"[35] These were two of the first dramatic roles Azaria had taken; throughout his career Azaria has primarily worked in comedy,[5][11] but tries to balance the two. [96], Azaria starred in and co-wrote the third episode of the Funny or Die web-series Gamechangers, entitled "A Legend in the Booth." Have an Estomological Argument With Ghosts. [13] Between acting jobs he performed as a stand-up comedian,[11] and worked as a bartender for a catering firm. [5] The shoot's physical challenges, and the film's critical failure, led Azaria to later describe it as "tough to make, and very disappointing when it came out. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons (1989–present), most notably Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, and formerly Lou, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Carl Carlson, and Bumblebee Man, among others. [10] Azaria enjoyed working on the show,[9] but struggled with the bleak subject matter and was often in dispute with its creator Bob Lowry, noting that it "was tough to marry our visions all the time, [because] we both cared so much about it that neither of us were willing to let go. Frink's Lab Kent stated, passing it over to Frink. [112], Azaria is the godfather of Oliver Platt's son, George. Then, Professor Frink's father is revived, only to kill people and steal their organs in Frinkenstein. 1 About 2 Jobs 2.1 Regular Jobs 2.2 Quest Based Jobs 2.3 Limited Time 3 Costumes 4 Quotes 5 Gallery Jonathan "John" I.Q. [4] Agador was originally going to be a single scene part, with the larger role of the housekeeper being played by David Alan Grier. [117] He considers The Godfather Trilogy to be what inspired him to become an actor, and counts Peter Sellers and Walt Frazier as his heroes. In 2003, he appeared as Bernard in a run of David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, along with Matthew Perry and Minnie Driver, in London's West End. [5][11] His part—a one-line role as the police officer Maldonado—was edited out before the show was broadcast, although the role secured him admission to the Screen Actors Guild. He joined the show having previously performed only one voice-over—as the titular animated dog in the failed Fox pilot Hollywood Dog, a show he described as "sort of Roger Rabbit-esque, where the dog was animated, but everybody else was real. Henry Albert Azaria was born in the Queens borough of New York City on April 25, 1964, the son of Sephardic Jewish parents Ruth Altcheck and Albert Azaria. [13] For his performance in Anastasia, Azaria won the Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production. When recording the part of "Jell-O Man" for a Jell-O commercial, he was told to make the voice he offered "more likeable and friendly so that children like him." [70][71] More positive reaction came from Scott Bowles of USA Today called Azaria the "human standout";[72] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times felt he suffered the "greatest disservice" of the film's cast due to a poor script. [7] He played Joe in an episode of the sitcom Family Ties in 1988 in which he had one line, and the following year he played Steve Stevenson in an episode of Growing Pains. Yahweh is a limited-time premium character that was released on January 5, 2021, as part of Act 4 of the Clash of Creeds: Christmas Royale 2020 Event. "[12] He concludes it is "the best job in the world, as far as I'm concerned. I appreciate what you said & how you said it. [108] They previously lived in a four-bedroom house in Pacific Palisades, which Azaria bought from his Simpsons co-star Dan Castellaneta in 2011. [4] Since he joined later than the rest of the cast, Groening still considered Azaria the "new guy". [4] He also worked as a busboy. [7] His first theatrically released feature film appearance came the same year in Pretty Woman, as a police detective. Azaria will presumably continue to voice his white Simpsons characters, including Comic Book Guy, Dr. Nick, Snake, Professor Frink, Sea Captain, … After a successful career as a minor character on The Simpsons, he followed his dream as an inventor before suddenly becoming Bono.This transformation was inexplicable, much the same way as a duck's quack has no echo. "[11], He starred as psychiatrist Craig "Huff" Huffstodt in the Showtime drama series Huff, which ran for two seasons between 2004 and 2006, airing 24 episodes. [7] He was apprehensive about the project, disliking the lengthy schedule required of a lead actor in a single-camera series, and favoring the "sensibility" of cable shows. "[56], Since Huff's conclusion in 2006, Azaria has continued to make multiple film appearances. [22], Azaria's work on the show has won him four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2015. But each week, I thought it was going to be my last week because I really didn't think I had done that well. "[31] In response, Kondabolu tweeted his appreciation for Azaria's statement: "Thank you, @HankAzaria. This return culminates in David proposing to Phoebe; she rejects him, and David leaves the show for good. [29] Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Azaria and the other cast members accepted a 30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode. [11] At the time he was performing the role of a drug dealer in a play, utilizing a voice based on Al Pacino's performance in the film Dog Day Afternoon. Having known him from Hollywood Dog, casting director Bonita Pietila called Azaria and asked him to audition for the voice of Moe.