ACTOR
Zachary Levi
19 archived facts 5 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
While playing a tennis match on a Nintendo Wii, Zachary Levi put the controller into a lighting fixture in his living room and needed 14 stitches in his hand.
- #002
He appeared as a singer alongside Katharine McPhee on the recording of "Terrified" and can be seen in the music video.
- #003
One of Zac's idols is the late John Ritter.
- #004
In 2014 he married the Canadian actress Missy Peregrym.
- #005
Besides acting, Zac worked as a comedian, at Blockbuster and at a car wash.
- #006
He owns a Nissan GT-R supercar and was one of the first people in the United States to buy one.
- #007
When he finished filming Chuck (2007) and was hired for the show, he had been offered a role in the theatrical production of "Young Frankenstein" in New York. Roger Bart took the role instead.
- #008
Zac's best friend is Joel David Moore. Moore is also his business partner in the production company Coattails Entertainment.
- #009
He owns two motorcycles: a Harley-Davidson FXDX and a Ducati Monster 750CC.
- #010
He is of English, Irish, French, German, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish and Swiss descent, with distant Dutch and French Huguenot ancestry.
- #011
He enjoys shooting action scenes.
- #012
He was ranked 22nd on Entertainment Weekly's list of 30 actors under 30 (2008).
- #013
In 2007, the Daily News named Zachary Levi one of five actors to watch.
- #014
His wife Missy filed for divorce after a four-month separation (April 2015).
- #015
As is well known, Zachary dropped the surname Pugh as his stage name because he thought "Pugh" sounded too unusual, and used his middle name instead. About ten years after Zachary became a well-known actor, the British actress Florence Pugh, who is not related to him, also rose to fame and kept her birth name. However, Florence's brother Toby Sebastian, also an actor, likewise dropped the surname Pugh and, like Zachary, uses his first and middle names as his stage name (though in reverse order).
- #016
He is the son of Susan (Hoctor) and Darrell Alton Pugh. His father was born in Minnesota. His mother, like Zachary, grew up in California.
- #017
He endorsed Donald Trump's 2024 presidential candidacy.
- #018
According to Michael Rosenbaum, he auditioned for the role of Lex Luthor on Smallville.
- #019
He was born on the same date as Chrissy Metz.
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