Hank Azaria

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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Credits

Year Title Character
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