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Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Birthday: 1964-04-25 | Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Simpsons: Yellow Planet

as    Kirk Van Houten / Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy / Gary Chalmers / Snake Jailbird / Professor Frink (voice)

2025
The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious

as    Moe Szyslak (voice)

2025
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

as    Self - Actor & Matthew's Friend

2025
The Wright Way

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2025
The Artist

as    Thomas Edison

2025
The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious

as    Wiggum (Voice)

2024
The Simpsons Funday Football

as    Moe (voice)

2024
2023
The Idol

as    Chaim

2023
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"

as    Chief Wiggum (voice)

2023
Hello Tomorrow!

as    Eddie Nicholls

2023
Hail to the Breadsticks!

as    Self

2022
Out of the Blue

as    Jock

2021
The Simpsons | Balenciaga

as    Comic Book Guy

2021
The Simpsons | Balenciaga

as    Moe Szyslak

2021
The Simpsons in Plusaversary

as    Moe Szyslak (voice)

2021
The Simpsons - Balenciaga

as    Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice)

2017
The Wizard of Lies

as    Frank Dipascali

2017
Brockmire

as    Jim Brockmire

2016
Bordertown

as    Bud Buckwald

2014
I Know That Voice

as    Self

2013
The Smurfs 2

as    Gargamel

2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

as    Gargamel (voice)

2013
Lovelace

as    Jerry Damiano