Birthday: 1964-04-25
Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
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Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (/born April 25, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, Professor Frink, Kirk Van Houten, Duffman, and formerly Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl Carlson, among others. Azaria joined the show with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season. For his work on the show, he has won four Primetime Emmy Awards.
Alongside his continued voice acting on The Simpsons, Azaria became more widely known through his live-action supporting appearances in films such as Quiz Show (1994), Heat, The Birdcage (1996) (for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award) and Godzilla (1998). He has also appeared in numerous films including Mystery Men (1999), America's Sweethearts (2001), Shattered Glass (2003), Along Came Polly (2004), Run Fatboy Run (2007), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013). Further voice roles include Anastasia (1997), for which he won an Annie Award.
His live-action television work includes recurring roles on the sitcoms Mad About You and Friends, as well as dramatic roles in the TV films Tuesdays With Morrie (1999) as writer Mitch Albom and Uprising (2001) as Jewish resistance leader Mordechai Anielewicz. For the former, Azaria received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He starred in the title roles in the Showtime drama series Huff (2004–2006) and the IFC sitcom Brockmire (2017–2020). His recurring role on the drama Ray Donovan earned him a sixth Primetime Emmy Award in 2016.
Azaria made his Broadway debut as Lancelot in Spamalot, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He returned to Broadway in 2007, playing David Sarnoff in The Farnsworth Invention.
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Year | Title | Character | |
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The Simpsons: Christmas 2 | |||
2023-05-03 | Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One" | Chief Wiggum (voice) | |
2022-08-26 | Out of the Blue | Jock | |
2021-11-12 | The Simpsons in Plusaversary | Moe Szyslak (voice) | |
2017-10-20 | Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice) | |
2017-05-11 | The Wizard of Lies | Frank Dipascali | |
2016-10-16 | Planet of the Couches | Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice) | |
2016-04-14 | Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | Srul Katz | |
2013-12-31 | Timms Valley | Chaz Babcock | |
2013-09-12 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | Gargamel (voice) | |
2013-08-08 | Lovelace | Jerry Damiano | |
2013-07-30 | The Smurfs 2 | Gargamel | |
2012-04-22 | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited) | |
2011-12-02 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | Gargamel (voice) | |
2011-11-17 | Happy Feet Two | Mighty Sven (voice) | |
2011-07-29 | The Smurfs | Gargamel | |
2011-03-30 | Hop | Carlos / Phil (voice) | |
2010-11-04 | Love & Other Drugs | Dr. Stan Knight | |
2009-06-18 | Year One | Abraham | |
2009-05-20 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln | |
2008-10-30 | Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita) | Joska (voice) | |
2008-02-29 | Chicago 10 | Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice) | |
2007-09-06 | Run Fatboy Run | Whit | |
2007-07-25 | The Simpsons Movie | Professor Frink / Comic Book Guy / Moe / Chief Wiggum / Lou / Carl / Cletus / Bumblebee Man / Male EPA Worker / Dome Depot Announcer / Kissing Cop / Carnival Barker / Counter Man / Apu / Drederick Tatum / Sea Captain / EPA Passenger / Robot / Dr. Nick / Wise Guy (voice) | |
2007-06-07 | The Grand | Mike "The Bike" Heslov | |
2005-06-07 | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | Eddie Brock / Venom | |
2004-11-02 | The Simpsons: Christmas 2 | ||
2004-10-15 | Eulogy | Daniel Collins | |
2004-06-18 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Young Patches O'Houlihan | |
2004-01-16 | Along Came Polly | Claude | |
2003-11-14 | Shattered Glass | Michael Kelly | |
2003-10-31 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum/ Frink/ Comic Book Guy (voice) | |
2003-10-14 | The Simpsons: Christmas | ||
2002-10-28 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | ||
2002-01-11 | Bark! | Sam | |
2001-11-04 | Uprising | Mordechaj Anielewicz | |
2001-07-17 | America's Sweethearts | Hector Gorgonzolas | |
2000-10-06 | CyberWorld | Chief Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice) | |
2000-04-09 | Fail Safe | Prof. Groeteschele | |
1999-12-10 | Cradle Will Rock | Marc Blitzsetin | |
1999-12-05 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | |
1999-10-01 | Mystery, Alaska | Charles Danner | |
1999-09-07 | Bartok the Magnificent | Bartok (voice) | |
1999-08-06 | Mystery Men | Blue Raja | |
1999-03-08 | The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV | ||
1998-09-07 | Celebrity | David | |
1998-05-20 | Godzilla | Victor 'Animal' Palotti | |
1998-04-17 | Homegrown | Carter | |
1998-02-23 | Chicken Little | (voice) | |
1998-01-30 | Great Expectations | Walter Plane | |
1997-11-20 | Anastasia | Bartok (voice) | |
1997-04-11 | Grosse Pointe Blank | Steven Lardner | |
1996-03-08 | The Birdcage | Agador | |
1995-12-15 | Heat | Alan Marciano | |
1995-10-20 | Now and Then | Bud Kent | |
1994-08-25 | Quiz Show | Albert Freedman | |
1990-07-25 | Hollywood Dog | Hollywood Dog (voice) | |
1990-03-23 | Pretty Woman | Detective | |
1990-02-27 | Cool Blue | Buzz | |
1988-04-17 | Frank Nitti: The Enforcer |