Zach Galifianakis To Be Appear On Comedy Central

North Carolina native Zach Galifianakis, one of the funniest and most popular comedians working today, has his own special -- Zach Galifianakis Live -- airing tonight (technically tomorrow morning) on Comedy Central at 1am. Galifianakis is from Wilkesboro and attended NC State, and is the nephew of former US Rep Nick Galifianakis of Durham. Zach has appeared in numerous TV shows, movies, and music videos, and has a standup show on dvd called Zach Galifianakis Live from the Purple Onion.

Galifianakis got his start on television in 1996, when he played the recurring role of a stoner named Bobby in the short-lived sitcom Boston Common. In 2001, Galifianakis co-starred in the film Out Cold. He has had small roles in Corky Romano, Below, Bubble Boy and Heartbreakers, and has parts in Into the Wild. In 2007 he appeared as himself in Super High Me. He has several films coming out in 2008: G-Force, What Happens in Vegas, Visioneers, Little Fish Strange Pond and The Largo Movie.

Zach performed in episode 15 of season 5 of Comedy Central Presents, first aired 17 September 2001, including a stand-up jokes, a segment with a piano, and concluding with an a cappella group (The Night Owls, introduced as his "12 ex-girlfriends") singing Eternal Flame by The Bangles while he made jokes with flip-charts and pranced around in tights. In 2002, he was the host of his own talk show called Late World with Zach. His next television role was as a coroner named Davis in the FOX drama Tru Calling, which lasted from 2003 to 2005. He has also appeared many times on Jimmy Kimmel Live and has made three appearances on Reno 911! as "Frisbee".