Zachariah Selwyn
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Zachariah "Zach" Selwyn (born April 23, 1975), also known as simply Zachariah, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, host and writer best known for hosting the series America's Secret Slang,
Early career and Dream Job
Selwyn released
Selwyn beat a potential crowd of over 20,000 and appeared on the first season of ESPN's reality show Dream Job. Selwyn debuted on the second episode on February 29, 2004. While reading a "Top Ten" highlights segment on ESPN's SportsCenter he sported long hair, a beard and a 70s Outlaw country western leisure suit. ESPN Vice-President of Talent, show judge Al Jaffe told him he was not credible because of his appearance. Selwyn cleaned up in time for episode three. He finished third.
Post-Dream Job career
He appeared on "Pardon the Interruption" in June 2004 and read viewer mail.
Selwyn appeared as the backwoods country-rap singing gas station attendant Randall Keith Randall in the film
Beginning on June 15, 2004, Selwyn debuted as a
On April 17, 2006, Selwyn became a correspondent on
Selwyn played in a Los Angeles-based band called
Selwyn released his first EP in 2006 titled Cartoons I'd Like to F***, which featured a new single with Fergie called "Other Side".
He was named one of the "Heeb 100" by
He released a record called Alcoholiday in 2007.
He was on G4 TV's appearance at the AEE (Adult Entertainment Expo), where he performed as "Reggie Cupid" in the "Cupid University of Movie Making" sketch.
In May 2007 he appeared as a guest host for the internet video game show Epileptic Gaming. In July 2007 he served as floor reporter for G4's coverage of the three-day event
He performed his song "I Wanna be a Lawnmower (Cause They're Always on Grass)" on Attack of the Show! on September 10, 2007.
His song "I'm in Edukashun" was specifically written and composed for the 2008 film
He appeared in a
2009
He hosted the series
He began hosting the series
He appeared in a pilot episode of the American version of the Argentinian humor series Caiga Quien Caiga with Dominic Monaghan and Greg Giraldo; the show was not picked up.
He wrote a rap song to promote the third season of
Later
He and his brother Jesse Selwyn had hit viral comedy music videos "White People Problems", "Chick Drinks", "Porky Piggin it" and "Hello, Beautiful Homeless Girl" for Atom TV on Comedy Central).
In 2010, the Selwyn brothers wrote, directed, starred in and produced the "Stand Up 2 Cancer" music video with actor Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory called "Up 2 You."
In September 2010, he appeared in a promo for
.He had a recurring role on
In 2011, he began hosting the special America's Secret Slang for the
In 2013, he became the comedic play-by-play host of Guinness World Records Gone Wild for truTV.
In 2016, his music was featured throughout mockumentary Trailer Park Boys season 6, featured on Netflix.
In 2016, he began working as Senior Creative Content Producer for the
CD releases
- Zachariah (2001) – Currently available digitally
- Ghost Signs (2003) – 11 song LP
- Dead and Breakfast Soundtrack (2005) – 10 song LP
- Alcoholiday (2007) – 14 song LP
- Spent Casings (2008) – 11 song B-sides LP
- Pluck Yer Twanger (2010) – "New Wave Dynamics" – 14 song comedy CD
- Moose Knuckle (2012) – 13 song Comedy LP
- EP's
- Cartoons I'd Like to F*** (2006) 5 song EP
- High Wasted (2010) 7 song Comedy EP
- "Skywriting" (2014) - 13 song LP
- "Nirvana T-Shirt" (2015) - Single
- "Ballad of a Brakeman" (2015) - Single
- "Dong on the Whiteboard" (2016) - Single
Other appearances
- "We Outta La Croix" (2016) - TBS Digital Comedy video
- Blue Meridian Minerva (2003) – Guest artist on "Spreading Clever"
- Smooth-EKosher Kuts – Hungry for More (2006) – Guest artist "Bar Mitzvah DJ's"
- Executive Producer of Bobby Joyner and the Sundowners CD Skies of Blue, Fields of Green (2005)
References
External links
- Official website
- Zachariah Selwyn at IMDb