Hank Azaria

Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his long-running voice roles as Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Professor Frink, Comic Book Guy, Charlton Heston, Snake Jailbird, and other characters in the Fox animated sitcom , since 1989. He is also well-known for voicing various other characters in animated films, including Bartok in Don Bluth's 1997 musical drama film and its 1999 spin-off , Sven in the 2011 musical comedy film , and Carlos and Phil in the 2011 Universal/ hybrid film .
Azaria has also portrayed characters in live-action films, such as Victor "Animal" Palotti in the 1998 reboot of , young Patches O'Houlihan in , Agador Spartacus in , and Kahmunrah (along with the Thinker and Abraham Lincoln) in . Additionally, he played Gargamel, the main antagonist of the live-action , as well as their . He has also appeared in various television shows, but his most notable role is Jim Brockmire in the sitcom .
For Disney, he portrayed Albert Freedman in the 1994 Hollywood Pictures film , Steve Lardner in Grosse Pointe Blank, and Charles Danner in Mystery, Alaska. He also played in the 1999 Touchstone Pictures film Cradle Will Rock, a detective in Pretty Woman, and voiced Goofy in The Simpsons in Plusaversary.
Azaria was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City, the son of Ruth Altcheck and Albert Azaria. His grandparents on both sides were Sephardic Thessalonian Jews (i.e. from the Greek city of Thessaloniki). His family spoke Ladino, also known as Judaeo-Spanish, which he 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 films, shows, and stand-up comedy routines he enjoyed. He attended Camp Towanda in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and now visits annually as a judge for the camp's Olympics.
==Roles==
Albert Freedman Quiz Show.jpg|Albert Freedman()
Charles Danner.jpg|Charles Danner(Mystery, Alaska)
Homer-Goofy.png|Goofy(The Simpsons in Plusaversary)
==Gallery==
Hank-azaria---photos.jpg|Hank Azaria in July 2010.
Hank Azaria Summer TCA Tour11.jpg|Hank Azaria speaks at the panel at the 2011 Summer TCA Tour. 
Hank Azaria & Katie Wright at Turn Around Children's Impact.jpg|Hank Azaria and his wife, Katie Wright, attending the Turnaround for Children's Impact Awards in April 2014.
Hank Azaria Tribeca15.jpg|Hank Azaria attending the 2015 Tribeca Film Fest.
Hank Azaria Late Show Stephen Colbert.jpg|Hank Azaria visiting in March 2016.
Hank Azaria 68th Emmys.jpg|Hank Azaria attending the 68th annual Emmy Awards in September 2016.
Hank Azaria Winter TCA18.jpg|Hank Azaria speaks at the panel at the 2018 Winter TCA Tour.
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