Talk:Zach Galifianakis

Lesser-known?

I admit that he was shot to prominence with The Hangover but he was hardly "lesser." He's been huge across the nation for years and had his own t.v. show! I think we should eliminate the lesser-known reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.148.252.143 (talk) 07:55, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

The Killers

I am fairly sure he portrayed, Santa in the killers video to the song: Don't shoot me Santa. Might be worth a mention, bit unusual! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.123.110 (talk) 22:48, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Writer or not?

Removed the reference in the summary to him being a writer, as no discussion or citation of any writing activities is given in the article. If he is indeed a writer beyond writing his own stand-up material, it needs to be mentioned in the article and not just the summary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.202.113.2 (talk) 09:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Chad Farthouse

Removed "born Chad Farthouse" name info from the summary. FTA: "During an interview on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Galifianakis was asked if he had received any pressure from his agent to change his last name. He replied that Zach Galifianakis is, in fact, a stage name and that his real name is actually Chad Farthouse." To be quite honest, it's pretty obvious this is a joke. (airstrike 21:33, 4 December 2009 (UTC))

Web Address

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Galifinakis" Notice that is spelled wrong, his name is 'Galifianakis.. The "i" is missing and I don't know how to fix. Also when searching for his name, the incorrect spelling comes up. 03:19, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually, you're showing it with the "a" is missing. Zach Galifinakis (without the "a") and Zach Galifanakis (without the "i") both redirect to Zach Galifianakis. If someone searching for this article misspells the name -- leaving out the "a" or the "i" -- it brings you to this article (with the correct spelling). - SummerPhD (talk) 04:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

See WP:REDIRECT. – ukexpat (talk) 04:41, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Greek spelling

Why is the Greek spelling of his name in the lead. He is from the US, and I have looked at other Greek - Americans, and have not found that they tend to include Greek spellings. I am sure the spelling is correct and everything (well I am assuming I guess) but this seems silly. If here, why not in every article? Why not cyrillic as well, and Chinese? Dbrodbeck (talk) 12:45, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Because he's not of Slav or Chinese descent... 90.203.209.201 (talk) 21:19, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

As noted, I have checked other Americans of Greek descent, and they do not have the Greek spelling of their names. Dbrodbeck (talk) 21:54, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

My Greek IP tends to agree with you : I don't know the guy/actor, but if he was born+raised in the US + speaks no Greek + has to ties with Greece + has no passport etc, I don't see why/if it should be included. Except probably for cultural, reference, encyclopedic... reasons, in which case it should be added to the other people of Greek descent. Anyway, an experienced Wikipedian should be able to tell the official guideline. 85.72.145.159 (talk) 00:50, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

I have removed the Greek text version of the name and also reverted an IP edit that referred to him as "Greek-American" - ethnicity issues are always a sensitive matter and if he does not self-identify as "Greek-American", it's not our place to label him as such. – ukexpat (talk) 16:31, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

On a related note, notice the ending of surnames to 'akis' indicates an origin in Crete (this doesn't mean of course one can't move from Crete to elsewhere). This is confirmed though, his father is from Crete http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-galifianakis_1008gd.ART.State.Edition1.334aa49.html --fs 11:11, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Frenemy

Where the hell is that P.O.S. movie he was in...Frenemy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.61.213.47 (talk) 19:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Name pronounced: "gal-uh-fuh-NAK-uss"

Here is a sourced pronunciation in case any regular editor here wants to match it to Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key. Source: People (magazine), April 11, 2011, page 32, Time, Inc., "Say What??: Scoop's handy pronunciation guide to today's tricky celebrity names." Zach Galifianakis's name is written as "ZACK gal-uh-fuh-NAK-uss." 5Q5 (talk) 15:18, 11 April 2011 (UTC)