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Hank Azaria

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.

Filmography

2025
The Electric State

as Perplexo (voice)

Movie
2017
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

as Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice)

Movie
2011
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

as Gargamel (voice)

Movie
2011
Happy Feet Two

as Mighty Sven (voice)

Movie
2010
Love & Other Drugs

as Dr. Stan Knight

Movie
2009
Year One

as Abraham

Movie
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

as Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln

Movie
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 / W

Movie
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

as Young Patches O'Houlihan

Movie
1999
Mystery, Alaska

as Charles Danner

Movie
1998
Godzilla

as Victor 'Animal' Palotti

Movie
1997
Anastasia

as Bartok (voice)

Movie
1995
Heat

as Alan Marciano

Movie
1990
Pretty Woman

as Detective

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice)

TV Show