Zachary Levi
Zachary Levi | |
|---|---|
Levi at the 2019 WonderCon | |
| Born | Zachary Levi Pugh September 29, 1980 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present[1] |
| Spouse |
Missy Peregrym
(m. 2014; div. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Zachary Levi Pugh (/pjuː/ PEW; born September 29, 1980)[2] is an American actor. He starred as Chuck Bartowski in the action comedy series Chuck (2007–2012), and as the titular character in the superhero film Shazam! (2019) and its 2023 sequel.[3][4]
He voiced Flynn Rider in the 2010 Disney animated musical fantasy film Tangled, in which he performed "I See the Light" with Mandy Moore. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.[5][6] He reprised the voice role in the 2012 short film Tangled Ever After and in the 2017 television series Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.[7][8] He also appeared as Fandral in the superhero films Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
Levi starred as Georg Nowack in the 2016 Broadway revival of She Loves Me, for which he received a Tony Award nomination.
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- ^ "Grammys: 54th Grammy Awards nominees". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ Piester, Lauren (June 19, 2018). "Chuck's Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski Reunite for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure". E! News. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ Bryant, Jacob (March 8, 2016). "'Tangled' Animated TV Series Based on Film Coming to Disney Channel". Variety. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2016.