Alan Finger, "Dog Bites Man"
After failing his last college course by one point at North Carolina State University, Zach Galifianakis moved to New York City. His first stand-up gig was in the back of a hamburger restaurant in Times Square. In order to pay the bills, he worked as a nanny and house cleaner while doing stand-up at night in clubs and coffee houses in the city.
While working as a bus boy, he got his first acting job on a sitcom called "Boston Common" for NBC. He has since been seen on a number of late-night talk shows including "Letterman," "Conan" and "Jimmy Kimmel." His films include "Heartbreakers," "Bubble Boy," "Below," "Corky Ramano," "Out Cold" and "The Comedians of Comedy." He was also a series regular playing Davis on "Tru Calling" for Fox.
also hosted his own critically-acclaimed but short-lived talk show for VH1 titled "Late World with Zach."
He continues to travel the country doing stand-up in rock clubs, coffee houses and universities.
Galifianakis lives in Venice Beach, California and also lives part-time on his farm in the mountains of North Carolina.
He can next be seen in the COMEDY CENTRAL series, "Dog Bites Man" playing the role of Alan Finger in June 2006.