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).
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Popularity76
Credits6.3
Rating48.8M
Budget222M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 The Wizard of the Kremlin
2025 The Gallerist
2025 Lilo & Stitch as Jumba
2025 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2024 Winner as Ronald Winner
2024 Thelma the Unicorn as Crusty Trucker (voice)
2023 The Beanie Bubble as Ty Executive Producer
2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie as Felix Fischoeder (voice)
2021 Ron's Gone Wrong as Ron (voice)
2020 Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
2020 The Sunlit Night as Haldor
2019 Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Zach Galifianakis Writer, Producer
2019 Missing Link as Mr. Susan Link (voice)
2018 A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy as Self
2018 A Wrinkle in Time as The Happy Medium
2017 Tulip Fever as Gerrit
2017 One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie as Self
2017 Batman Is Just Not That Into You as Joker (voice)
2017 The Lego Batman Movie as Joker (voice)
2016 Keeping Up with the Joneses as Jeff Gaffney
2016 Masterminds as David Ghantt
2016 Queen Mimi as Self
2015 Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) as Self
2015 Tig as Self
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Jake
2014 Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor as Self - Coach
2014 Muppets Most Wanted as Hobo Joe
2013 Justin Bieber's Believe as Self
2013 Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective as Self
2013 Here Comes the Night Time as Captain Zach the Astronaut
2013 Are You Here as Ben Baker
2013 The Hangover Part III as Alan Garner
2012 The Campaign as Marty Huggins Producer
2012 The Bitter Buddha as Self
2012 Mansome as Self
2012 Smile
2012 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Jim Joe Kelly
2011 The Muppets as Hobo Joe
2011 Puss in Boots as Humpty Dumpty (voice)
2011 The Hangover Part II as Alan Garner
2011 Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2010 Due Date as Ethan Tremblay
2010 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special as Tairy Greene
2010 It's Kind of a Funny Story as Bobby
2010 Dinner for Schmucks as Therman
2010 Operation: Endgame as Hermit
2010 Just 3 Boyz as Zach
2010 Fantasia in Best Show Minor
2009 Up in the Air as Steve
2009 Little Fish, Strange Pond as Bucky
2009 Youth in Revolt as Jerry
2009 G-Force as Ben
2009 The Hangover as Alan Garner
2008 Gigantic as Homeless Man
2008 Visioneers as George
2008 What Happens in Vegas as Dave the Bear
2008 A Vodka Movie as Zach Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
2008 Largo as Self
2008 David's Situation as Self
2007 Super High Me as Self
2007 Into the Wild as Kevin
2007 The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour as Self Writer
2007 Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion as Himself / Seth Galifianakis Writer, Executive Producer
2006 The Pity Card as Zach
2005 Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine as Himself
2005 The Comedians of Comedy as Self Writer
2005 Zach Galifianakis: Look Who it Isn't as Himself Writer
2004 Last Laugh '04 as Jesus
2004 Zach and Avery of Fergus as Homeless Man
2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002 as Santa
2002 Below as Weird Wally
2001 Out Cold as Luke
2001 Corky Romano as Computer Hacker Dexter
2001 Bubble Boy as Bus Stop Man
2001 Heartbreakers as Bill
1999 Flushed as Pathetic Guy