Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria is the voices of Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Baby Gerald, and numerous other characters.
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The Simpsons
He became most famous for his voice work on The Simpsons, a show that continues to the present. He joined the show aged 22, having previously performed only one voice over, as an animated dog in the Fox pilot Hollywood Dog. The first voice he performed was that of town bartender Moe Szyslak, replacing Christopher Collins who had voiced the character in several previous episodes. Having known him from the failed pilot, casting director Bonnie Pietila called Azaria and asked to audition for the voice of Moe. At the time he was doing a play, in which he performed the role of a drug dealer, basing his voice on Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. He used that voice in the audition, and was told by Matt Groening and Sam Simon to make it more gravelly, with it becoming the voice of Moe. Groening and Simon thought it was perfect and took Azaria over to the Fox recording studio. Before he had even seen a script, he recorded several lines of dialogue as Moe for the episode "Some Enchanted Evening". Azaria had expected not hear from the show again but kept being called back, firstly to perform the voice of Chief Wiggum, and then Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, until eventually during the second season he was doing numerous voices, and replacing Christopher Collins' role as Moe after the first season At that point he was given a contract and made a permanent member of the cast. He also voices Carl Carlson.
Characters
- Moe Szyslak
- Chief Wiggum
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
- Baby Gerald
- Comic Book Guy
- Carl Carlson
- Cletus Spuckler
- Professor Frink
- Dr. Nick Riviera
- Lou
- Snake
- Kirk Van Houten
- Sea Captain
- Disco Stu
- Superintendent Chalmers
- Duffman
- Wiseguy
- Bumblebee Man
- Drederick Tatum
- Male EPA Worker
- Rich Depot Announcer
- Carnival Barker
- Counter Man
- EPA Passenger
- Robot
- Sir Widebottom
- Homer's Organizer
- The Zorro
- Man in the Iron Mask
- Movie Credit Rapper
- Defendant
- Truck Driver
- Mr. Sakamoto
- Taxi Driver
- Gatekeeper
- Jockey 1
- Jockey 3
- Cyborganizer
- Small Robot
- Mexican Milhouse
- Thai Man
- Maitre D'
- Salesman
- Terrorist
- Yiddisha Guy
- Fireman at Bachelor Auction
- Retirement Castle Worker
- Apu's Relative at Wedding
- Tooth Chipper Operator
- Garbage Man
- Fleet-A-Pita Chef
- Sandwick Delivery Guy
- Senior Dance Instructor
- Annual Gift Man
- T-shirts Vendor
- Coma Patient
- Shelbyville Milhouse
- Snake's Brother
- Wax Lips Man
Credits
Also Starring
Staring
See also
Category:Characters voiced by Hank Azaria
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