Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi began his acting career in the 2000 Showtime/Goosehead.com series Whatever, in which he played Ben and was credited as Zachary Pugh. He subsequently appeared in the FX television film Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie and played Kipp Steadman on the ABC sitcom Less than Perfect. In 2003, he appeared in the ABC Family television film See Jane Date. Levi was also cast as a lead in the ABC pilot Three for the 2004-2005 television season, though the series was not picked up.

In 2007, Levi was cast in the starring role of Chuck Bartowski in the NBC series Chuck. He remained with the series through its run. In 2009, he starred as Toby Seville in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. In 2010, he voiced Flynn Rider in the Disney animated feature Tangled. He provided narration for the 2011 documentary Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story and hosted the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards.

Levi was cast as the male lead in the 2012 Fox television pilot Let It Go, which was not picked up. He also hosted the web documentary series Tomb Raider The Final Hours. Originally cast as Fandral in Thor, Levi withdrew from the 2011 film because of scheduling conflicts with Chuck. He later played Fandral in Thor: The Dark World in 2013 and briefly reprised the role in Thor: Ragnarok in 2017.

In August 2013, Levi made his Broadway debut in the musical comedy First Date. In 2015, he starred as Luke Collins in the NBC miniseries Heroes Reborn and guest-starred as Abraham Lincoln on the Hulu series Deadbeat. In 2016, he starred as Georg in the Broadway revival of She Loves Me opposite Laura Benanti. The production opened at Studio 54 in March 2016 and ran through July 2016. Levi received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. The production also featured the first livestreamed performance in Broadway history.

In 2017, Levi reprised his role as Flynn Rider in the Disney Channel original film Tangled: Before Ever After and continued the role in the animated series Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, which ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020. In 2018, he appeared as Dr. Benjamin Ettenberg in the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Levi and the principal cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2019.

In 2019, Levi starred as the title character in the superhero comedy film Shazam! He returned as Billy Batson in Shazam! Fury of the Gods in 2023. In 2021, Levi appeared in the legal drama The Mauritanian and portrayed Kurt Warner in the biographical sports drama American Underdog.

In 2023, Levi played Terrence Tango-Torrez in Spy Kids: Armageddon and voiced Rocky in Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. In 2024, he starred as a grown-up version of the title character in Harold and the Purple Crayon. In 2025, he portrayed Scott LeRette in The Unbreakable Boy and Bert Smith in Sarah's Oil. He also played Nick Schuyler in the drama film Not Without Hope in late 2025. In early 2026, Levi hosted a four-part Fox Nation docu-drama about the biblical story of David, covering his rise from shepherd to king, his battle with Goliath and his leadership as king.

Levi's music work includes a 2010 duet with Katharine McPhee on "Terrified." He appeared with McPhee in the song's music video, which premiered in May 2010. For the 2010 animated film Tangled, Levi performed "I See the Light" with Mandy Moore and "I've Got a Dream." Levi and Moore performed "I See the Light" at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 after the song received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. He has also appeared as a guest member of Band from TV. In 2023, he performed "Jolly Holiday" from Mary Poppins during the CBS special Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic.

Levi launched the production company Wyldwood Productions in 2020. That year, director Zach Ramelan directed the company's narrative short films Freelancer and The Statement, with Levi starring in The Statement. In 2023, Wyldwood Productions co-produced the 60th episode of The FilmUp Podcast, which focused on Levi's life, career and future plans. In 2025, Wyldwood Productions released its first theatrical feature film, Sarah's Oil, in partnership with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.