Ageless. Wilkesboro North Carolina. Back in the 90s, this comely former North Carolina State coed decamped to New York City with an eye toward parlaying his fresh-faced good looks into pay dirt. When the modeling didn't work out, he says, he gave stand-up a try. He soon drove a van cross-country to Los Angeles. "I didn't know anyone in L.A. There were lots of shows in churches and stores, bowling alleys and laundromots." ONE TUMBLE ON TODD PHILLIPS'S COUCH LATER This month, in his second film with Hangover director Phillips (his third, currently filming, is The Hangover 2), Galifianakis stars in the road-trip buddy picture Due Date alongside Robert Downey Jr. "He told me in front of 45 extras that I needed acting classes," says Golifianakis. "I like to call him 'another Irish mistake.'"