Hank Azaria
Actor, Producer, Writer
April 25, 1964 (61 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | The Artist · as Thomas Edison |
| 2025 | Fortnite x The Simpsons · as Professor Frink (voice) |
| 2025 | The Electric State · as Perplexo (voice) |
| 2025 | Going Dutch · as Hank Azaria (voice) |
| 2024 | The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful · as Moe (voice) |
| 2023 | The Idol (2023) · as Chaim |
| 2023 | Rogue Not Quite One · as Chief Wiggum (voice) |
| 2023 | Hello Tomorrow! · as Eddie Nicholls |
| 2022 | The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Moe Szyslak |
| 2022 | Out of the Blue · as Jock |
| 2022 | Life & Beth · as Funeral Director |
| 2022 | Super Pumped · as Tim Cook |
| 2021 | The Simpsons in Plusaversary · as Moe Szyslak (voice) |
| 2018 | Maniac (2018) · as Hank Landsberg (voice) |
| 2017 | Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson · as Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice) |
| 2017 | The Wizard of Lies · as Frank Dipascali |
| 2017 | Brockmire · as Jim Brockmire |
| 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · as Danny Stevens |
| 2016 | Norman · as Srul Katz |
| 2016 | Bordertown (2016) · as Bud Buckwald |
| 2015 | Mack & Moxy · as Shelfish Sheldon |
| 2014 | The Simpsons Take the Bowl · as Apu |
| 2013 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow · as Gargamel (voice) |
| 2013 | Lovelace · as Jerry DamianoOn Plex |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 · as Gargamel |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan · as Ed Cochran |
| 2012 | Stand Up to Cancer · as Moe Szyslak |
| 2012 | FOX 25th Anniversary Special · as Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2011 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol · as Gargamel (voice) |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two · as Mighty Sven (voice) |
| 2011 | Free Agents (US) · as Alex Taylor |
| 2011 | The Smurfs · as Gargamel |
| 2011 | Hop · as Carlos / Phil (voice) |
| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs · as Dr. Stan Knight |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show · as Comic Book Guy |
| 2009 | Year One · as Abraham |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian · as Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln |
| 2008 | Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita) · as Joska (voice) |
| 2008 | The Simpsons Ride · as Chief Wiggum |
| 2007 | Run Fatboy Run · as Whit |
| 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 | The Grand · as Mike "the Bike" Heslov |
| 2007 | Chicago 10 · as Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice) |
| 2005 | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga · as Eddie Brock / Venom |
| 2004 | Huff · as Craig Huffstodt |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Eulogy · as Daniel Collins |
| 2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story · as Young Patches O'houlihan |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly · as Claude |
| 2003 | Shattered Glass · as Michael Kelly |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror · as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum/ Frink/ Comic Book Guy (voice) |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Christmas · as (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | Bark! · as SamOn Plex |
| 2002 | The Simpsons: Backstage Pass · as Cast |
| 2001 | Uprising · as Mordechaj Anielewicz |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts · as Hector Gorgonzolas |
| 2000 | CyberWorld · as Chief Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice) |
| 2000 | Fail Safe · as Prof. Groeteschele |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock · as Marc Blitzsetin |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie · as Mitch Albom |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska · as Charles Danner |
| 1999 | Bartok the Magnificent · as Bartok (voice) |
| 1999 | Independent Lens · as Abbie Hoffman |
| 1999 | Mystery Men · as Blue Raja / Jeffrey |
| 1999 | Futurama · as Harold Zoid (voice) |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Family Guy · as Reginald Barrington (voice) |
| 1998 | Celebrity · as DavidOn Plex |
| 1998 | Godzilla · as Victor 'animal' Palotti |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Homegrown · as CarterOn Plex |
| 1998 | Chicken Little · as (voice) |
| 1998 | Great Expectations · as Walter Plane |
| 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 |
| 1995 | What a Cartoon · as Elmo (voice) |
| 1994 | Spider-Man: The Animated Series · as Eddie Brock / Venom (voice) |
| 1994 | Quiz Show · as Albert Freedman |
| 1994 | Friends · as David |
| 1994 | Beethoven · as Killer (voice) |
| 1992 | Mad About You · as Nat Ostertag |
| 1991 | Herman's Head · as Jay Nichols |
| 1990 | Babes · as Tony |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air · as Policeman |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman · as Detective |
| 1989 | Cool Blue · as Buzz |
| 1989 | The Simpsons · as Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt · as Richard |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet · as Kah-Mun-Rah |
| 1988 | |
| 1985 | Growing Pains · as Steve StevensonOn Plex |
| 1982 | Family Ties · as Joe |
| 2017 | Brockmire · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2004 | |
| 1999 | Bartok the Magnificent · as Co-Producer |
| 1998 |
| 2017 |