Biography for
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Date of Birth

29 September 1980, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

Birth Name

Zachary Levi Pugh

Height

6' 4" (1.93 m)

Mini Biography

The middle child between two sisters, Zachary Levi was born September 29, 1980 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He grew up all over the country before his family put down roots in Ventura County, California. At the early age of six, Zachary began acting, singing and dancing in school and local theater productions.

After graduating from Buena High School, he headed to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of acting. Zachary began acting in theater, performing roles in such regional productions like Grease, The Outsiders, Oliver, The Wizard of Oz and Big River. It was his portrayal of Jesus in Ojai's Godspell that brought him to the attention of Hollywood.

Most recently he completed a supporting role in the television movie Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002) (TV) with David Krumholtz, Tory Kittles, Jennifer Morrison and Nicholas Turturro.

He then began acting as Kipp Steadman in the TV series "Less Than Perfect" (2002) with Sara Rue, Andrea Parker, Eric Roberts, Andy Dick and Sherri Shepherd.

He recently was seen in the television movie See Jane Date (2003) (TV) on the WB with Charisma Carpenter, Holly Marie Combs, Linda Dano and Rachelle Lefevre. In his spare time, Zachary enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding, skydiving and participating in various other sports. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Trivia

Was ranked #22 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).

Zac's best friend is Joel David Moore. Moore is also his business partner with the production company, "Coattails Entertainment".

Aside from an actor, Zac has worked as a busboy, at Blockbuster, and at a car wash.

Owns two motorcycles, a Harley-Davidson FXDX and a Ducati Monster 750CC.

One of Zac's icons is the late John Ritter.

Had to get 14 stitches on his hand after putting it through a light fixture in his living room during a game of tennis on his Nintendo Wii.

Is a good poker player.

In 2007, Daily News named Zachary Levi as one of five actors to watch.

Was already offered a role in the theater production of "Young Frankenstein" in New York when "Chuck" (2007) pushed through with filming and got picked up. Roger Bart took the role in his place, instead.

Is friends with "Reaper" (2007) star Bret Harrison. They did a photo shoot together for USA Weekend as "Most Likely to Be Breakout Stars" in 2007.

Loves filming action scenes.

Owns a Nissan GT-R super sports car, one of the first people to get one in the US.

Performed as a singer with Katharine McPhee in her recording of "Terrified", and can be seen in her music video.

Launched a website called "The Nerd Machine".