Birth nameZacharius Knight Galifianakis Birth information1 October 1969, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA BioOriginally from western North Carolina, Zach moved to New York City after failing his last college class by one point. 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 time at his home in the mountains of his native North Carolina, where he hopes to open a writer's retreat on a completely self-sustained farm.

The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10-19 this year and on hand will be a ton of films vying for distribution or hoping to get some early word of mouth to ensure their fall and winter releases satisfy the box-office expectations or guide the way to an Oscar nomination. As a result, we here at RopeofSilicon have received 73 new images from 18 of the films that will be screening at this year's festival and these films include the likes of everything from Niki Caro's The Vintner's Luck to Grant Heslov's The Men Who Stare at Goats, two Werner Herzog pictures in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Calls New Orleans and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, as well as something for horror fans with new looks at Jennifer's Body as well as a gallery for [Rec] 2. Along with each preview over the following four pages »
- Brad Brevet

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The best experience I've had as far as stand-up goes was seeing Zach Galifianakis. Any man with the high school drama teacher look that wears the signature Annie dress is amazing in my book. It looks like we'll be getting more Galifianakis as he is negotiating to appear in the Jay Roach directed, Dinner With Schmucks. The movie is basically about a pathetic guy who ruins the lives of anyone who spends any time with him. The cast so far consists of Steve Carrell, Paul Rudd, and Lucy Punch.... »
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Zach Galifianakis continues to look for challenging work since breaking out in the surprise summer hit The Hangover. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comedian has just joined Jay Roach's upcoming comedy Dinner for Schmucks.
The story revolves around the most pathetic guy ever to be invited to another man's weekly dinner party. Galifianakis is set to play an assistant manager of a mattress store who is dating Steve Carell's ex-wife. Other cast members include Paul Rudd and Lucy Punch.
Dinner for Schmucks is scheduled to start shooting this fall for a July 2010 release date.
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