Zacharius Knight Galifianakis ( ; born October 1, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, and writer.

Originally from western North Carolina, Zach moved after failing his last college class by one point to New York City. Zach got his start performing his brand of humor in the back of a hamburger joint in Times Square. He now tours the country performing in coffee shops and universities. When not performing stand up Zach spends a lot of his time at his in the mountains of his native North Carolina where he hopes to open a writers' retreat on a completely self sustained farm.