Hank Azaria
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 25, 1964 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 129
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
1989TV
Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl Carlson / Superintendent Chalmers (voice)
Friends
1994TV
David
Pretty Woman
1990Movie
Detective
Heat
1995Movie
Alan Marciano
The Simpsons Movie
2007Movie
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)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009Movie
Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln
Filmography
Behemoth!
2026Movie
Peter Serian
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2026Movie
Yellow Mirror
2026Movie
Chief Wiggum (voice)
Simpsley
2026Movie
Inspector Wiggum (voice)
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
2026Movie
Moe Szyslak (voice)
The Artist
2025TV
Thomas Edison
Fortnite x The Simpsons
2025TV
Moe Szyslak (voice), Professor Frink (voice), Chief Wiggum (voice)
The Wright Way
2025Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Simpson: Yellow Planet
2025Movie
Kirk Van Houten / Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy / Gary Chalmers / Snake Jailbird / Professor Frink / Blubbo's Trainer
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025Movie
Self - Actor & Matthew's Friend
The Electric State
2025Movie
Perplexo (voice)
Going Dutch
2025TV
Hank Azaria (voice)
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024Movie
Moe (voice)
The Simpsons Funday Football
2024Movie
Moe (voice)
Hail to the Breadsticks!
2023Movie
Self
The Idol
2023TV
Chaim
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"
2023Movie
Chief Wiggum (voice)
Hello Tomorrow!
2023TV
Eddie Nicholls
Out of the Blue
2022Movie
Jock
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022Movie
Self
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022TV
Tim Cook
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
2021Movie
Moe Szyslak / Captain McCallister / Goofy / Buzz Lightyear (voice)
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
2021Movie
Comic Book Guy
Maniac
2018TV
Hank Landsberg (voice)
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018TV
Self
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017Movie
Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice)
The Wizard of Lies
2017Movie
Frank Dipascali
Brockmire
2017TV
Jim Brockmire
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017TV
Danny Stevens
Planet of the Couches
2016Movie
Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice)
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016Movie
Srul Katz
Bordertown
2016TV
Bud Buckwald
Tears of Joy: 2015 New York Mets
2015Movie
Himself
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self, Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
I Know That Voice
2014Movie
Self
Timms Valley
2013Movie
Chaz Babcock
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013Movie
Gargamel (voice)
Lovelace
2013Movie
Jerry Damiano
The Smurfs 2
2013Movie
Gargamel
Ray Donovan
2013TV
Ed Cochran
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012Movie
Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited)
Billy on the Street
2011TV
Self
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011Movie
Gargamel (voice)
Happy Feet Two
2011Movie
Mighty Sven (voice)
Free Agents
2011TV
Alex Taylor
The Smurfs
2011Movie
Gargamel
Hop
2011Movie
Carlos / Phil (voice)
Love & Other Drugs
2010Movie
Dr. Stan Knight
Conan
2010TV
Self
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
2010Movie
Self
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
2010Movie
Self
Monkey Mischief
2009Movie
Pharaoh Kahmunrah
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Year One
2009Movie
Abraham
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009Movie
Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln
Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita)
2008Movie
Joska (voice)
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008Movie
Himself
Chicago 10
2008Movie
Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
Free Radio
2008TV
Self
Monty Python Conquers America
2008Movie
Self
Run Fatboy Run
2007Movie
Whit
The Simpsons Movie
2007Movie
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)
The Grand
2007Movie
Mike "The Bike" Heslov
The Aristocrats
2005Movie
Self
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005Movie
Eddie Brock / Venom (voice)
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005Movie
Self
Unscripted
2005TV
Hank Azaria
Huff
2004TV
Craig Huffstodt
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004Movie
Eulogy
2004Movie
Daniel Collins
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004Movie
Young Patches O'Houlihan
Along Came Polly
2004Movie
Claude
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003TV
Self
Shattered Glass
2003Movie
Michael Kelly
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003Movie
Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum/ Frink/ Comic Book Guy (voice)
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003Movie
(archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
Bark!
2002Movie
Sam
Imagine That
2002TV
Josh Miller
Uprising
2001Movie
Mordechaj Anielewicz
Uprising
2001TV
Mordechaj Anielewicz
America's Sweethearts
2001Movie
Hector
CyberWorld
2000Movie
Chief Wiggum / Prof. John Frink (voice)
The Simpsons: America's First Family
2000Movie
Self
Fail Safe
2000Movie
Prof. Groeteschele
Cradle Will Rock
1999Movie
Marc Blitzsetin
Tuesdays with Morrie
1999Movie
Mitch Albom
Mystery, Alaska
1999Movie
Charles Danner
Bartok the Magnificent
1999Movie
Bartok (voice)
Mystery Men
1999Movie
Blue Raja / Jeffrey
Futurama
1999TV
Harold Zoid (voice)
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999Movie
Family Guy
1999TV
Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice), Police Superintendent Chalmers (voice), Nigel Harpington (voice), Reginald Barrington (voice)
Celebrity
1998Movie
David
Godzilla
1998Movie
Victor 'Animal' Palotti
Stressed Eric
1998TV
Homegrown
1998Movie
Carter
Chicken Little
1998Movie
(voice)
Great Expectations
1998Movie
Walter Plane
Anastasia
1997Movie
Bartok (voice)
The View
1997TV
Self
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997Movie
Steven Lardner
The Birdcage
1996Movie
Agador
Heat
1995Movie
Alan Marciano
Now and Then
1995Movie
Bud Kent
If Not for You
1995TV
Craig Schaeffer
Springfield's Most Wanted
1995Movie
Police Chief Wiggum (Uncredited)
What a Cartoon!
1995TV
Elmo (voice)
Spider-Man
1994TV
Eddie Brock / Venom (voice), Eddie Brock (voice)
Friends
1994TV
David
Beethoven
1994TV
Killer (voice)
Quiz Show
1994Movie
Albert Freedman
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Mad About You
1992TV
Nat Ostertag
Herman's Head
1991TV
Jay Nichols
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990TV
Policeman
Hollywood Dog
1990Movie
Hollywood Dog (voice)
Pretty Woman
1990Movie
Detective
Cool Blue
1990Movie
Buzz
The Simpsons
1989TV
Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl Carlson / Superintendent Chalmers (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Richard
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988Movie
Family Ties
1982TV
Joe
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self