Hank Azaria
Birthdate
April 25, 1964 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
April 25, 1964 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
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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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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Hank Azaria's LGBTQ+ Titles
The Birdcage
Agador
Acting (116)
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2024
Hail to the Breadsticks! as Self
2023
The Idol as Chaim (4 episodes)
2023
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One" as Chief Wiggum (voice)
2023
Hello Tomorrow! as Eddie Nicholls (10 episodes)
2023
TUBEPOOP: STORY MODE PART TWO as Chief Wiggum (archive edits)
2023
TUBEPOOP: STORY MODE PART TWO as Frank Grimes (archive edits)
2022
Out of the Blue as Jock
2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry as Self
2022
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber as Tim Cook (1 episode)
2021
The Simpsons in Plusaversary as Moe Szyslak (voice)
2021
Ultra City Smiths as Chaz Babcock (1 episode)
2018
Maniac as Hank Landsberg (voice) (3 episodes)
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self (1 episode)
2017
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson as Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice)
2017
The Wizard of Lies as Frank Dipascali
2017
Brockmire as Jim Brockmire (32 episodes)
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Danny Stevens (1 episode)
2016
Planet of the Couches as Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice)
2016
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer as Srul Katz
2016
Bordertown as Bud Buckwald (13 episodes)
2015
Tears of Joy: 2015 New York Mets as Himself
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (2 episodes)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (1 episode)
2014
I Know That Voice as Self
2013
Timms Valley as Chaz Babcock
2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow as Gargamel (voice)
2013
Lovelace as Jerry Damiano
2013
The Smurfs 2 as Gargamel
2013
Ray Donovan as Ed Cochran (2 episodes)
2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special as Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited)
2011
Billy on the Street as Self (1 episode)
2011
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol as Gargamel (voice)
2011
Happy Feet Two as Mighty Sven (voice)
2011
Free Agents as Alex Taylor (8 episodes)
2011
The Smurfs as Gargamel
2011
Hop as Carlos / Phil (voice)
2010
Backwash as Self
2010
Conan as Self (1 episode)
2010
Love & Other Drugs as Dr. Stan Knight
2010
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story as Self
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009
Year One as Abraham
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln
2008
Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita) as Joska (voice)
2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices as Himself
2008
Chicago 10 as Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
2008
Monty Python Conquers America as Self
2007
Run Fatboy Run as Whit
2007
The Simpsons Movie as 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
The Grand as Mike "The Bike" Heslov
2005
The Aristocrats as Self
2005
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as Eddie Brock / Venom
2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood as Self
2005
Unscripted as Self (1 episode)
2004
Huff as Craig Huffstodt (26 episodes)
2004
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004
Eulogy as Daniel Collins
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Young Patches O'Houlihan
2004
Along Came Polly as Claude
2003
Celebrity Poker Showdown as Self (1 episode)
2003
Shattered Glass as Michael Kelly
2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum/ Frink/ Comic Book Guy (voice)
2003
The Simpsons: Christmas
2002
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2002
Bark! as Sam
2002
Imagine That (7 episodes)
2001
Uprising as Mordechaj Anielewicz
2001
America's Sweethearts as Hector Gorgonzolas
2000
CyberWorld as Chief Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice)
2000
Fail Safe as Prof. Groeteschele
1999
Cradle Will Rock as Marc Blitzsetin
1999
Tuesdays with Morrie as Mitch Albom
1999
Mystery, Alaska as Charles Danner
1999
Bartok the Magnificent as Bartok (voice)
1999
Mystery Men as Blue Raja
1999
Futurama as Harold Zoid (voice) (2 episodes)
1999
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
Family Guy as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice) (1 episode)
1999
Family Guy as Nigel Harpington (voice) (1 episode)
1999
Family Guy as Police Superintendent Chalmers (voice) (1 episode)
1999
Family Guy as Reginald Barrington (voice) (1 episode)
1998
Celebrity as David
1998
Godzilla as Victor 'Animal' Palotti
1998
Stressed Eric (13 episodes)
1998
Homegrown as Carter
1998
Chicken Little as (voice)
1998
Great Expectations as Walter Plane
1997
Anastasia as Bartok (voice)
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank as Steven Lardner
1996
The Birdcage as Agador
1995
Heat as Alan Marciano
1995
Now and Then as Bud Kent
1995
If Not for You as Craig Schaeffer (9 episodes)
1995
What a Cartoon! as Elmo (voice) (1 episode)
1994
Spider-Man as Eddie Brock (voice) (4 episodes)
1994
Spider-Man as Eddie Brock / Venom (voice) (4 episodes)
1994
Friends as David (6 episodes)
1994
Beethoven as Killer (voice) (26 episodes)
1994
Quiz Show as Albert Freedman
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1992
Mad About You as Nat Ostertag (14 episodes)
1991
Herman's Head as Jay Nichols (72 episodes)
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Policeman (1 episode)
1990
Hollywood Dog as Hollywood Dog (voice)
1990
Pretty Woman as Detective
1990
Cool Blue as Buzz
1989
The Simpsons as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice) (775 episodes)
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Richard (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1988
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1982
Family Ties as Joe (1 episode)
Production (3)
2017
Brockmire (32 episodes)
• Executive Producer (32 episodes)
2011
Free Agents (8 episodes)
• Producer (8 episodes)
1999
Bartok the Magnificent
• Co-Producer
Writing (1)
2017
Brockmire (32 episodes)
• Writer (32 episodes)