Zachary Levi

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Recent Role:
Chuck Bartowski on Chuck
Gender:
Male
Born:
9-29-1980
Birthplace:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Birth Name:
Zachary Levi Pugh
Zachary Levi, born on September 29, 1980 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is an American TV and film actor most known for his role as unwilling undercover government agent Chuck Bartowski on the NBC action-comedy Chuck. Zach, who grew up with one younger sister and one older sister, lived all over the country with his family before they finally settled in Ventura, California. At age six, he was already singing and dancing in church and acting in school and local theater productions.







More After college, Levi moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue his acting dream. Initially, he worked in stage plays including a portrayal of Jesus in an Ojai production of Godspell, his performance in which caught the attention of Hollywood agents. Soon after, Zachary made TV movie debut FX's Confessions of a Campus Bookie. He then played Kipp Steadman on ABC's sitcom Less Than Perfect between 2002 and 2006. After the show ended, he appeared in numerous films and TV movies including his first big-screen film, Reel Guerrillas, and his debut as a producer, Spiral.



In 2007, Zach landed the role of his career as NBC tagged him as the title character in their "24-meets-The Office" series, Chuck. On the show, he plays Charles Bartowksi (Chuck), a superstore employee who downloads classified government information into his head, inevitably forcing him to become a government secret agent. Levi is single and continues to live in Los Angeles, California.

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    10 Perfect
    Zachary Levi... what's not to love. hide show

    Zachary Levi's performance in Less than Perfect really caught my eye and I've tried to keep up with his career ever since. It's been hard though because as I've found out a lot of the movies that he's starred in have been independant projects. Great as it is though, it makes him pretty unaccessible. Then he turned up in a little show called Chuck. Chuck Bartowski is easily one of the most enjoyable characters on TV. The characte is charming, handsome, smart and nerderific. I don't think that he would be who he is, if it wasn't for Zachary Levi. He really brings the character to life. Though one of my favourite characters that he plays is in a movie called Shades of Ray. It's a story about a part Pakistani part caucasian man who is sort of lost in his own identity. He's character really struggles with who he is and Zachary Levi does a fantastic job of relating that on screen. I hope that in the future that he explores more of those kind of roles. Though I do adore Chuck Bartowski and I hope that he plays that character for years to come. The man is so talented, it would be great to see him in something else.

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    I just watched a episode of Curb your Enthusiasm and Zachary Levi was in it he wasn't in it for long but it was really funny. So I thought I would write a review on Zachary Levi. He is a talented actor who is totally underrated. I think he is about thirty now and I have only seen him in Chuck and now recently Curb but that dont count becuase he was in one scene. He is great at playing Chuck he is the perfect person for the role and pulls it off easy. What I have saw from interviews and other stuff Levi is down to earth. He is funny on camera and off camera and I hope to see more of him and Chuck in the future.

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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) hide show

    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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    10 Perfect
    my personal discovery of 2008! hide show

    zachary levi is my personal discovery of 2008 he's an incredibly talented actor and it's a pure pleasure to watch him at work playing chuck bartowski! zachary levi is a most wonderful comedian, never slipping to look ridiculous even when he's showing us clumsy or frightened chuck but he's great at the more serious scences as well which makes him not only a great comedian but a most brilliant actor in general. he's got something very sweet and loveable about him and he's got the most enormous charisma i might have ever seen in an actor. i hope that "chuck" is going to last for many, many seasons to come but if it should ever be over, i'm sure that there are going to be more great things to come from zachary levi.

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    Funny, witty, great actor. hide show

    Zachary Levi plays the character of Chuck Bartowski in the show Chuck, which just finished season number one, which I believe in my honest opinion, was pretty darn good.

    So Zachery plays Chuck, Chuck is an ordinary guy, living with his sister, and works as a salesman at the local electronics store. He accidentally stumbles upon a huge amount of government secrets and top secret knowledge, which is kind of hard wired into his brain. Two agents are hired to protect him from different agencies, and throughout each episode, Chuck somehow helps catch a criminal using his knowledge ( which occurs through flashes on info ). I believe his character is played brilliantly and hes done a great job in this show.

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