Biography
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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Filmography
all 119
Movies 78
TV Shows 41
self 28
Voice 15
Producer 1
The Idol (2023)
Hello Tomorrow! (2023)
The Simpsons in Plusaversary (2021)
Maniac (2018)
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson (2017)
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
Brockmire (2017)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Planet of the Couches (2016)
Bordertown (2016)
Inside Homer (2015)
Timms Valley (2013)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
Lovelace (2013)
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
Ray Donovan (2013)
FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012)
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Free Agents (2011)
The Smurfs (2011)
Hop (2011)
Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Year One (2009)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Chicago 10 (2008)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
The Grand (2007)
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga (2005)
Huff (2004)
Eulogy (2004)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Shattered Glass (2003)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
Imagine That (2002)
Uprising (2001)
CyberWorld (2000)
Fail Safe (2000)
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Mystery Men (1999)
Futurama (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Godzilla (1998)
Homegrown (1998)
Great Expectations (1998)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Heat (1995)
Now and Then (1995)
If Not for You (1995)
What a Cartoon! (1995)
Spider-Man (1994)
Friends (1994)
Beethoven (1994)
Quiz Show (1994)
Mad About You (1992)
Herman's Head (1991)
Hollywood Dog (1990)
Pretty Woman (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
The Springfield Files
The Immigrants
The Simpsons - Balenciaga
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1964-04-25 (60 years old)
Birth NameHenry Albert Azaria
Birth PlaceQueens, United States
RelationshipsHelen Hunt (1999 - 2000)
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
Also Known AsHank Tarantula, Hank Nefarious, Scary Connelly, Ernie Boo-Nick, Shanked Azaria, Scare Ya' Hank Azaria, Hockey Mom Azaria, Hellacious Hank Azaria, Hack Azaria, Blood Bank Azaria, Angst Azaria, Henry Albert Azaria
AwardsTheatre World Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Annie Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
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