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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 25, 1964
Place of Birth:
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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Hank Azaria
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Electric State | Perplexo (voice) |
| 2024 | Hail to the Breadsticks! | Self |
| 2024 | The Simpsons Funday Football | Moe (voice) |
| 2024 | The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful | Moe (voice) |
| 2023 | Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One" | Chief Wiggum (voice) |
| 2022 | Out of the Blue | Jock |
| 2022 | Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry | Self |
| 2021 | The Simpsons in Plusaversary | Moe Szyslak (voice) |
| 2017 | Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice) |
| 2017 | The Wizard of Lies | Frank Dipascali |
| 2016 | Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | Srul Katz |
| 2016 | Planet of the Couches | Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice) |
| 2015 | Tears of Joy: 2015 New York Mets | Himself |
| 2014 | I Know That Voice | Self |
| 2013 | Lovelace | Jerry Damiano |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Gargamel |
| 2013 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | Gargamel (voice) |
| 2013 | Timms Valley | Chaz Babcock |
| 2012 | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Gargamel |
| 2011 | Hop | Carlos / Phil (voice) |
| 2011 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | Gargamel (voice) |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Mighty Sven (voice) |
| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs | Dr. Stan Knight |
| 2010 | Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story | Self |
| 2010 | Backwash | Self |
| 2009 | Year One | Abraham |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln |
| 2008 | Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita) | Joska (voice) |
| 2008 | Chicago 10 | Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice) |
| 2008 | Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | Himself |
| 2008 | Monty Python Conquers America | Self |
| 2007 | 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 | Run Fatboy Run | Whit |
| 2007 | The Grand | Mike "The Bike" Heslov |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Self |
| 2005 | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | Eddie Brock / Venom |
| 2005 | Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood | Self |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Claude |
| 2004 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Young Patches O'Houlihan |
| 2004 | Eulogy | Daniel Collins |
| 2004 | The Simpsons: Christmas 2 | |
| 2003 | Shattered Glass | Michael Kelly |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum/ Frink/ Comic Book Guy (voice) |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Christmas | |
| 2002 | Bark! | Sam |
| 2002 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | |
| 2001 | Uprising | Mordechaj Anielewicz |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts | Hector Gorgonzolas |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Prof. Groeteschele |
| 2000 | CyberWorld | Chief Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice) |
| 2000 | The Simpsons: America's First Family | Self |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Marc Blitzsetin |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Blue Raja / Jeffrey |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Charles Danner |
| 1999 | Bartok the Magnificent | Bartok (voice) |
| 1999 | The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV | |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Victor 'Animal' Palotti |
| 1998 | Great Expectations | Walter Plane |
| 1998 | Celebrity | David |
| 1998 | Homegrown | Carter |
| 1998 | Chicken Little | (voice) |
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe Blank | Steven Lardner |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Bartok (voice) |
| 1996 | The Birdcage | Agador |
| 1995 | Heat | Alan Marciano |
| 1995 | Now and Then | Bud Kent |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Albert Freedman |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | Detective |
| 1990 | Hollywood Dog | Hollywood Dog (voice) |
| 1990 | Cool Blue | Buzz |
| 1988 | Frank Nitti: The Enforcer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Idol | Chaim |
| 2023 | Hello Tomorrow! | Eddie Nicholls |
| 2022 | Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber | Tim Cook |
| 2018 | Maniac | Hank Landsberg (voice) |
| 2018 | GQ Presents: Iconic Characters | Self |
| 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Danny Stevens |
| 2017 | Brockmire | Jim Brockmire |
| 2016 | Bordertown | Bud Buckwald |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | Ed Cochran |
| 2011 | Free Agents | Alex Taylor |
| 2011 | Billy on the Street | Self |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Unscripted | Self |
| 2004 | Huff | Craig Huffstodt |
| 2003 | Celebrity Poker Showdown | Self |
| 2002 | Imagine That | |
| 1999 | Futurama | Harold Zoid (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Police Superintendent Chalmers (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Nigel Harpington (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Reginald Barrington (voice) |
| 1998 | Stressed Eric | |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1995 | If Not for You | Craig Schaeffer |
| 1995 | What a Cartoon! | Elmo (voice) |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Eddie Brock / Venom (voice) |
| 1994 | Friends | David |
| 1994 | Beethoven | Killer (voice) |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Eddie Brock (voice) |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Nat Ostertag |
| 1991 | Herman's Head | Jay Nichols |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Policeman |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Richard |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Family Ties | Joe |
| The Artist | Thomas Edison |