Biography
Comic Hank Azaria Spectators unmistakably recognize in a voice donated to many characters of the cult animation series "Simpsons". Voice, based on parodies, was awarded 4 AMMI awards and made an actor popular, opening the road to a big movie. The most famous works of Azaria became the art films "Cell for birds", "High Hope" and "Godzilla", and on television, Hank was remembered by participation in the series "Friends" and the main role in the Comedine-Drama show "Brokmire".Childhood and youth
Henry Albert Azaria, subsequently received a short nickname Hank, was born in a densely populated area of New York on April 25, 1964. The Jewish family, in which the Father managed several clothing manufacturing enterprises, and his mother brought up three children, was from Greek Thessalonikov and spoke freely in Spanish and English.
Hank held a childhood watching movies and comedy shows, memorizing and reproducing liked scenes and numbers. In the elementary school, the boy played in amateur performances and by the age of 16 decided to become an actor. Parents supported the Son and blessed to study at the theater department of the University of Tafts.
In the student years, Azaria with classmates participated in classical productions and worked in advertising. In addition, Hank was a member of the Big Theater youth troupe, which during the existence gave the only performance on the play of the English playwright Harold Pinter. Having received a diploma of a dramatic actor, Azaria on the advice of Agent Harry Golda moved to Los Angeles and began his career on television.
Films and television
The debut role of Hank on television was the 3-minute appearance in the TV series Peter Boyla "Joe Bash". Despite the fact that in the final version of the scene with an unlucky young police officer, this work was provided by Azaria skipping in the guild of film actors and allowed to participate in more auditions.
Soon, the young man appeared in the pilot episode of the "Morning Maggie" project with Matthew Perry in the lead role, made friends with the actor and soon got on the set of the popular series "Friends". Having played the role of a young scientist, the former groom from one of the central heroines Phoebe Buffe, in 2003 Hank received the nomination "Emmy" as the best guest of the comedy show.
After that, Azaria hit the famous animation series "Simpsons" and really liked the executive producers Matt Greigning and Sam Simonu. The actor was commissioned to voice the character named Mo Siack in the episode "Some enchanted evening", and then offered weekly work in the project.
"Simpsons" cool changed the biography of the actor. By the 2nd season of the show, several characters spoke to the voice of Hank, who signed the contract with the Fox studio and in 1989, who became a permanent acting party.
Having a parody's talent, Azaria did heroes like Hollywood stars, among which Al Pacino, Edward Robinson, Sylvester Stallone and Peter Sellers were the most recognizable. In addition, the actor used speech turnover, intonation and accents heard on the streets.
Work in the "Simpsons" brought Azaria 4 AMMI premiums for the best voice acting in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2015 and 2 nominations, which he lost his colleague on the Dan Castelline project and the invited star of Ann Hathaway. In addition, Hank, at the beginning received $ 30 thousand for the episode, improved the financial situation, having achieved a salary of $ 300 thousand.
The popular popularity made actors in demand. In 1990, he made his debut on the big screen in the film "Cold Skyneva", and then played the episodic role of a police detective in the famous Melodrama "Pretty Woman" with Julia Roberts and Richard Gyr.
In the "cell for birds", Azaria liberated and instantly got into the image of one of the central heroes, the Guatemalan cleaner-homosexual Agador Spartak. The actor having fun from the soul, coming up with bizarre accents and changing the voice of the voice. In 1991-1994, Azaria starred in the TV series "Head of German", and then received a permanent role in the Sitkom "crazy about you", for which was nominated for Emmy in 1998.
In the late 1990s, the actor filmography was replenished with paintings "Murder in Gross-Point", "High Hope" and "Godzilla", after which Hank left the movies for a while and returned to the ranks of the Roland in cartoons and animated TV shows. Azaria admitted that he was not delighted with the voice acting of the characters "Man-Spider", "Anastasia" and "Giffins", but he was glad to work on Futurama and isolated short-acting versions of the Simpsons project.
Dealing the animation a few hours a week, Hank was opened for new proposals and in 1999 brilliantly coped with dramatic roles in the films "The cradle will swing", "Tuesdays with Molly" and "Rebellion", winning the AMMI premium as the best minor actor.
In 2004, Azaria became the executive producer and the main character of the Motheric show "Dr. Huff" and deserved the recognition of critics who called the actor's game "impressively thin." Despite the 6 nominations on Emmy, the project had low ratings and was closed in 2006.
The following works by Hank began to participate in the director's debut of David Schwimmer called "Run, Tolstik, Run" and several roles in the comedy "Night in the Museum - 2". In addition, in 2011, the actor starred in the computer cartoon "Smurfs", showing a negative character named Gargamel. During filming and photo sessions, Azaria wore overhead ears, teeth and eyebrows and shaved their heads, to wear a special wig.
In 2016, Hank wrote the scenario of the "Brockmire" series and acted as a producer and the main character, a sports commentator trying to establish a personal life.
Personal life
In the youth of Azaria, he could not boast of abundance of female attention. The first serious relationship arose only in 1990, when the actor met Julie Warner, known for the series "Resuscitation".
In 1994, a partner on the shooting area of Helen Hunt became a permanent girlfriend Hank, who he suggested his hand and heart after 5 years of calamity. The traditional Jewish wedding took place on July 17, 1999 in Southern California, but the joint life did not work out, and Azaria left his wife, referring to irreconcilable differences.
7 years after the divorce, Hank began to meet with the former actress Katie Wright. Shortly after a dating, the couple legalized relations, and in 2009 they had a child who was called Hal.
In 2013, the family moved from Los Angeles to New York and now lives in the house owned by the Star "Simpsons" Dan Castelline.
Hank Azaria now
In 2018, Azaria graduated from the Voice of the episodes of Simpsons, which are broadcast from January 6, 2019. In parallel, he works on the new season of the series "Brockmire" and plans to become a director and producer of the film "Fallen work".
There is information that the actor was invited to participate in the television project of Shandor Harrison "a Visit from The Goon Squad", but the date of the premiere is not yet known.
Filmography
Voice
- 1989-N.V. - "The Simpsons"
- 1994-1998 - "Spiderman"
- 1997 - "Anastasia"
- 1999-2013 - Futurama
- 2011 - "Bunny Eared"
Films and serials
- 1990 - "Beauty"
- 1992-1999 - "crazy about you"
- 1994-2004 - "Friends"
- 1995 - "Fight"
- 1996 - "Cell for birds"
- 1998 - "Higher Hope"
- 1999 - "The cradle will swing"
- 2001 - "Rise"
- 2009 - "Night in Museum 2"
- 2011 - "Smurfs"
- 2017 - "Brockmire"