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Zachary Levi is stepping into the DC universe again with March’s second “Shazam!” film, but the actor has been building a steady career long before he booked his first superhero role. Levi made his television debut in “Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie,” a made-for-TV movie in 2002. After taking on a few smaller roles on sitcoms in the early 2000s (anyone remember the charming “Less Than Perfect”?), he landed what would be his breakout role: accidental spy Chuck Bartowski on the NBC spy comedy “Chuck.” For five seasons from 2007 to 2012, Levi played Chuck, a tech-store nerd who accidentally had a CIA supercomputer uploaded into his brain. The series made Levi into a geek icon, especially as it became the focus of one of the earliest successful “save our show” campaigns.
During his run on “Chuck,” Levi got another big break. He voiced Flynn Rider opposite Mandy Moore’s Rapunzel in the 2010 Disney animated classic “Tangled.” The smash hit earned him a chance to perform on the Oscars broadcast, where he and Moore sang the movie’s signature song “I See the Light.” As it turned out, Levi’s singing voice was Broadway caliber, and he landed two leading roles in subsequent years. “First Date” was his Broadway debut in 2013, and in 2016, he starred as Georg Nowack in the revival of “She Loves Me,” earning a Tony nomination for best leading actor in a musical.
After “Chuck” ended, Levi wasn’t out of the nerdy woods yet. When Josh Dallas couldn’t reprise his role as Fandral in the “Thor” sequel due to his commitment to “Once Upon a Time,” Levi was tapped to replace him as Thor’s most dashing friend for 2013’s “Thor: The Dark World” and 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok.” He also costarred in NBC’s 2015 TV reboot of “Heroes: Reborn.” And in 2019, he starred in DC’s first “Shazam!” movie.
Ahead, revisit all of Levi’s major movie and TV roles.
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