Biografia

Since his breakthrough performance in Se Beber, Não Case! (2009), he regularly gets invitations for wedding parties, with the request to come dressed as his 'Hangover' character Alan Garner. He says that he has no intention of ever honoring such a request.

Has appeared in 2 films that have been Oscar nominated for Best Picture: Amor Sem Escalas (2009) and Birdman ou (A Inesperada Virtude da Ignorância) (2014). Birdman won the Best Picture Oscar.

Nephew of former U.S. Congressman Nick Galifainakis (NC) (1967-1973), who ran for the U.S. Senate against Jesse Helms in 1972.

His paternal grandparents, Emmanuel "Mike" Galifianakis and Sophia Kastrinakis, were Greek immigrants, born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. His mother's ancestry is Scottish, English, Welsh, French Huguenot, and Irish.

Wife Quinn Lundberg gave birth to their first child, a boy born on September 7, 2013,.

[on handling fame] - It's a little bit strange. But I'm 40 years old. If I were in my 20s, this whole thing would probably freak me out. Don't worry though, I'm sure I'll fuck this up somehow.

[on the first R-rated movie he saw in a theater] - Hot Dog: O Filme (1984). I went with my friend but I told my mom I was gonna to go see Yentl (1983). She knew what we did. She picked us up at the theater afterwards and was like, "How was 'Yentl?'" She wanted a full report. I was like, "Well, you know mom, they're really not our people..."

[on the first movie he took a date to] - Eddie Murphy: Sem Censura (1987). I know, a terrible thing to choose, but I wanted to see it. Eddie Murphy was wearing that fancy leather suit. But she became my high school sweetheart. She was four inches taller than me.

(On his TV series Tru Calling (2003)) It was the dumbest show I'd ever seen. I remember calling the executive producer and saying, 'This show is terrible, doesn't make any sense, and it's insulting'. I tried to get fired. We'd do a table read, and as soon as we're done, I'd be the first one up, and I'd go, to the writer of the episode or whatever, 'Great script, Janet'. And I'd throw it in the trash can and walk out. Then I told the lead actress she was eating her way to cancellation. They thought it was me being Funny Stand-up Guy. But it was an incredibly happy time in my life, because I was biking everywhere. I was smoking so much pot, which was... You know, I was playing a doctor on TV, and I had to memorize all this medical jargon, and on, like, take 17-it was so unprofessional.

(2009, GQ Magazine) There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and it becomes them. I think it's a stupid way to live your life. A really dumb way to live your life.