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  • Six-Time Emmy Award-Winning Actor, SAG Award Winner, and Tony Award Nominee
  • Iconic Voice of Over 100 Characters on The Simpsons
  • Star of 'Brockmire', 'The Birdcage', 'Friends', 'Ray Donovan', and 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'

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Most people know Hank Azaria’s voice long before they know his face.

A six-time Emmy Award winner, Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and Tony Award nominee, Azaria is best known as the voice behind more than 100 characters on The Simpsons, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, and Comic Book Guy. Across film, television, and theater, from The Birdcage to Brockmire and Ray Donovan, his career has been defined by an unusual ability to inhabit wildly different personalities while revealing something deeply human underneath.

That perspective has not come without reflection. In recent years, Azaria has spoken openly about voicing Apu, The Simpsons’ Indian convenience store owner, and the responsibility that comes with representation, ultimately stepping away from the role. He also shares his decades-long recovery from addiction and the ongoing discipline it requires, offering an honest look at the personal work behind growth and change.

On stage, Azaria reflects on creativity and reinvention through the lens of a lifetime spent studying how people communicate. Moving between personal stories and live character moments, he shares what performance reveals about empathy, adaptability, and connection. Audiences leave laughing and suddenly recognizing just how often Hank Azaria has been in their heads for years.

 

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Past Hosts Include:
  • Matthew Perry Foundation
  • DREAM School
  • Jalen Brunson Charity Golf Classic
  • Tufts University
  • The Council on Recovery
  • 52nd Street Project
  • Columbia University
  • Allen Steven School
  • Trinity School
  • The National Arts Club
Hank Azaria Voices Tufts Commencement 2016 - Get Sharable Link
Talks & Conversations with Hank Azaria
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Finding Your Voice: What Performance Teaches Us About Communication

After decades bringing unforgettable characters to life, HANK AZARIA shares what acting has taught him about listening, authenticity, and presence. Through stories from film, television, and live performance, he explores how understanding tone, perspective, and emotional nuance can transform the way ...

After decades bringing unforgettable characters to life, HANK AZARIA shares what acting has taught him about listening, authenticity, and presence. Through stories from film, television, and live performance, he explores how understanding tone, perspective, and emotional nuance can transform the way people lead, collaborate, and connect.

The Art of Reinvention: Staying Creative Across Decades of Change

In an industry defined by constant disruption, HANK AZARIA has continuously evolved, moving between comedy, drama, voice acting, theater, and music. He reflects on risk-taking, adapting to change, and how reinvention becomes possible when curiosity matters more than comfort. ...

In an industry defined by constant disruption, HANK AZARIA has continuously evolved, moving between comedy, drama, voice acting, theater, and music. He reflects on risk-taking, adapting to change, and how reinvention becomes possible when curiosity matters more than comfort.

In Conversation with Hank Azaria

In a candid moderated discussion, HANK AZARIA reflects on a career spanning iconic television, film, and theater roles. Sharing personal stories and behind-the-scenes perspective, he offers audiences an engaging look at creativity, collaboration, and the realities of sustaining success in a constant ...

In a candid moderated discussion, HANK AZARIA reflects on a career spanning iconic television, film, and theater roles. Sharing personal stories and behind-the-scenes perspective, he offers audiences an engaging look at creativity, collaboration, and the realities of sustaining success in a constantly changing industry.

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Press & Media
Hank Azaria’s Springsteen Cover Band Is Actually Avant-Garde Theatre - Vulture
Who is the real Hank Azaria? For a while, even he didn’t know. - Washington Post
When Bruce Springsteen (Hank Azaria) Met Michael Stipe (Michael Shannon) - The New York Times
'Simpsons' actor Hank Azaria on fronting a Springsteen cover band – and if Bruce knows - USA Today
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Biography

Hank Azaria is a six-time Emmy Award winner, Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and Tony Award nominee. Most recently, he starred in THE ARTIST alongside Mandy Patinkin and Janet McTeer. Azaria also starred in Apple TV’s HELLO TOMORROW! opposite Billy Crudup and in HBO’s THE IDOL, alongside The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp. He also appeared in a guest starring role in the fifth and final season of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino’s THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL on Amazon. Previously, he received critical acclaim for starring as Jim Brockmire on the comedy series, BROCKMIRE – which he executive produced and was nominated for three Critics’ Choice Awards for “Best Actor in a Comedy Series.” Additionally, Azaria guest starred on RAY DONOVAN and won the 2016 Emmy Award and was nominated again the following year for his role. He was also Emmy-nominated for his notable guest starring roles on FRIENDS and MAD ABOUT YOU. 

Azaria is well known for being a principal voice actor on THE SIMPSONS, voicing over 100 characters including the iconic Moe Szyslak, Police Chief Wiggum and ComicBook Guy. He has won four Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Voice-Over Performance” and has been nominated for an additional seven Emmys. On the big screen, Azaria starred as the scene-stealing housekeeper, Agador Spartacus, in Mike Nichols’ THE BIRDCAGE and won a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as received a nomination for his performance. Other film credits include: GODZILLA, AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS, LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS, SHATTERED GLASS, HEAT, THE WIZARD OF LIES, QUIZ SHOW, THE SMURFS and THE SMURFS 2, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN, ALONG CAME POLLY, DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY, NOW AND THEN, ANASTASIA, and PRETTY WOMAN.

Azaria partnered with Soul Focused Group to create the Human Solidarity Project – a nonprofit initiative that fosters change by providing opportunities and resources to communities in need. He also sits on the board for DREAM Charter Schools which serve thousands of children across East Harlem and the Bronx through a network of free, extended-day, extended-year, and community sports-based youth development programs.

Azaria’s most recent project is Hank Azaria & The EZ Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band where he is the lead singer. All net proceeds from the band’s performances go to the Four Through Nine Foundation- a nonprofit he started with his wife, Katie, in 2021 with an eye to addressing challenges facing our society relating to education, social justice, the environment and physical and mental wellness.

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