber's Believe	Self
2013	The Hangover Part III	Alan Garner
2013	Are You Here	Ben Baker
2013	Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective	Self
2013	Here Comes the Night Time	Captain Zach the Astronaut
2012	The Campaign	Marty Huggins
2012	Mansome	Self
2012	The Bitter Buddha	Self
2012	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Jim Joe Kelly
2012	Smile
2011	The Hangover Part II	Alan Garner
2011	The Muppets	Hobo Joe
2011	Puss in Boots	Humpty Dumpty (voice)
2011	Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2010	Operation: Endgame	Hermit
2010	Due Date	Ethan Tremblay
2010	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Bobby
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Therman
2010	Fantasia in Best Show Minor
2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special	Tairy Greene
2010	Just 3 Boyz	Zach
2009	Up in the Air	Steve
2009	Youth in Revolt	Jerry
2009	The Hangover	Alan Garner
2009	Little Fish, Strange Pond	Bucky
2009	G-Force	Ben
2008	Visioneers	George
2008	What Happens in Vegas	Dave the Bear
2008	Gigantic	Homeless Man
2008	Largo	Self
2008	A Vodka Movie	Zach
2008	David's Situation	Self
2007	The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour	Self
2007	Super High Me	Self
2007	Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion	Himself / Seth Galifianakis
2007	Into the Wild	Kevin
2006	The Pity Card	Zach
2005	The Comedians of Comedy	Self
2005	Zach Galifianakis: Look Who it Isn't	Himself
2005	Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine	Himself
2004	Zach and Avery of Fergus	Homeless Man
2004	Last Laugh '04	Jesus
2002	Below	Weird Wally
2002	Stella Shorts 1998-2002	Santa
2001	Heartbreakers	Bill
2001	Bubble Boy	Bus Stop Man
2001	Out Cold	Luke
2001	Corky Romano	Computer Hacker Dexter
1999	Flushed	Pathetic Guy
	The Wizard of the Kremlin
	The Gallerist

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Only Murders in the Building	Zach Galifianakis
2020	Dicktown	Charlie
2018	My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman	Self
2017	The Gong Show	Self - Judge
2017	Big Mouth	Gratitoad (voice)
2016	Baskets	Chip Baskets / Dale Baskets
2016	America Divided	Self
2016	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	The Bloodhound
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014	Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories	Zach
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self
2013	Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!	Himself
2012	Inside Comedy	Self
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self
2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	Self
2012	Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!	Himself
2011	Bob's Burgers	Felix Fischoeder (voice)
2011	Bob's Burgers	Chet (voice)
2011	Bob's Burgers	Felix (voice)
2010	Conan	Self
2009	Bored to Death	Ray Hueston
2008	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis	Self - Host
2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Tairy Greene
2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Tairy Greene as The Snuggler
2007	Tim and Eric Nite Live!	Richard Dunn
2007	The Sarah Silverman Program.	Fred Blorth
2006	Dog Bites Man	Alan Finger
2005	American Dad!	Heavyset Man and Norman (voice)
2005	Wonder Showzen
2005	Too Late with Adam Carolla
2005	Comedians of Comedy	Self
2005	American Dad!	Juror (voice)
2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Dr. Vickerson (voice)
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003	Tru Calling	Davis
2003	Reno 911!
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
2002	Late World with Zach	Himself
2001	Next Caller
2001	Next!
1998	Comedy Central Presents
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1996	Boston Common	Bobby
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Comedy Guest
1989	The Simpsons	Lucas Bortner (voice)
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self
	The Audacity	Carl Bardolph