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Hank Azaria

  • Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
  • Birthday: April 25, 1964

Despite his initial intentions of becoming a stage performer, actor Hank Azaria turned his childhood talent for mimicry into a highly successful career, voicing many characters on the long-running animated comedy, “The Simpsons” (Fox, 1989- ). Thanks to his varied oddball interpretations of Moe the Bartender, Apu the Kwik-E-Mart owner, and Police Chief Wiggum, Azaria was able to transfer his success with animation into the live action world. Following his breakthrough performance as a smarmy 1950s television producer in “Quiz Show” (199…more

Credits

Actor
Producer

Career Milestones

  • 2009

    Played an evil Pharaoh in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"; also voiced the Lincoln Memorial Statue and The Thinker

  • 2008

    Appeared in David Schwimmer's directorial debut, "Run, Fat Boy, Run"

  • 2007

    Reprised roles for "The Simpsons Movie" an animated feature based on the long running Fox series

  • 2007

    Starred in Aaron Sorkin's Broadway play, "The Farnsworth Invention" as RCA head David Sarnoff

  • 2005

    Cast as Sir Lancelot and other roles in "Spamalot," Eric Idle's Broadway musical version of ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail; earned a Tony nomination for his role

Awards

  • 2005

    Theatre World Award:

  • 2003

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

  • 2001

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

  • 2000

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

  • 1998

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

Upcoming Appearances

In The Simpsons

Sunday, Nov 29 at 08:00 pm FOX

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