Hank Azaria Bio | Wiki
Hank Azaria is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1989 to the present. The most notable include Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, and formerly Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl Carlson, and Bumblebee Man, among others.
Hank joined the show with little voice acting experience but became a regular in its second season. Many of his performances on the show are based on famous actors and characters. For his work, Hank has won six Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Hank Azaria Age
Hank was born on April 25, 1964, in Queens, New York, United States. He is 58 years old.
Hank Azaria Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of 6 ft (Approx. 1.82 m).
Hank Azaria Family
He was born in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, to his parents Ruth Altcheck and Albert Azaria. Hank’s grandparents on both sides were Sephardic Jews from Thessaloniki. His family spoke Ladino, also known as Judaeo-Spanish, which he described as “a strange, antiquated Spanish dialect written in Hebrew characters.”
His father ran several dress-manufacturing businesses while his mother raised him and his two older sisters, Stephanie and Elise. During his childhood, Hank would often “memorize and mimic” the scripts of films, shows, and stand-up comedy routines he enjoyed.
Hank Azaria Wife
Hank’s relationship with actress Helen Hunt began in 1994. The two married in a traditional Jewish ceremony at the couple’s home in Southern California on July 17, 1999. After a year of marriage, Hanbk moved out of the couple’s home, and Hunt filed for divorce after a six-month separation, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized on December 18, 2000.
Hank began dating former actress Katie Wright in 2007, and the two married later that year. They have a son named Hal. The family has one dog, Truman, and two rescue cats, Mookie and Wilson. In 2013, the family began renting a home on 80th Street in Manhattan, with plans to make a final decision on where to live in two years.
Hank Azaria Education
He attended Camp Towanda in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and now visits annually as a judge for the camp’s Olympics. Hank attended The Kew-Forest School in Queens’s Forest Hills neighborhood. He decided to become an actor after performing in a school play at the age of 16, becoming “obsessed with acting” at the expense of his academic studies.
Both of his parents loved all forms of show business, which further spurred him to become an actor. Hank studied drama at Tufts University from 1981 to 1985, where he met and befriended actor Oliver Platt and noted that Platt was a “better actor” than he was and inspired him.
Hank Azaria Movies And Tv Shows
TBA Hello Tomorrow!
2023 The Idol
2022 Super Pumped
2022 Life & Beth
2018 Maniac
2017 The Wizard of Lies
2017–2020 Brockmire
2016 Mack & Moxy
2016 Bordertown
2014–2016 Ray Donovan
2022 Out of the Blue
2016 Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2013 I Know That Voice
2008 Immigrants
2007 The Simpsons Movie
Hank Azaria Friends
Hank unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Joey Tribbiani, one of the lead characters in the sitcom Friends. He was instead cast in the role of the scientist David, one of Phoebe Buffay’s boyfriends in the series. Hank appeared in the show’s tenth episode “The One with the Monkey”, before the character left for a research trip in Minsk.
He reprised the role in the show’s seventh season (2001), before making several appearances in the ninth (2003). This return culminates in David proposing to Phoebe; she rejects him, and David leaves the show for good.
Hank Azaria Simpsons Voices | Voices
He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons (1989–present), most notably Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, and formerly Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl Carlson, and Bumblebee Man, among others. Hanks’s other voice performances include:
2008 Immigrants
2011 Hop
2011 Happy Feet Two
1990 Hollywood Dog
2016 Mack & Moxy
2016 Bordertown
Hank Azaria In The Birdcage
In 1996, Hank played gay Guatemalan housekeeper Agador Spartacus in the film The Birdcage. For the role, which he considers to be his “big break”, he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, and critically branded “the most hilarious performance in the film,” by Alison Macor of The Austin Chronicle.
Hank Azaria Along Came Polly
Hank played Claude in Along Came Polly (2004). He played a French scuba instructor, where he donned a wig and worked out extensively to get into the physical shape the part required.
Hank Azaria Night At The Museum
He worked with Stiller again on 2009’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian in which Hank played the villainous pharaoh Kah Mun Rah, utilizing a Boris Karloff accent. Although the film received mixed reviews, critics praised his performance. Perry Seibert of TV Guide wrote that “thanks to Azaria, a master of comic timing.
Hank Azaria Gargamel
He played Gargamel in the computer-animated/live-action adaptation of The Smurfs (2011). Hank wore a prosthetic nose, ears, buck teeth, eyebrows, and a wig, as well as shaving his head. He spent approximately 130 hours in the make-up chair over the course of the production. He considered Gargamel’s voice to be the most important part of his performance.
Hank Azaria Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Hank’s estimated net worth is $90 million.
Who Is Hank Azaria
Hank is a 58-year-old American actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1989 to the present. The most notable include Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, and formerly Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl Carlson, and Bumblebee Man, among others.