American actor and comedian known for The Hangover trilogy, Between Two Ferns, and FX's Baskets.
Background
Born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Galifianakis attended North Carolina State University and worked as a stand-up comedian in New York and Los Angeles before breakthrough roles.
Career
He played Alan Garner across Todd Phillips’s “The Hangover” trilogy and starred in Phillips’s “Due Date” with Robert Downey Jr. He created and hosted the Funny or Die web series “Between Two Ferns,” which became a Netflix film, and starred as both Chip Baskets and his twin brother Dale on FX’s “Baskets.” He appeared in Alejandro G. Inarritu’s “Birdman.”
Style
Galifianakis combines absurdist stand-up sensibility with character-actor leads in both broad comedy and dramatic work.
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