Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi is an American film and television actor who plays the role of Chuck Bartowski on the NBC comedy series Chuck. Prior to starring on Chuck, Levi had minor roles in several movies and television shows, such as Big Momma's House 2 in 2006, Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2004, and King of the Hill in 2001. He also starred as Kipp Steadman on the ABC sitcom, Less Than Perfect from 2002 to 2006.

Levi was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the middle child between his two sisters. Zachary began acting in theater, performing roles in such regional productions like Grease, The Outsiders, Oliver, The Wizard of Oz and Big River. Because Levi is a Jewish surname, he is often mistakenly assumed to be Jewish, but dropped his Welsh surname Pugh and uses his middle name professionally.

Levi was offered a role in the theater production of Young Frankenstein in New York when Chuck pushed through with filming and got picked up. He landed the starring role in Chuck, a series for the NBC 2007 fall schedule and premiered on September 24, 2007.

Actor Joel David Moore (Bones, Dodgeball, Avatar) is his business partner with the production company Coattails Entertainment.

Levi has been romantically linked to singer Caitlin Crosby and actress Kristen Kruek.

Born in Louisiana, Levy got his start performing lead roles in local productions of Grease, The Outsiders and The Wizard of Oz. Levi now resides in Ventura, California.

1. Full Name: Zachary Levi Pugh
2. Height: 6'2"
3. Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana
4. 2 sisters
5. Began acting at 6 years old
6. Lives in Ventura, California
7. Birth: September 29, 1980

1. Chuck Bartowski on Chuck
2. Kipp Steadman on Less Than Perfect
3. Bellman in Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Kevin in Big Momma's House 2

“I always have the excuse that I would have gone to college if I applied myself. I don’t know, I think I’m an intelligent guy. I’m nowhere near as intelligent as Chuck is. He went to Stanford and is this crazy brain of a guy and can figure out algorithms. I can’t even spell algorithm. So no, I’m not as smart as Chuck, but I think I’m decent. Maybe. I hope. Decently intelligent.” http://zachary-levi.com/quotes/

“Everyone is throwing around ‘geek’ and ‘nerd’ and all this. I would say ‘cool-challenged,’ maybe, if we can coin that phrase. Or ‘jock-challenged’ – whatever, one of those two. But I find myself very much being able to be myself, playing video games and being a nerd, which I really, really am in so many ways.” http://zachary-levi.com/quotes/

“I almost cried. I couldn’t believe it. It was the first time it was really shown to the general public. Two thousand people or something are there and giving a standing ovation. We’re standing in the back and I just started tearing up a little bit! I was like ‘Oh my God, these people actually liked what we did!’ As an actor, you’re constantly looking for validation. We’re very insecure people! And so to feel like that validation was coming from all those people, and then for them to talk about it and ask questions and say, ‘Wow, we really enjoyed it’ and caring about it…it just means you’re not doing this in vain. You feel good about what you’re doing and then you’re also pumped to go back to work and shoot the rest of the series. It gives you faith that that’s a cross section of what you think a big part of your core audience is gonna be, and they all loved it. That means their counterparts throughout the country and hopefully the world will appreciate it just as much.” http://zachary-levi.com/quotes/

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• September 29, 1980: Born

• 2002: Less Than Perfect

• 2002: Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie

• 2003: See Jane Date

• 2004: Curb Your Enthusiasm

• 2004: The Division

• 2006: Big Momma's House 2

• 2007: Shades of Ray

• 2007: Wieners

• 2007: Chuck

• 2007: Spiral