Henry Albert Azaria was born on the 25th April 1964, in Queens, New York City USA, of Jewish descent. Hank Azaria is an actor, voice actor, comedian as well as a producer perhaps best known as the voice actor in the animated series “The Simpsons” (1989–present),and who has voiced such personalities as Carl Carlson, Comic Book Guy, Chief Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapelon and Moe Szyslak. Azaria is the winner of a Screen Guild Award as well as four Emmy Awards. He has been active in show business since 1986.
Hank Azaria is listed to be the 5th in the top 10 list of actors with million-dollar voices, so no wonder that his net worth is as much as $70 million. It should be noted that Azaria earns $300,000 per episode of “The Simpsons” (1989–present).
Hank Azaria Net Worth $70 Million
Hank was raised in Queens, and while studying at The Kew-Forest School he realized that he wanted to become an actor. Azaria was educated at Tufts University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Initially, he worked as a theatrical actor, then Hank Azaria and his friend, actor Oliver Platt founded their own theatre entitled Big Theatre. However, when he was offered the opportunity to work on television, he agreed and settled down in Los Angeles. Still, the start of his career wasn’t easy and he didn’t appear in the spotlight overnight. Azaria debuted with a role in the series “Joe Bash” (1986), though he was edited out. He then appeared in the television film “Nitti: The Enforcer” (1987) and the series “Family Ties” (1988). Hank supported himself financially working as a stand up comedian, and bartending. Fortunately, Azaria auditioned to voice the character of Moe in the animated comedy series “The Simpsons” (1989–present) and even if the producers didn’t appear very satisfied with the work of Hank, to his own surprise, he was made a permanent cast member. In the category of the Outstanding Voice – Over Performance Hank has won three Primetime Emmy Awards (1998, 2001 and 2003). As a matter of fact, “The Simpsons” (1989–present) has added much financially to the total size of Hank Azaria’s net worth. Other significant roles include the main one in the sitcom “Herman’s Head” (1991–1994) broadcast on the Fox channel. It should be noted that he starred, as well as worked as the executive producer, on the series “Imagine That” (2002) and “Huff” (2004–2006).
It is worth mentioning the fact that Azaria’s live action appearances in films have also added revenues to his net worth. The most widely known films he has landed roles in are the science fiction monster film “Godzilla” (1998) co-written and directed by Ronald Emmerich, the superhero comedy film “Mystery Men” (1999) directed by Kinka Usher, the drama film “Shattered Glass” (2003) directed and written by Billy Ray, the comedy films “Run Fatboy Run” (2007) directed by David Schwimmer and “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” (2009) directed by Shawn Levy. The latter was the biggest box office success, grossing $413 million worldwide. Currently, he is working on the upcoming film “Oppenheimer Strategies”, which is being filmed.
Finally, in the private life of the actor, he was in relationship with the actress Julie Warner in the 1990s, however, in 1999 Hank Azaria married the actress Helen Hunt, though they divorced in 2000. In 2007, Hank married another actress Katie Wright with whom he has a son. The family resides in New York.
