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Hank Azaria Biography
Hank Azaria is one of the most popular and richest Voice Actor who was born on April 25, 1964 in Queens, New York, United States. Talented actor who has played many roles on The Simpsons including Chief Wiggum, Moe Szyslak and Comic Book Guy. He also starred as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. He began his role as Brockmire’s titular character in 2017 His films include Along Came Polly and Mystery Men.
He briefly appeared in the music clip for “All Star” from Smash Mouth.
Azaria attended The Kew-Forest School in Forest Hills. He decided to become an actor after performing in a school play at the age of 16, becoming, at the expense of his academic studies, “obsessed with acting.” Both of his parents loved all forms of show business, which further spurred him to become an actor. He studied drama at Tufts University from 1981 to 1985, where he met and befriended actor Oliver Platt and noted that “Oliver was a better actor than I was in college, and he really inspired me.” Together they both starred in various college stage productions, including The Merchant of Venice, before Azaria trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Although he did not expect the endeavor to be successful, Azaria decided to become a professional actor, so that later in his life, he would not regret not having tried. Azaria’s first acting job was an advertisement for Italian television when he was seventeen years old. He also worked as a busboy. Azaria originally intended to work predominantly as a theatrical actor, and he and Platt set up their own company, named Big Theatre, although Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter was the only thing they ever performed. He decided that television was a better arena and offered more opportunity so, after being offered work with talent agent Harry Gold, Azaria moved to Los Angeles.
Azaria got along with Gold, who was lukewarm about working with him, but after a woman Azaria had “worked with in New York got really furious with him because he said he’d work with me and then didn’t”, Gold sent him out for auditions. He made his television debut with a role in the pilot episode of the 1986 ABC comedy-drama series Joe Bash, with Peter Boyle. His part—a one-line role as the police officer Maldonado—was edited out before the show was broadcast, although the role secured him admission to the Screen Actors Guild. Azaria appeared in the TV film Nitti: The Enforcer, about the gangster Frank Nitti, and appeared in the failed pilot Morning Maggie alongside Matthew Perry, with whom he became good friends. He played Joe in an episode of the sitcom Family Ties in 1988 in which he had one line, and the following year he played Steve Stevenson in an episode of Growing Pains. Azaria has described his career progression as being gradual; he did not achieve overnight recognition or fame. In Los Angeles, Azaria was trained by acting coach Roy London. Between acting jobs he performed as a stand-up comedian, and worked as a bartender for a catering firm.
In 1999, he married He married Helen Hunt in 1999, but they divorced a year later. He then married Katie Wright, with whom he had a son named Hal in 2009.. However, they split a year later. He married Katie Wright in 1999. They had a son, Hal, in 2009.
Name | Hank Azaria |
First Name | Hank |
Last Name | Azaria |
Occupation | Voice Actor |
Birthday | April 25 |
Birth Year | 1964 |
Place of Birth | Queens |
Home Town | New York |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Aries |
Full/Birth Name | |
Father | Not Available |
Mother | Not Available |
Siblings | Not Available |
Spouse | Katie Wright , Helen Hunt |
Children(s) | Hal Azaria |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Azaria made his film debut in the direct-to-video release Cool Blue (1990), as Buzz. His first theatrically released feature film appearance came the same year in Pretty Woman, as a police detective. His next major film role was as television producer Albert Freedman in the 1994 film Quiz Show, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1996, Azaria played gay Guatemalan housekeeper Agador Spartacus in the film The Birdcage. For the role, which Azaria 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, while Empire wrote that he “[stole] the show.” For the role he used a Guatemalan accent, and made himself sound as effeminate as possible. He had chosen two possible voices, an effeminate one and a tougher one. After advice from a drag queen, he chose the effeminate voice. Three weeks into production, he realized he sounded exactly like his grandmother, which aided his performance. Agador was originally going to be a single scene part, with the larger role of the housekeeper being played by David Alan Grier. With the producers fearing the racial connotations of a black actor in such a part, Azaria inherited the full role.
Hank Azaria Net Worth
Hank Azaria is one of the richest Voice Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hank Azaria's net worth $80 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
As a child, he imitated and learned many skits, scripts and shows. He attended Tufts University.
On Friends, he played a recurring role of David the scientist on the NBC sitcom.
Henry Albert Azaria (/ə ˈ z ɛər i ə / ə-ZAIR -ee-ə; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer. He is known for his voice characterizations as a variety of characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons (1989–present), which has included Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (1990–2020), Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson and others. After attending Tufts University, he joined the series with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season, with many of his performances on the show being based on famous actors and characters. In addition to his work on The Simpsons, Azaria became more widely known for his live-action appearances in feature films such as The Birdcage (1996), Godzilla (1998), 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). From 2017 to 2020, he starred as the title character in Brockmire.
Net Worth | $80 Million |
Salary | Under Review |
Source of Income | Voice Actor |
Cars | Not Available |
House | Living in own house. |
With the continuing success of The Simpsons, Azaria began taking on other, principally live-action, roles. He was a main cast member on the show Herman’s Head (1991–1994) playing Jay Nichols, alongside The Simpsons co-star Yeardley Smith. He regularly recorded for The Simpsons and filmed Herman’s Head during the same day. Following the series’ cancellation Azaria 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. He 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. From 1995 to 1999, Azaria had a recurring role in the sitcom Mad About You as Nat Ostertag, the dog walker. Azaria was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his roles in both Mad About You (in 1998) and Friends (in 2003). Azaria had the lead role in the short-lived sitcom If Not For You in 1995, playing record producer Craig Schaeffer.
Up until 1998, Azaria was paid $30,000 per episode. Azaria and the five other main The Simpsons voice actors were then involved in a pay dispute in which Fox threatened to replace them with new actors and went as far as preparing for the casting of new voices. However, the issue was soon resolved and from 1998 to 2004, they received $125,000 per episode. In 2004, the voice actors intentionally skipped several script read-throughs, demanding they be paid $360,000 per episode. The strike was resolved a month later, with Azaria’s pay increasing to something between $250,000 and $360,000 per episode. In 2008, production for the twentieth season was put on hold due to new contract negotiations with the voice actors, who wanted a “healthy bump” in salary. The dispute was later resolved, and Azaria and the rest of the cast received their requested pay raise, approximately $400,000 per episode. Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Azaria and the other cast members accepted a 30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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Height | 6 ft 0 in |
Weight | Not Known |
Body Measurements | Under Review |
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He appeared in numerous other films in the late 1990s, including Heat (1995), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Celebrity (1998) and worked opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, as Walter Plane, in the 1998 adaptation of Great Expectations. He played photographer Victor “Animal” Palotti in Godzilla (1998). Godzilla was one of Azaria’s first starring roles in a blockbuster film. Its five-month shoot was the longest of his career to date, but he considered it a good chance to boost his profile. He noted, “I’m so used to melding into every character I play. Even people in the business think the guy who did Birdcage, Quiz Show and Great Expectations are three different actors—which in a way makes me proud, but in another way is very frustrating. It’s the curse and blessing of the character actor”. The shoot’s physical challenges, and the film’s critical failure, led Azaria to later describe it as “tough to make, and very disappointing when it came out. It was one you definitely chalk up and say, ‘That was part of paying your dues, better luck next time’.” In 1999, he starred in the drama Mystery, Alaska as Charles Danner, and the comedy superhero film Mystery Men, as the faux-British silverware throwing expert The Blue Raja. Other film roles included Hector Gorgonzolas in America’s Sweethearts (2001), Claude in Along Came Polly (2004), and the young Patches O’Houlihan in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004), the latter two with Ben Stiller. For his role of Claude, a French scuba instructor, in Along Came Polly, Azaria donned a wig and worked out extensively to get into the physical shape the part required.
In the early 1990s, Azaria was in a relationship with actress Julie Warner. His relationship with actress Helen Hunt began in 1994; they married in a traditional Jewish ceremony at the couple’s home in Southern California on July 17, 1999. The two had appeared together in Mad About You and “Dumbbell Indemnity”, an episode of The Simpsons. After a year of marriage, Azaria moved out of the couple’s home, and after a six-month separation, Hunt filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences”. The divorce was finalized on December 18, 2000.
Who is Hank Azaria Dating?
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Hank Azaria. You may help us to build the dating records for Hank Azaria!Azaria’s work on the show has won him four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2015. He was also nominated for the award in 2009 and 2010, but lost to co-star Dan Castellaneta and guest star Anne Hathaway respectively. He was nominated again in 2012. Azaria, with the rest of the principal cast, reprised all of his voice roles from The Simpsons for the 2007 film The Simpsons Movie. Azaria notes that he spends “an embarrassingly small amount of time working on The Simpsons.” He works for “an hour on Thursdays when we read through the script, then four hours on Monday when we record it, and I’ll pop in again once or twice.” He concludes it is “the best job in the world, as far as I’m concerned.”
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Azaria played composer Marc Blitzstein in Tim Robbins’ film Cradle Will Rock in 1999. Paul Clinton wrote that Azaria was “brilliant as the tortured (is there any other kind) artist Blitzstein.” The same year he appeared as author and journalist Mitch Albom alongside Jack Lemmon in the television film Tuesdays with Morrie, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the role. Azaria described the latter as the “best work [he has] done.” These were two of the first dramatic roles Azaria had taken; throughout his career Azaria has primarily worked in comedy, but tries to balance the two. Azaria commented: “all the roles I got were in comedy at first, and I was certainly happy to get those, so I never felt the lack of being considered a dramatic actor because I was so happy to get what I got. And then I became surprised later on when I got dramatic roles. But I never went, ‘OK, now it’s time to get a dramatic role.'” His next dramatic part was in the television film Uprising in 2001. The film was based on the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Azaria played Mordechaj Anielewicz, one of the revolt’s leaders. Azaria was confused by his casting in Uprising and frequently asked the film’s producer and director Jon Avnet why he was selected. “I know [Avnet] liked the fact I was Jewish, and he knew I could do accents well. He cast me and David Schwimmer in [Uprising], and we were both sort of mystified. He had some instinct that he wanted people who were more known for being funny. He never explained it satisfactorily to me; I don’t understand why.” His parts in Tuesdays With Morrie and Uprising affected him, causing a depressive state which he countered with DVDs of the comedy series Monty Python. Azaria found Uprising to be “very difficult very depressing very emotionally challenging” material. In 2003, Azaria played journalist Michael Kelly, the former editor of The New Republic, in the drama film Shattered Glass. Kelly died a few months before the film was released and Azaria said the film “has become a weird kind of eulogy to him.”
What is Hank Azaria ethnicity?
Early life. Henry Albert Azaria was born in the Queens borough of New York City on April 25, 1964, the son of Ruth Altcheck and Albert Azaria. His grandparents on both sides were Sephardic Jews from Thessaloniki.
How many voices did Hank Azaria do on The Simpsons?
He also voices Carl Carlson (until the end of Season 31), Comic Book Guy, Lou, Dr. Nick, Snake, Professor Frink, Horatio McCallister, Raphael, Superintendent Chalmers, Cletus Spuckler, Kirk Van Houten and others. Many of his character’s voices were loosely based on other people: As said, Moe is based on Al Pacino.
How much money has Hank Azaria made from The Simpsons?
Hank Azaria Simpsons Salary What is Hank Azaria’s salary per episode of The Simpsons? $300,000. Assuming an average season is 22 episodes, that translates into around $6.6 million per year.
Who does most of the voices on The Simpsons?
Harry Shearer Voices The Most Characters In The Series With 21 characters to his name, Harry Shearer voices the most characters on The Simpsons out of any member of the principal cast. Some of his most famous characters include Mr. Burns, Mr. Smithers, Ned Flanders, and Principal Skinner.
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