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Hank Azaria
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Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American actor and producer. 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 fil…
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Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American actor and producer. 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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BODY OF WORK
Hank Azaria's Filmography
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Behemoth!
as Peter Serian
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
Yellow Mirror
as Chief Wiggum (voice)
Simpsley
as Inspector Wiggum (voice)
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
as Moe Szyslak (voice)
The Wright Way
as Self - Narrator (voice)
No Friends
as David
The Simpson: Yellow Planet
as Kirk Van Houten / Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy / Gary Chalmers / Snake Jailbird / Professor Frink / Blubbo's Trainer
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
as Self - Actor & Matthew's Friend
The Electric State
as Perplexo (voice)
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
as Moe (voice)
The Simpsons Funday Football
as Moe (voice)
Hail to the Breadsticks!
as Self
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"
as Chief Wiggum (voice)
Out of the Blue
as Jock
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
as Self
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
as Moe Szyslak / Captain McCallister / Goofy / Buzz Lightyear (voice)
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
as Comic Book Guy
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
as Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice)
The Wizard of Lies
as Frank Dipascali
Planet of the Couches
as Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice)
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Srul Katz
Tears of Joy: 2015 New York Mets
as Himself
I Know That Voice
as Self
Timms Valley
as Chaz Babcock
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Gargamel (voice)
Lovelace
as Jerry Damiano
The Smurfs 2
as Gargamel
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Gargamel (voice)
Happy Feet Two
as Mighty Sven (voice)
The Smurfs
as Gargamel
Hop
as Carlos / Phil (voice)
Love & Other Drugs
as Dr. Stan Knight
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
as Self
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
as Self
Monkey Mischief
as Pharaoh Kahmunrah
Year One
as Abraham
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln
Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita)
as Joska (voice)
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Himself
Chicago 10
as Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
Monty Python Conquers America
as Self
Run Fatboy Run
as Whit
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)
The Grand
as Mike "The Bike" Heslov
The Aristocrats
as Self
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as Eddie Brock / Venom (voice)
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
as Self
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
Eulogy
as Daniel Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Young Patches O'Houlihan
Along Came Polly
as Claude
Shattered Glass
as Michael Kelly
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum/ Frink/ Comic Book Guy (voice)
The Simpsons: Christmas
as (archive footage)
Bark!
as Sam
Uprising
as Mordechaj Anielewicz
America's Sweethearts
as Hector
CyberWorld
as Chief Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice)
The Simpsons: America's First Family
as Self
Fail Safe
as Prof. Groeteschele
Cradle Will Rock
as Marc Blitzsetin
Tuesdays with Morrie
as Mitch Albom
Mystery, Alaska
as Charles Danner
Bartok the Magnificent
as Bartok (voice)
Mystery Men
as Blue Raja / Jeffrey
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
Celebrity
as David
Godzilla
as Victor 'Animal' Palotti
Homegrown
as Carter
Chicken Little
as (voice)
Great Expectations
as Walter Plane
Anastasia
as Bartok (voice)
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Steven Lardner
The Birdcage
as Agador
Heat
as Alan Marciano
Now and Then
as Bud Kent
Springfield's Most Wanted
as Police Chief Wiggum (Uncredited)
Quiz Show
as Albert Freedman
Hollywood Dog
as Hollywood Dog (voice)
Pretty Woman
as Detective
Cool Blue
as Buzz
