Zachary Levi

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Zachary Levi is a popular American actor and singer

Sep 29, 1980

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: September 29, 1980
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Film & Theater Personalities, Actors
  • City/State: Louisiana
  • Spouses: Missy Peregrym
  • Siblings: Sarah Pugh, Shekinah Pugh
  • Known as: Zachary Levi Pugh

Zachary Levi born at

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

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Birth Place

Levi was first rumored to have hooked up with singer Rachael Taylor in 2007. Later, he confirmed his relationship with singer and actress Caitlin Crosby. They both went around from January 2008 to January 2010.

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Personal Life

After breaking up with Crosby, he married Missy Peregrym, an actress and a retired fashion model, on 14 June 2014. Though they were happy together in the initial stages of their marital life,their marriage didn't last long as they filed for divorce before the end of 2014.

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Levi is a Christian by faith and is a strong believer in Christ.

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Zachary Levi was born on September 29, 1980 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. He is the second child of his parents, Susan and Darrell Pugh.

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Childhood & Early Life

He has an elder and a younger sister. Levi is of Welsh descent. He lived in several states during his childhood before his family settled in Ventura, California.

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Childhood & Early Life

Levi began acting on stage when he was just six years old. After he graduated from Buena High School, he went to pursue his dream in Los Angeles.

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During his acting school days, he started performing lead roles in regional productions such as ‘Grease’, ‘The Outsiders’, ‘Oklahoma’, ‘Oliver’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Big River’ at Ojai Art Centre.

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Levi was advised to use his middle name as his stage name for some political reasons.

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Levi’s acting career started with the 2002 FX television movie, ‘Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie, in which he played Adam. Afterwards, he was featured as Grant Asher in the tele film‘See Jane Date’.

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Career

In the same year, he was cast in the television series,‘Less than Perfect’, in which he played the lead role of Kipp Steadman. He appeared in a total of 81 episodes that were aired from 2002 to 2006.

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In 2004, Levi was offered the lead role in a television series titled‘Three’, but unfortunately, the show was chosen not to be aired.

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Afterwards, he featured in a bunch of movies which were out of his league and hence, the audience gave them a miss. His career moved onto a successful path when he appeared as Chuck Bartowski in the 2007 television series‘Chuck’. He also directed few episodes of the series.

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By the end of 2007, Levi had already made a name for himself in Hollywood. Hethenstarred as the lead in the film‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel’. In the next few years, Levi tried his hand in different fields like singing, narration, hosting and entrepreneurship.

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Less than Perfect –Levi rose to fame with this American television series. He played the character of Kipp Steadman, who is a snide. The series was broadcast first on October 1, 2002 and was received well by the audience as well as the critics.

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Television Career

Chuck – This wasLevi’s next major television series, in which he played the role of a reluctant CIA spy,which went on to become his most known television character till date. The series even helped him to grab quite a few roles in films. Produced by Warner Brothers Television, the series was first aired on September 24, 2007 and became the most acclaimed series of the year.

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Tangled –Levi lent his voice to a character named Flynn Rider in this Disney Channel television series. Afterwards, he also reprised his role for‘Tangled Ever After’. The series is based on the story of Rapunzel. The series aired its first episode on February 15, 2017 and is still running successfully.

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