Hank Azaria
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-04-25 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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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Acting
(2025)
The Electric State
as Perplexo (voice)
(2024)
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
as Moe (voice)
(2024)
Hail to the Breadsticks!
as Self
(2024)
The Simpsons Funday Football
as Moe (voice)
(2023)
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"
as Chief Wiggum (voice)
(2022)
Out of the Blue
as Jock
(2022)
(2021)
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
as Moe Szyslak (voice)
(2017)
The Wizard of Lies
as Frank Dipascali
(2017)
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
as Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice)
(2016)
(2016)
Planet of the Couches
as Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice)
(2015)
Tears of Joy: 2015 New York Mets
as Himself
(2014)
I Know That Voice
as Self
(2013)
The Smurfs 2
as Gargamel
(2013)
Lovelace
as Jerry Damiano
(2013)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Gargamel (voice)
(2013)
Timms Valley
as Chaz Babcock
(2012)
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited)
(2011)
The Smurfs
as Gargamel
(2011)
Hop
as Carlos / Phil (voice)
(2011)
Happy Feet Two
as Mighty Sven (voice)
(2011)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Gargamel (voice)
(2010)
Love & Other Drugs
as Dr. Stan Knight
(2010)
Backwash
as Self
(2010)
(2009)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln
(2009)
Year One
as Abraham
(2008)
(2008)
Chicago 10
as Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
(2008)
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Himself
(2008)
Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita)
as Joska (voice)
(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)
Run Fatboy Run
as Whit
(2007)
The Grand
as Mike "The Bike" Heslov
(2005)
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as Eddie Brock / Venom
(2005)
The Aristocrats
as Self
(2005)
(2004)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Young Patches O'Houlihan
(2004)
Along Came Polly
as Claude
(2004)
Eulogy
as Daniel Collins
(2004)
(2003)
Shattered Glass
as Michael Kelly
(2003)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum/ Frink/ Comic Book Guy (voice)
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
Bark!
as Sam
(2001)
America's Sweethearts
as Hector Gorgonzolas
(2001)
Uprising
as Mordechaj Anielewicz
(2000)
Fail Safe
as Prof. Groeteschele
(2000)
CyberWorld
as Chief Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice)
(2000)
(1999)
Mystery Men
as Blue Raja / Jeffrey
(1999)
Bartok the Magnificent
as Bartok (voice)
(1999)
Mystery, Alaska
as Charles Danner
(1999)
Cradle Will Rock
as Marc Blitzsetin
(1999)
Tuesdays with Morrie
as Mitch Albom
(1999)
(1998)
Godzilla
as Victor 'Animal' Palotti
(1998)
Great Expectations
as Walter Plane
(1998)
Celebrity
as David
(1998)
Homegrown
as Carter
(1998)
Chicken Little
as (voice)
(1997)
Anastasia
as Bartok (voice)
(1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Steven Lardner
(1996)
The Birdcage
as Agador
(1995)
Heat
as Alan Marciano
(1995)
Now and Then
as Bud Kent
(1994)
Quiz Show
as Albert Freedman
(1990)
Pretty Woman
as Detective
(1990)
Cool Blue
as Buzz
(1990)
Hollywood Dog
as Hollywood Dog (voice)
(1988)
Crew
(1999)
Bartok the Magnificent
Co-Producer