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Three-time Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria stars as title character Craig Huffstodt in the Sony Pictures Television original drama series HUFF for Showtime. Huff is a psychiatrist who lacks balance and clarity in his own life, while struggling to help others achieve these goals.
Azaria’s ability to transform himself into a multitude of characters has made him one of the most sought-after actors today. Later this year, Azaria will star in the feature film “Eulogy,” with Winona Ryder, Zooey Deschanel and Debra Winger. He recently co-wrote, produced and directed the short film “Ray’s X-ray Vision.” This year, Azaria starred in the feature hit “Along Came Polly” with Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller and was featured in Lion’s Gate’s "Shattered Glass." During the summer of 2003, he starred opposite Matthew Perry and Minnie Driver in David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" at London’s The Comedy Theatre.
Azaria provides the voices for several key characters on the animated hit comedy series “The Simpsons.” He has won three Emmys for his work on the show, most recently a 2003 win. Azaria was also nominated for an Emmy Award in 2003 for his role as David (Phoebe's "scientist guy") on NBC's hit comedy "Friends." Last year, he starred in the television miniseries “Uprising,” which told the story of Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
Azaria starred with Jack Lemmon in the acclaimed ABC telefilm "Tuesdays with Morrie," based upon the New York Times best seller of the same name. Produced by Oprah Winfrey Presents, Azaria portrayed Mitch Albom, a journalist inspired by his ailing former teacher and mentor's lessons about life. His portrayal earned him an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. That same year, he played Professor Groteschele in CBS' live television broadcast of "Fail-Safe.” The Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy award-winning telefilm was based on the early 1960's novel and motion picture of the same name.
Azaria received critical acclaim and a Screen Actors Guild award nomination for his memorable turn as Agador Spartacus, the scene-stealing Guatemalan houseboy in Mike Nichols’ smash hit “The Birdcage.” His portrayal of television producer Al Freedman in Robert Redford’s Academy Award-nominated “Quiz Show” also garnered him critical praise.
His other feature credits include “Bark,” "America's Sweethearts," "Cradle Will Rock," "Mystery Men," "Mystery, Alaska," "Godzilla," "Great Expectations," "Celebrity," “Heat,” “Grosse Point Blank,” “Now and Then” and “Pretty Woman.” He also lent his voice to Fox’s animated feature “Anastasia” as Bartok the comical bat. He reprised the role in the video sequel “Bartok the Magnificent.”
Azaria was also nominated for an Emmy for his recurring role as Nat the dog walker on NBC’s “Mad About You.”
Azaria trained at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and played Hamlet in a production of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” at Columbia University. He continued his theater studies at Tufts University, appearing in such plays as “Uncle Vanya,” “The Merchant of Venice,” “The Ballad of the Sad Café” and “The Dumb Waiter.”
After moving to Los Angeles, Azaria studied under the direction of Roy London. Experimenting in improv and sketch comedy, he became a favorite at local comedy clubs and co-wrote “An Evening on Thin Ice,” which was presented at Theatre-Theatre. Azaria also won a Dramalogue Award for his performance in “Conspicuous Consumption.”
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