Hank Azaria - wikipedia Hank Azaria Hank Azaria Azaria in November 2005 Henry Albert Azaria ( 1964 - 04 - 25 ) April 25, 1964 ( age 53 ) Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. Residence New York City, New York Nationality American Occupation Actor, voice actor, comedian, producer Years active 1986 -- present Notable work The Simpsons Spouse ( s ) Helen Hunt ( m. 1999 ; div. 2000 ) Katie Wright ( m. 2007 ) Children Henry Albert `` Hank '' Azaria ( / əˈzɛəriə / ə - ZAIR - ee - ə ; born April 25, 1964 ) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer. He is known for starring in the animated television sitcom The Simpsons ( 1989 -- present ), voicing Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson and numerous others. After attending Tufts University, Azaria 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. Along with the series, Azaria became more widely known through his live - action appearances in 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 ). Since 2017, he has starred as the title character in Brockmire. He also had recurring roles on the television series Mad About You and Friends, played the title character in the drama Huff ( 2004 -- 2006 ), and appeared in the popular stage musical Spamalot. Though originally known as a comic actor, Azaria has also taken on more dramatic roles, including the TV films Tuesdays With Morrie ( 1999 ) and Uprising ( 2001 ). He has won six Emmys and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Azaria was married to actress Helen Hunt from 1999 to 2000 and has been married to actress Katie Wright since 2007. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career ( 1986 -- 1988 ) 2.2 The Simpsons ( 1989 -- present ) 2.3 Further career ( 1991 -- present ) 2.3. 1 Television series work 2.3. 2 Film work 2.3. 3 Further voice work 2.3. 4 Other work 3 Acting style and vocal range 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 5.1 Film 5.2 Television 5.3 Direct - to - video 5.4 Video games 5.5 Documentary 5.6 Theme park rides 5.7 Theater 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Early life Azaria was born in Queens, New York City, the son of Eastern Sephardic Jewish parents, Ruth ( Altcheck ) and Albert Azaria. His grandparents on both sides hailed from Thessaloniki, from Greece 's Spanish Jewish community established there after the 1492 exile from Spain. His family 's spoken language at home was the Ladino language, which Azaria has described as `` a strange, antiquated Spanish dialect written in Hebrew characters. '' Azaria 's father ran several dress - manufacturing businesses, while his mother raised him and his two older sisters, Stephanie and Elise. Before marrying his father, Azaria 's mother had been a publicist for Columbia Pictures, promoting films in Latin American countries, as she was fluent in both English and Spanish. During his childhood, Azaria would often `` memorize and mimic '' the scripts of the films, shows and stand - up comedy routines that he enjoyed. 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. Career Early career ( 1986 -- 1988 ) 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 did n'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. The Simpsons ( 1989 -- present ) Azaria became famous for his voice work in the ongoing animated television series The Simpsons. He joined the show having previously performed only one voice - over -- as the titular animated dog in the failed Fox pilot Hollywood Dog, a show he described as `` sort of Roger Rabbit-esque, where the dog was animated, but everybody else was real. '' The first voice he performed on The Simpsons was that of town bartender Moe Szyslak, replacing Christopher Collins who had initially recorded the character 's voice. Having known him from Hollywood Dog, casting director Bonita Pietila called Azaria and asked him to audition for the voice of Moe. At the time he was performing the role of a drug dealer in a play, utilizing a voice based on actor Al Pacino 's performance in the film Dog Day Afternoon. He used the voice in his audition for The Simpsons and, at the request of the show 's executive producers Matt Groening and Sam Simon, made the voice more `` gravelly ''. Groening and Simon thought the resultant voice was ideal for Moe and took Azaria over to the Fox recording studio. Before he had even seen a script, he recorded several lines of dialogue as Moe for the episode `` Some Enchanted Evening '', dubbing Collins ' voice. Azaria did not expect to hear from the show again, but they continued to call him back, first to perform the voice of Chief Wiggum and then Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. He felt that, initially, `` ( the producers ) did n't seem too pleased with what I had done... ( Simon ) was very exacting... ( and ) was kind of impatiently directing me on the ABCs of comedy. But then, much to my surprise, he would still keep having me back every week. But each week, I thought it was going to be my last week because I really did n't think I had done that well. '' Nevertheless, by the show 's second season he was performing multiple recurring voices and so was given a contract and made a permanent member of the main cast. Since he joined later than the rest of the cast, Groening still considered Azaria the `` new guy ''. In addition to Moe, Wiggum and Apu, Azaria provides the voices of Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson, Cletus Spuckler, Professor Frink, Dr. Nick Riviera, Lou, Snake Jailbird, Kirk Van Houten, the Sea Captain, Superintendent Chalmers, Disco Stu, Duffman, the Wiseguy and numerous one - time characters. His co-star in The Simpsons, Nancy Cartwright, wrote that : `` The thing about Hank that I most remember is that he started out so unassuming and then, little by little, his abilities were revealed and his contributions to the show escalated. I realized Hank was going to be our breakaway star. '' As Moe 's voice is based on Al Pacino 's, likewise many of Azaria 's other recurring characters are based on existing sources. He took Apu 's voice from the many Indian and Pakistani convenience store workers in Los Angeles that he had interacted with when he first moved to the area, and also loosely based it on Peter Sellers ' character Hrundi V. Bakshi from the film The Party. Originally, it was thought that Apu being Indian was too offensive and stereotyped, but after Azaria 's reading of the line `` Hello, Mr. Homer '', which the show 's producers thought was hilarious, the character stayed. Azaria, however, disputed this on LateNet with Ray Ellin, claiming that Apu was always intended to be stereotypical. Chief Wiggum 's voice was originally a parody of David Brinkley, but when Azaria was told it was too slow, he switched it to that of Edward G. Robinson. Officer Lou is based on Sylvester Stallone, and Dr. Nick is `` a bad Ricky Ricardo impression. '' The `` Wise Guy '' voice is `` basically Charles Bronson, '' while Carl is `` a silly voice ( Azaria ) always did. '' Two of the voices come from his time at college : Snake 's is based on Azaria 's old college roommate, while Comic Book Guy 's voice is based on a student who lived in the room next door to Azaria and went by the name `` F ''. Professor Frink is based on Jerry Lewis ' performance in the original The Nutty Professor, and the Sea Captain is based on English actor Robert Newton 's portrayal of many pirates. Azaria based his performance for the one - time character Frank Grimes, from the episode `` Homer 's Enemy '', on actor William H. Macy. He counts Grimes as the hardest, most emotional performance he has ever had to give in the history of The Simpsons. 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. '' 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. Further career ( 1991 -- present ) Television series work 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. Azaria produced and starred in the sitcom Imagine That in 2002, replacing Emeril mid-season in the NBC lineup. He played Josh Miller, a comedy writer, who `` transformed '' each episode into a character Miller has imagined, `` provid ( ing ) a humorous outlet for his frustrations at home and work ''. Production closed after five episodes and it was canceled after just two aired, due to poor critical reaction and ratings. Azaria later commented on the show : `` I wanted to do something really truthful and interesting and impactful. We had a bunch of executives sitting in the room, all agreeing that The Larry Sanders Show was our favorite thing on television, but we could n't do it on NBC, and nor would we want to from a business standpoint ; it simply would n't make enough money. By the time it aired, the writing was sort of on the wall, and I do n't blame them at all. It was apparent it was n't working. '' He starred as psychiatrist Craig `` Huff '' Huffstodt in the Showtime drama series Huff, which ran for two seasons between 2004 and 2006, airing 24 episodes. Azaria served as an executive producer on the show and directed an episode of its second season. After reading the pilot script, he sent it to Platt, who took the role of Huff 's friend Russell Tupper. Azaria enjoyed working on the show, but struggled with the bleak subject matter and was often in dispute with its creator Bob Lowry, noting that it `` was tough to marry our visions all the time, ( because ) we both cared so much about it that neither of us were willing to let go. '' Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly called Azaria `` impressively subtle '' in the role, while John Leonard of New York magazine said he was a `` shrewd bit of casting. '' The show garnered seven Emmy nominations in 2005, including a nomination for Azaria for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Despite the awards, the show continually received low ratings, and Showtime chose not to commission it for a third season. Returning to live - action television in 2011, Azaria starred in the NBC sitcom Free Agents, a remake of the British series of the same name. He played Alex Taylor, a recently divorced public relations executive `` who is missing his kids and trying to keep himself together '', and ends up sleeping with a co-worker ( Kathryn Hahn ). Azaria also served as a producer on the show. He was apprehensive about the project, disliking the lengthy schedule required of a lead actor in a single - camera series, and favoring the `` sensibility '' of cable shows. However, he liked the script and executive producer John Enbom 's previous series Party Down and decided to accept the part. Despite Azaria mounting a campaign on Twitter to save it, the series was canceled after four episodes due to low ratings. In 2014, Azaria had a recurring role in the second season of Showtime 's Ray Donovan, playing FBI agent Ed Cochran. Film work `` ( Azaria 's ) appeal can best be summed up by, of all things, his hilarious cameo in the goofy comedy Dodgeball. As Patches O'Houlihan, the dodgeball champion who will age into the magnificently gruff Rip Torn, he delivers a pitch - perfect performance in an instructional video in which he chain - smokes, encourages a child to pick on those weaker than him, and steals the film from a cast of comedic greats. It 's a wonderful, odd moment that could have failed miserably in the hands of a lesser actor, and he manages to pull it off with only seconds of dialogue. In my humble opinion, and using my limited knowledge of boxing terms : Pound for pound, Hank Azaria is the best actor working today. '' -- Playwright Jenelle Riley on Azaria. 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. 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. 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 do n'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. '' Since Huff 's conclusion in 2006, Azaria has continued to make multiple film appearances. He played the smooth - talking Whit in David Schwimmer 's directorial debut Run Fatboy Run ( 2007 ). During production he became good friends with co-star Simon Pegg, performing The Simpsons voices on request, frequently distracting Pegg when he was supposed to be filming. He worked with Stiller again on 2009 's Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian in which Azaria played the villainous pharaoh Kah Mun Rah, utilizing a Boris Karloff accent. Although the film received mixed reviews, critics praised Azaria 's performance. Perry Seibert of TV Guide wrote that `` thanks to Azaria, a master of comic timing. His grandiose, yet slightly fey bad guy is equally funny when he 's chewing out minions as he is when deliberating if Oscar the Grouch and Darth Vader are evil enough to join his team. '' He appeared as Abraham in Year One ( 2009 ), Dr. Knight in 2010 's Love & Other Drugs, and played Deep Throat director Gerard Damiano in Lovelace ( 2013 ). Azaria played Gargamel in the computer - animated / live - action adaptation of The Smurfs ( 2011 ). Azaria 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. Azaria considered Gargamel 's voice to be the most important part of his performance. The producers wanted an `` old, failed, Shakespearean actor '' voice, but Azaria felt this would lack energy and wanted something more Eastern European. He eventually selected a voice similar to that of Paul Winchell 's from the cartoon. Azaria disliked the cartoon when it first aired, and considered Gargamel too one - dimensional a character and `` just this straight villain '' ; he opted to make Gargamel `` more sarcastic '' than in the cartoon, but `` discovered that there 's no way to play Gargamel without screaming your head off at certain points -- ramping him up and getting him very upset over Smurfs ''. He interpreted him as `` very lonely '', adding that `` he hates the Smurfs because they 're such a happy family. He wants in really badly. I think he wants to be embraced as a Smurf ''. Azaria worked with the writers to `` infuse '' the script with some of his ideas about the character, `` particularly with the ' married ' relationship between Gargamel and ( his cat ) Azreal ( sic ) '' which Azaria conceived. Reviewers from The San Francisco Chronicle and The Boston Globe commented on Azaria 's `` overacting '' in the role of Gargamel. More positive reaction came from Scott Bowles of USA Today called Azaria the `` human standout '' ; Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times felt he suffered the `` greatest disservice '' of the film 's cast due to a poor script. Azaria noted in an interview with The A.V. Club that The Smurfs and Night at the Museum were films he agreed to do primarily for the money, but that `` I wo n't even do that unless I think it will at least be fun to do... I really try to throw myself into it, figure out the funniest, cleverest way to get the material over, and make it fun to do and fun to watch. '' Azaria reprised his role in the 2013 sequel The Smurfs 2. Azaria is set to star in Norman : The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer with Richard Gere. Further voice work Azaria performed a number of voice roles in addition to The Simpsons, although he noted in 2005 : `` I started doing other voiceovers for cartoons for a couple of years, but I did n't really love it. I was spoiled by The Simpsons. '' He voiced Venom / Eddie Brock in Spider - Man : The Animated Series between 1994 and 1996. In the animated feature Anastasia ( 1997 ), he voiced Bartok the bat and reprised the role in the direct - to - video prequel Bartok the Magnificent ( 1999 ). For his performance in Anastasia, Azaria won the Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production. He also voiced Eric in the American dub of the series Stressed Eric, Harold Zoid in the 2001 Futurama episode `` That 's Lobstertainment ! '', and Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg in Chicago 10 ( 2007 ). For the 2011 film Hop, Azaria voiced Carlos and Phil. The response to the film was mostly negative, but many reviewers praised Azaria 's performance. For example, Sandie Chen of The Washington Post said `` Azaria has been honing his over-the - top Spanish accent since The Birdcage, so anything he says grabs some laughs '', while Emma Simmonds of Time Out called him an `` unflappable presence, voicing two characters with style ''. Later in the year he voiced The Mighty Sven in Happy Feet Two. Azaria voices Shelfish Sheldon in Mack & Moxy. He also voices the lead character, Texan border agent Bud Buckwald, in Bordertown, which started in 2016. Once The Simpsons was `` going steadily '' and Azaria had enough money to live on, he stopped working on commercials as he found them `` demoralizing '', feeling that he sounded sarcastic whenever he read for them. When recording the part of `` Jell - O Man '' for a Jell - O commercial, he was told to make the voice he offered `` more likeable and friendly so that children like him. '' After pointing out that `` Jell - O Man '' was a fictional character, he left and pledged to never record for an advertisement again. However, in 2012 he voiced several insects in a commercial for the Chevrolet Sonic. Other work Azaria wrote and directed the 2004 short film Nobody 's Perfect, which won the Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Short at the US Comedy Arts Festival. In January 2007, he was confirmed to be directing Outsourced, a film about two American workers who journey to get their jobs back, after their factory is moved to Mexico. In 2009, Azaria told Empire he was instead focusing on making a documentary about fatherhood. Two years later he told the Los Angeles Times that this project was `` half - complete '' and was `` forever looking for financing to finish it. '' It eventually began in 2014, airing on AOL as an online series titled Fatherhood. According to AOL, the series of short episodes documents Azaria 's `` touching, humorous, and often enlightening journey from a man who is not even sure he wants to have kids, to a father going through the joys, trials and tribulations of being a dad. '' Azaria ( center ) performing in Spamalot, December 2005 He has periodically returned to theatrical work, appearing in several productions. In 2003, he appeared as Bernard in a run of David Mamet 's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, along with Matthew Perry and Minnie Driver, in London 's West End. Azaria made his first appearance as Sir Lancelot, the French Taunter, and four other characters in Spamalot, the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which opened in Chicago in December 2004, before moving to the Shubert Theatre on Broadway. The show met with critical acclaim, receiving fourteen Tony Award nominations in 2005, with Azaria being nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Reuniting with The Birdcage director Mike Nichols, and being a huge Monty Python fan, he saw it as an opportunity he could not pass up, describing it as `` so much fun that I have n't realized how tiring it is '', and `` the most fun that I 've ever had in my entire life ''. He took a break from the show in June 2005, with Alan Tudyk filling in for him, to work on Huff, but returned in December 2005. In late 2007 he starred in Aaron Sorkin 's The Farnsworth Invention, playing RCA head David Sarnoff. In 2016, he starred in the world premiere of Dry Powder opposite Claire Danes, John Krasinski, and Sanjit De Silva, directed by Thomas Kail, at the off - Broadway Public Theater in New York City. Azaria starred in and co-wrote the third episode of the Funny or Die web - series Gamechangers, entitled `` A Legend in the Booth ''. He played Jim Brockmire, a legendary baseball announcer, fired for a profanity - filled breakdown live on air after discovering his wife was having an affair. Azaria based the voice and style of Brockmire on several veteran sportscasters, including Bob Murphy and Phil Rizzuto. He has since appeared as Brockmire on the NFL Network 's The Rich Eisen Podcast to discuss the National Football League. In November 2012, Azaria sued actor Craig Bierko over the ownership of the Brockmire voice. The case was ruled in Azaria 's favour in 2014. Both actors had been using a baseball announcer voice before and since meeting at a party in 1990, but US district judge Gary Allen Feess ruled that only Azaria 's voice was, as Brockmire, a defined, `` tangible '' character and thus subject to copyright. Acting style and vocal range Azaria 's friends refer to him as `` the freakish mimic '' due to his ability to copy almost anyone 's voice, instantly after he has heard it. As a child he believed that everyone could do this, but later realized that it was not a common talent. Azaria can `` remember every voice I hear, famous or otherwise... they kind of remain in the memory banks, so I 'm ready to trot them out. '' Azaria was glad to have found the `` ultimate outlet '' for this skill, in The Simpsons. He `` did n't realize it ( when he joined the show ), but it became like a lab for a character actor. I had to do so many voices. '' In the early 2000s, Azaria felt he had reached the maximum number of voices he was capable of : `` For the first 10 years of The Simpsons, I would develop a bunch of voices. And then... I hit a point when I was tapped out. Every noise I can make, I have made. Even characters like Gargamel, I 've done. Even if it was only two or three lines, at some point I 've done something similar on The Simpsons, at least somewhere along the line. '' For many of Azaria 's characters, much of their humor is derived from a `` funny voice '', such as The Birdcage and Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian. He stated that `` being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in, '' although he finds it `` much easier to be someone much closer to myself '', as it requires `` less energy... than playing characters that are so out there and high strung ''. The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has stated that Azaria possesses the ability to turn unfunny lines into some of the best in an episode, while former writer Jay Kogen stated : `` Just when I think I know ( Azaria 's ) bag of tricks, he 's always got a new thing he does to surprise me. '' Throughout the run of The Simpsons, Azaria has had to sing in character several times, a task which he describes as easier than singing normally. The Smurfs writer David N. Weiss says Azaria `` has a beautiful treasure trove of talent '', and `` became what you wished you were writing ''. Playwright Jenelle Riley wrote in 2005 that Azaria was `` by far '' her favorite actor, praising his `` versatility '' and `` tendency to take small roles that would normally fade into the background and to consistently create characters people care about '', noting his roles in Shattered Glass, Mystery, Alaska and especially DodgeBall : A True Underdog Story. Personal life 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. Azaria began dating former actress Katie Wright in 2007, and the two later married. They have a son together, Hal, who was born in 2009. In 2013, the family moved to New York, renting a home on 80th Street, with plans to make a final decision on where to live in two years. They previously lived in a four - bedroom house in Pacific Palisades, which Azaria bought from his The Simpsons ' co-star Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta in 2011. Several weeks earlier, Azaria sold his home in Bel Air. Azaria previously owned the fifth - floor co-op loft at 84 Mercer Street in Manhattan 's Soho neighborhood, which he bought in 2005 from photographer Cindy Sherman, before selling it in 2013. Azaria is the godfather of Oliver Platt 's son, George. He is also a regular poker player, appearing twice on Celebrity Poker Showdown and competing at other events, finishing a few places short of the bubble in the main event of the 2010 World Series of Poker. Politically, Azaria has made contributions that support the Democratic Party. He enjoys the music of Elvis Costello, and has stated that he would have been a therapist if he were not an actor. He considers The Godfather Trilogy to be what inspired him to become an actor, and counts Peter Sellers and Walt Frazier as his heroes. Azaria co-founded the educational support charity, `` Determined to Succeed ''. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1990 Pretty Woman Detective 1994 Quiz Show Albert Freedman 1995 Heat Alan Marciano 1995 Now and Then Bud Kent The Birdcage Agador Spartacus 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank Steven Lardner 1997 Anastasia Bartok ( voice ) 1998 Great Expectations Walter Plane 1998 Homegrown Carter 1998 Godzilla Victor ' Animal ' Palotti 1997 Celebrity David 1999 Cradle Will Rock Marc Blitzstein 1999 Mystery Men Jeff / The Blue Raja 1999 Mystery, Alaska Charles Danner 2001 America 's Sweethearts Hector Gorgonzolas 2002 Bark ! Sam 2003 Shattered Glass Michael Kelly Nobody 's Perfect Ray Short Also director, producer and writer Along Came Polly Claude DodgeBall : A True Underdog Story Young Patches O'Houlihan Eulogy Daniel Collins 2007 Chicago 10 Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg / Various ( voices ) Documentary TV screening as part of Independent Lens ( 2008 ) 2007 The Grand Mike ' The Bike ' Heslov 2007 The Simpsons Movie Various Characters ( voices ) 2007 Run Fatboy Run Whit 2008 Immigrants Jóska ( voice ) English dub 2009 Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abraham Lincoln 2009 Year One Abraham Love & Other Drugs Dr. Stan Knight 2011 Hop Carlos / Phil ( voices ) 2011 The Smurfs Gargamel 2011 Happy Feet Two The Mighty Sven ( voice ) 2011 The Smurfs : A Christmas Carol Gargamel ( voice ) Short 2013 Lovelace Gerard Damiano 2013 The Smurfs 2 Gargamel 2016 Norman : The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer Srul Katz Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Joe Bash Maldonado Episode : `` Pilot '' Deleted scene Morning Maggie Philly McAllister Television film 1988 Family Ties Joe Episode : `` Designing Woman '' 1988 Frank Nitti : The Enforcer Unknown Character Television film Growing Pains Steve Stevenson Episode : `` The New Deal : Part 2 '' 1989 -- present The Simpsons Various Characters ( voices ) Recurring cast ( season 1 ) Series regular ( season 2 -- present ) 1990 Hollywood Dog Hollywood Dog ( voice ) Episode : `` Pilot '' 1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air Jerry Episode : `` Mistaken Identity '' 1990 Babes Tony Episode : `` Rent Strike '' 1991 -- 94 Herman 's Head Jay Nichols 72 episodes 1994 Beethoven Killer / Ned / Traffic Cop / Harv / Ex-Con / Firemen ( voices ) 4 episodes 1994 -- 96 Spider - Man : The Animated Series Eddie Brock / Venom ( voice ) 8 episodes 1994 ; 2001 -- 03 Friends David Recurring 5 episodes 1995 Tales from the Crypt Richard Episode : `` Doctor of Horror '' 1995 What - a-Cartoon Elmo ( voice ) Episode : `` The Fat Cats in ' Drip Dry Drips '' 1995 If Not for You Craig Schaeffer 8 episodes 1995 -- 99 Mad About You Nat Ostertag Recurring 16 episodes 1998 Stressed Eric Eric ( voice ) American dub 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Television film 2000 Fail Safe Prof. Groeteschele Live dramatic broadcast 2001 Futurama Harold Zoid ( voice ) Episode : `` That 's Lobstertainment ! '' 2001 Uprising Mordechaj Anielewicz Television film 2002 Imagine That John Miller 5 episodes Also executive producer 2004 -- 06 Huff Dr. Craig `` Huff '' Huffstodt 25 episodes Also executive producer 2008 Independent Lens Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg Documentary Episode : `` Chicago 10 '' 2011 The Cleveland Show Comic Book Guy ( voice ) Episode : `` Hot Cocoa Bang Bang '' 2011 Free Agents Alex Taylor 8 episodes 2012 Stand Up to Cancer Moe Szyslak / Apu / Rafael ( voice ) Television special 2013 The Smurfs : The Legend of Smurfy Hollow Gargamel ( voice ) Short 2013 Timms Valley Chaz Babcock ( voice ) Pilot 2013 -- 15 Family Guy Reginald Barrington / Nigel Harpington / Various ( voices ) 3 episodes 2014 -- 16 Ray Donovan Ed Cochran 11 episodes 2016 Bordertown Bud Buckwald ( voice ) 13 episodes 2016 Mack & Moxy Shelfish Sheldon ( voice ) 12 episodes 2017 -- present Brockmire Jim Brockmire 8 episodes Also executive producer 2017 The Wizard of Lies Frank DiPascali Television film Direct - to - video Year Title Role Notes 1990 Cool Blue Buzz 1999 Bartok the Magnificent Bartok ( voice ) Also producer Gamechangers Ep. 3 : A Legend in the Booth Jim Brockmire Short 2014 The Simpsons Take the Bowl Apu / Himself Video games Year Title Role The Simpsons Cartoon Studio Various Characters 1997 Anastasia : Adventures with Pooka and Bartok Bartok 1997 The Simpsons : Virtual Springfield Various Characters 2001 The Simpsons Wrestling 2001 The Simpsons Road Rage 2002 The Simpsons Skateboarding 2003 The Simpsons Hit & Run 2005 Friends : The One With All The Trivia David 2007 The Simpsons Game Various Characters 2009 Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian Kahmunrah / The Thinker 2012 The Simpsons : Tapped Out Various Characters 2015 Lego Dimensions Chief Wiggum Documentary Year Title Role 2005 The Aristocrats Himself Under the Boardwalk : The Monopoly Story 2013 I Know That Voice Theme park rides Year Title Role 2008 The Simpsons Ride Various Characters Theater Year Title Role 2003 Sexual Perversity in Chicago Bernard 2004 -- 05 Spamalot Sir Lancelot French Taunter Tim the Enchanter Knight who says Ni 2007 The Farnsworth Invention David Sarnoff 2016 Dry Powder Rick Awards and nominations Year Award Work Result Ref 1997 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role The Birdcage Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Cast Won 1998 Annie Award Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production Anastasia Won Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Voice - Over Performance The Simpsons Won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Mad About You Nominated 1999 American Comedy Award Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series Nominated 2000 Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Tuesdays with Morrie Nominated Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Won 2001 Outstanding Voice - Over Performance The Simpsons Won Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor in a Picture Made for Television Uprising Nominated 2003 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Voice - Over Performance The Simpsons Won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Friends Nominated Film Discovery Jury Award Best Short Nobody 's Perfect Won 2005 Ojai Film Festival Award Best Narrative Short Won Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Huff Nominated Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated 2009 Outstanding Voice - Over Performance The Simpsons Nominated Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Villain Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian Nominated Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Voice - Over Performance The Simpsons Nominated 2012 Outstanding Voice - Over Performance Nominated 2015 Outstanding Character Voice - Over Performance Won 2016 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Ray Donovan Won References Jump up ^ Liesl, Schillinger ( 2006 - 12 - 24 ). `` Be It a Cabin, High - Rise or Ranch, There 's No Place Like It ''. 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'' Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 1995 Apollo 13 Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan, Gary Sinise The Birdcage Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Robin Williams 1997 The Full Monty Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Robert Carlyle, Deirdre Costello, Steve Huison, Bruce Jones, Lesley Sharp, William Snape, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Woof 1998 Shakespeare in Love Ben Affleck, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Antony Sher, Imelda Staunton 1999 American Beauty Annette Bening, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Kevin Spacey, Mena Suvari 2000 Traffic Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Luis Guzmán, Amy Irving, Tomas Milian, D.W. 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Question: who does apu's voice on the simpsons
Answer: Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria