Hank Azaria Add to My Celebs Age 48 Birthday Apr. 25th, 1964 Born in Queens, New York, USA Height 5' 11 1/2

Hank Azaria's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Simpsons Maggie Simp… Chief Wiggum Moe Szyslak Carl Carlson Apu Comic Book … Superintend… Kirk Van Ho… Prof. Frink Duffman Cletus Spuc… Larry Burns Friends David Spider-Man (1994) Venom Mad About You Nat Ostertag Huff Dr. Craig '… Free Agents Alex Herman's Head Jay Nichols Beethoven Killer the … If Not for You Craig Schae… Imagine That John Miller

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Love and Other Drugs 2009 - Year One 2009 - Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2007 - The Simpsons Movie 2007 - The Grand 2007 - Chicago 10 2005 - The Aristocrats 2004 - Along Came Polly 2004 - DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2003 - Shattered Glass 2001 - America's Sweethearts 1999 - Mystery, Alaska 1999 - Mystery Men 1998 - Godzilla 1998 - Great Expectations 1998 - Homegrown 1998 - Celebrity 1997 - Anastasia 1997 - Grosse Pointe Blank 1996 - The Birdcage 1995 - Now and Then 1995 - Heat 1994 - Quiz Show 1990 - Pretty Woman

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Hank Azaria is an American film, television and stage actor, director, and comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons.


TRIVIA:

• Engaged to 'Helen Hunt (I)' (qv) in 1997.
• He and his ex-wife 'Helen Hunt (I)' (qv) have both guest-starred on the TV show _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv), though not in the same episode. 'Paget Brewster' (qv), who plays his wife on _"Huff" (2004)_ (qv), also had a recurring role on _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv).
• Attended college with 'Oliver Platt' (qv); attended acting school with 'Sharon Stone (I)' (qv).
• Attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, from 1981-1985, but did not receive his B.A. until he completed two courses in L.A. in 1987. Tufts awarded him its Light on the Hill Award in 1999.
• Both sets of his grandparents came from Salonika in northern Greece.
• Based the voice of Chief Wiggum (in _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv)) on actor 'Edward G. Robinson (I)' (qv).
• Spent over $300,000 of his own money to make his short film _Nobody's Perfect (2004)_ (qv).
• He based his character in _The Birdcage (1996)_ (qv) (a flamboyantly, almost over-exaggeratedly feminine homosexual house servant) on his grandmother, in particular his character's speech.

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