Hank Azaria

Hank has been nominated for 4 SAG Awards. In 1997, he was nominated for two awards for his film The Birdcage. He was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role". He won for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast". In 2000, he was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie" for Tuesdays With Morrie. In 2005, he was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series" for Huff.

Hank has been nominated for 7 Emmy Awards. In 2005, he was nominated for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" for Huff. In 2003, 2001, and 1998 he won the Emmy for "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" for The Simpsons. Also in 2003, he was nominated for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" for Friends. In 2000, he won for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a miniseries or Movie" for Tuesdays With Morrie. In 1998, he was nominated for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" for Mad About You.

In a news interview, Azaria admitted that, during his performances of Spamalot, he had a hard time holding in laughter on stage throughout the show. His secret was to carry keys in his costume and painfully jab himself (unnoticeable to the audience) to stop from breaking character mid-performance. "It really hurts..." he jokes in the interview.

Hank Azaria shares his birthday with actor Al Pacino and actress Renée Zellweger.

Hank Azaria auditioned to play comedian Andy Kaufman in the Man on the Moon, but was turned down.

Hank Azaria has starred in more than 300 episodes of the show the Simpsons.

Hank is best known for his numerous appearances on The Simpsons, in which he has voiced more than 160 characters.

Hank was in the music video for Smash Mouth's song "All Star".

Hank Azaria starred in the movie "Mystery Men" as The Blue Raja/Jeff.

At one point, Hank was a bartender in New York at the Arcadia.

Hank Azaria is approximately 6 feet tall.

Hank based his character in the 1996 film The Birdcage on his grandmother, in particular his character's speech.

His family is of Sephardic Jewish ethnicity.

His grandparents on both his mothers side, as well as his fathers side, came from Salonika in Northern Greece.

Hank attended acting school with Sharon Stone at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

He went to the same college as Oliver Platt, who would later become his costar on Huff.

Azaria spent over $300,000 of his own money to make his 2004 short film Nobody's Perfect.

In 2005, Hank was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Spamalot.

Azaria says he based Moe Szyslak's voice on Al Pacino, who has the same birthday as Azaria. Chief Wiggum is based on Edward G. Robinson, Dr. Nick Riviera is "a bad Ricky Ricardo impression", and Officer Lou sounds like Sylvester Stallone. He based the voice of Apu on the "standard" 7-11 employee and on Peter Sellers character Hrundi V. Bakshi in the 1968 film, The Party.

Hank guest-starred on Futurama, Matt Groening's other animated FOX series, as Dr. Zoidberg's uncle, Harold Zoid.

Hank was only 22 years old when he auditioned for Moe Szyslak on The Simpsons.

Hank was the longtime boyfriend of Helen Hunt.

His salary for The Simpsons was $100,000 per episode as of the 2002 Season.

A favorite of playwright Jenelle Riley, characters in her shows are frequently hybrids of his name with his "Simpsons" characters (i.e., Moe Azaria and Hank Wiggum). Even the main character in her award-winning 2004 film The Perfect Candidate is named Frank Grimes, after "Homer's Enemy."

He was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

He appeared in Godzilla along with Harry Shearer and Nancy Cartwright who are also main voices of The Simpsons.

He is a very good friend of Matthew Perry, who is well known for Friends. Hank made several guest appearances on the show as David.