Line #11 Creator/HankAzaria


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/TheBirdcage Shoes make him fall down.]]]]
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4	Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American actor and comedian. Ever since 1990, he has voiced many secondary characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', (the CurtainCall at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' credits him for more characters than any of the other actors, with a whopping ''ten'' roles!) and has done several other notable roles.
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6	Much like Creator/DanCastellaneta and Creator/HarryShearer, Azaria voices a lot of male characters that aren't voiced by other voice actors (like Creator/PhilHartman, Karl Weidergott, Chris Edgerly, or [[CrossDressingVoices any of the female voice actors who play boy characters]]) or a celebrity guest star. From ''The Simpsons'' alone, he notably voices:
7	* [[ApatheticClerk Miserable]], [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal]], {{Jerkass}} bartender Moe Szyslak
8	* SurferDude career criminal Snake Jailbird
9	* Fat, incompetent town cop Chief Clancy Wiggum
10	* Indian Kwik-E-Mart clerk Apu Nahasapeemapetilon[[note]]until 2020 when the character was retired due to controversy over white voice actors playing non-white characters[[/note]]
11	* The "Sarcastic Middle Aged Clerk" who sounds like Charles Bronson (his real name is said to be Raphael, according to the season 12 episode "Day of the Jackanapes")
12	* Smug, fat nerd/Android Dungeon store owner Jeff Albertson (better known as Comic Book Guy)[[note]]his ''Bordertown'' character, Bud Buckwald, sounds like a dumber, less smug version of him[[/note]]
13	* Milhouse's loser father, Kirk van Houten
14	* Homer's TokenBlack friend, Carl Carlson[[note]]until season 32, when he was replaced by Alex Desert[[/note]]
15	* The [[TheOtherDarrin replacement voice]] for Akira, the Japanese sushi restauranteur and, in season three's "When Flanders Failed," a karate teacher[[note]]Creator/GeorgeTakei was originally the voice of Akira on his premiere episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" -- the season two episode where Homer fears he's going to die after eating Japanese blowfish that may not have been cut properly[[/note]]
16	* Duff Beer's macho mascot, Duffman
17	* RefugeeFromTime eternally stuck in the '70s, [[DiscoDan Disco Stu]][[note]]Originally, Creator/PhilHartman was supposed to play Stu, but when the animators needed to do a model change, Hartman was unavailable, [[TheOtherMarty so Azaria took the part]]. Which is fortunate, given that after Hartman's death in 1998, his Simpsons characters, Troy [=McClure=] and Lionel Hutz, were retired from the show out of respect.[[/note]]
18	* Not-actually-qualified sea captain Horatio Macallister
19	* Cheerful and affordable quack doctor Dr. Nick Riviera
20	* Principal Skinner's uptight superior Superintendent Gary Chalmers
21	* Stereotypically Italian chef Luigi Risotto
22	* Slapstick-prone ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' parody Bumblebee Man[[note]]until Season 32, when he was replaced by Eric Lopez[[/note]]
23	* CampGay Latino Julio Franco[[note]]until Season 32, when he was replaced by Tony Rodriguez[[/note]]
24	* Resident MadScientist and Creator/JerryLewis imitator Professor John Frink
25	* The AlterKocker friend of Grampa Simpson known only as the "Old Jewish Man"
26	* Mike Tyson caricature Drederick Tatum[[note]]until Season 32, when he was replaced by Jay Pharoah[[/note]]
27	* Slack-jawed yokel Cletus Spuckler
28	* Chief Wiggum's far more competent retainer Lou[[note]]until season 32, when he was replaced by Alex Desert[[/note]]
29	* And many, many, ''many'' more minor instances.
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31	He also voiced Edward Brock/Venom in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', Bartok the bat in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''[[note]]and its DirectToVideo prequel ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent''[[/note]], and Harold Zoid in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''[[note]]Dr. Zoidberg's washed-up uncle and silent hologram star, using his "Old Jewish Man" voice from ''The Simpsons''[[/note]], and Bud Buckwall on ''WesternAnimation/{{Bordertown}}''.
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33	On the side of live action appearances, Azaria's has performed in more diverse roles, which include:
34	* Jay Nichols in ''[[Series/HermansHead Herman's Head]]'', which he considers an OldShame, along with fellow ''Simpsons'' voice actress Creator/YeardleySmith[[note]]the voice of Lisa Simpson and any Lisa-like character, such as the Pacific Islander girl "Lisa, Jr." on "Missionary: Impossible"[[/note]]
35	* Nat the Dog Walker in ''Series/MadAboutYou''
36	* Phoebe's scientist boyfriend David on ''Series/{{Friends}}''
37	* Alan Marciano in ''Film/{{Heat}}''; perhaps best known as the slimeball surprised by Creator/{{Al Pacino}}'s improvised ''[[MemeticMutation "Cause she got a GREAT ASS!"]]'' bit.
38	* Agador the houseboy in ''Film/TheBirdcage''
39	* Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt in ''Series/{{Huff}}''
40	* Journalist/editor Michael Kelly in ''Film/ShatteredGlass''
41	* Kahmunrah and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Statue in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseumBattleOfTheSmithsonian''
42	* Creator/SimonPegg's JerkJock nemesis Whit in ''Film/RunFatboyRun''.
43	* The Blue Rajah in ''Film/MysteryMen''
44	* Gargamel in ''Film/TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/TheSmurfs2''
45	* Ed Cochran in ''Series/RayDonovan''
46	* Victor "The Animal" Palotti (AKA the cameraman who almost got squished by Zilla) in ''Film/Godzilla1998''
47	* The titular character on ''Series/{{Brockmire}}''
48	* Frank [=DiPascali=], Bernie Madoff's chief minion, in ''Film/TheWizardOfLies''
49	* Tim Cook in ''Series/SuperPumped The Battle for Uber''
50	* Eddie in ''Series/HelloTomorrow''
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52	Both in appearance and through his seemingly endless repertoire of exotic accents, he's actually an American Sephardic Jew (Sephardic Jews are the ones who can trace their ancestry from the Iberian peninsula [the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal] to the north part of Africa. Contrast that with Ashkenazi Jews, whose lineage is in Central and Eastern Europe).
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54	Also notably provided the TropeNamer quote for IdiotBall.
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