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Hank Azaria
Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is a four-time Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian and voice artist.
Hank Azaria Simpsons
Emmy Award-winner Hank Azaria provides multiple voices on FOX's animated hit series THE SIMPSONS, including Moe the bartender, Apu the Kwik-E-Mart owner, Police Chief Wiggum, Professor Frink, Dr. Nick Riviera and Comic Book Guy.
Hank Azaria Biography
Azaria is most famous for his voice work on the animated television show The Simpsons. He has provided the voices for over 160 characters on the show including those of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Police Chief Clancy Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel, Duffman, Professor Frink, Dr. Nick Riviera, Lou, Snake, Kirk Van Houten, the Sea Captain, Superintendent Chalmers. He provided the voices of Gabbo, Legs, Akira, Luigi, Doug, Raphael ("Wiseguy"), Pyro, Drederick Tatum, Dean Peterson, Frank Grimes, Shelbyville Milhouse, Knightboat and Arthur Fortune. Azaria says he based Moe Szyslak's voice on Al Pacino, who has the same birthday as Azaria. Officer Lou sounds like Sylvester Stallone, Chief Wiggum is based on Edward G. Robinson, Apu is based on Peter Sellers' character Hrundi V Bakshi in The Party, and Dr. Nick Riviera is "a bad Ricky Ricardo impression". The voice of Snake Jailbird is based on an old roommate from college who would speak in the same style as the character (integrating "woah" and "like" into every sentence) when describing his drug experiences. Hank based one of his geekier characters, Comic Book Guy, on another college roommate who was called F and spoke in a manner similar to Comic Book Guy. It's been speculated[citation needed] the roommate was actor Oliver Platt. Professor Frink is based on Jerry Lewis's performance in the original The Nutty Professor.
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