Born Hank Albert Azaria in Queens, New York on April 25, 1964, the actor with the familiar face and voice began his career in the movies in the late 1980's.
His first breakout comedy role was as Agador Spartacus, the Guatamalan houseboy in the film version of The Birdcage for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
More serious roles came later with his critically acclaimed portrayal of TV producer Al Freedman in Quiz Show and opposite Jack Lemmon in the acclaimed made-for-TV movie Tuesdays With Morrie.
The actor is best known, however, for his various parts on the hit animated television show, The Simpsons, providing the voices for Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, The Comic Book Guy, Police Chief Clancy Wiggum and Professor Frink, along with his role on Friends as one of Phoebe's boyfriends, David, the Scientist Guy - and as Nat the dogwalker on Mad About You opposite Helen Hunt to whom he was briefly married in 1999-2000.
Azaria is curretly starring in his own Showtime Original Series, Huff, in which he plays a psychiatrist beleagured by his own insane family life.
In 2005 Azaria also appears in a starring role on Broadway in the new musical Monty Python's Spamalot for which he has been nominated as Best Actor in a Musical at the annual Tony Awards.
Currently, the actor also has been given an Emmy Award nod for his lead role on Huff.
The Simpsons (2008) (pre-production) (voice) .... Moe Szyslak/Chief Wiggum/Apu/Comic Book Guy/Cletus/Prof. Frink
"Huff" (2004) TV Series .... Dr. Craig 'Huff' Huffstodt
!Huff (2004) (TV) .... Craig Huffstodt
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) .... Young Patches O'Houlihan
Eulogy (2004) .... Daniel Collins
Along Came Polly (2004) .... Claude
Nobody's Perfect (2004) .... Ray
The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Moe Szyslak/Chief Wiggum/Apu/Comic Book Guy/Cletus/Prof. Frink/Others
Shattered Glass (2003) .... Michael Kelly
The Simpsons: Skateboarding (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Professor John Frink/Chief Clancy Wiggum
Bark! (2002) .... Sam
"Imagine That" (2002) TV Series .... John Miller
The Simpsons: Road Rage (2001) (VG) .... Additional voices
Uprising (2001) (TV) .... Mordechai Anielewicz
America's Sweethearts (2001) .... Hector Gorgonzolas
The Simpsons: Wrestling (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Additional Voices
Fail Safe (2000) (TV) .... Prof. Groeteschele
C-Scam (2000)
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TV) .... Mitch Albom
Bartok the Magnificent (1999) (V) (voice) .... Bartok
Mystery, Alaska (1999) .... Charles Danner
Mystery Men (1999) .... The Blue Raja
Cradle Will Rock (1999) .... Marc Blitzstein
Celebrity (1998) .... David
Godzilla (1998) .... Victor 'Animal' Palotti
"Stressed Eric" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Eric Feeble (US version)
Homegrown (1998) .... Carter
Great Expectations (1998) .... Walter Plane
Anastasia (1997) (voice) .... Bartok the Bat
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) .... Steven Lardner
The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield (1997) (VG) (voice) .... Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak and Clancy Wiggum (Police Chief)
The Birdcage (1996) .... Agador
The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio (1996) (VG) (voice) .... Apu Nahasapeemapetilon/Chief Wiggum/Dr. Nick/Bumblebee Man
Heat (1995) .... Alan Marciano
Now and Then (1995) .... Bud Kent
"If Not for You" (1995) TV Series .... Craig Schaeffer
Quiz Show (1994) .... Albert Freedman
"Beethoven" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... Killer the Poodle/Additional Voices
"Herman's Head" (1991) TV Series .... Jay Nichols
Pretty Woman (1990) .... Detective
The Simpsons Christmas Special (1989) (TV) (voice) .... Moe Szyslak
"The Simpsons" (1989) TV Series (voice) .... Moe Szyslak/Chief Wiggum/Apu/Comic Book Guy/Cletus/Prof. Frink/Others
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988) (TV)
Cool Blue (1988) (V) .... Buzz
