Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi, real name Zachary Levi Pugh, is an American actor and singer who was born on September 29, 1980 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Large audiences mostly see him as the protagonist of the TV series Chuck, and in the cinema as Shazam! He is known as the superhero in his movies.

From stage to television

His family moved cities several times during his childhood; They eventually settled in Ventura, California, where Levi completed his high school education. From the age of six, he appeared in musicals at local theaters and appeared on stage in Ojai in plays such as The Outsiders and Godspell. As he embarked on a professional career, he abandoned his surname and started using his middle name as his stage name.

His first permanent job on television was as Kipp Steadman on ABC's comedy Less than Perfect, which aired from 2002 to 2006. He made his breakthrough with Chuck, which premiered on NBC in 2007. In the series, which lasted five seasons, he played computer technician Chuck Bartowski, who unknowingly uploaded state secrets to his brain and found himself in the world of espionage.

During this period, in 2010, he co-founded Nerd Machine, a meeting and community initiative for fan culture.

Cinema and Broadway

In 2010, he voiced Flynn Rider in the Disney animation Tangled; He performed the song "I See the Light" from the movie with Mandy Moore. He lent his voice to the same character in the subsequent short film and television series. In the Marvel universe, he appeared in the films Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) as the Asgardian warrior Fandral.

He made his Broadway debut, which he had dreamed of since childhood, in 2013 with the musical First Date. In 2016, he played Georg Nowack in the revival of the musical She Loves Me, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2018, The Marvelous Mrs. He participated in the second season of Maisel.

In 2019, in the DC Comics adaptation Shazam!, he portrayed the adult version of a teenager who turns into an adult hero with a magic word; His role will be in 2023's Shazam! He continued it in Wrath of the Gods. He played American football quarterback Kurt Warner in 2021's American Underdog, and adult Harold in 2024's Harold and the Purple Crayon. In 2022, his memoir Radical Love, in which he described his own life journey, was published.

Levi, who works in a wide range of fields from musical theater to voice-over, from comedy to superhero cinema, is known as an actor who can both sing and comedic.