name	Hank Azaria
alt	Head shot of broadly smiling man in black with receding dark hair and a day's beard growth on his face.
birth name	Henry Albert Azaria
birth date	April 25, 1964
birth place	Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States
occupation	Actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, director, writer
years active	1988–present
spouse	Helen Hunt (1999–2000)
partner	}}

Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria ( ; born April 25, 1964) is an American film, television and stage actor, director, voice actor, and comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' (1989–present), on which he performs the voices of Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson and numerous others. Azaria, who attended Tufts University, joined the show with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season. Many of his characters on the show are based on famous actors and characters; Moe, for example, is based on actor Al Pacino.

Alongside his continued voice acting on ''The Simpsons'', Azaria became more widely known through his appearances in films such as ''The Birdcage'' (1996), ''Anastasia'' (1997) and ''Godzilla'' (1998). He has continued to star in numerous films including ''Mystery Men'' (1999), ''America's Sweethearts'' (2001), ''Shattered Glass'' (2003), ''Along Came Polly'' (2004), ''Run Fatboy Run'' (2007), ''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian'' (2009) and ''The Smurfs'' (2011). He also had recurring roles on the television series ''Mad About You'' and ''Friends'' and starred in the drama ''Huff'' (2004–2006), playing the titular character, to critical acclaim, as well as appearing in the popular stage musical ''Spamalot''. Originally primarily a comic actor, in recent years Azaria has taken on more dramatic roles including the TV films ''Tuesdays With Morrie'' (1999) and ''Uprising'' (2001). He has won four Emmys and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Azaria was married to the actress Helen Hunt from 1999 to 2000.

Early life

Azaria was born and grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, the son of Sephardic Jewish parents from Thessaloniki, Greece. His father, Albert, ran several dress-manufacturing businesses, while his mother raised him and his two older sisters, Stephanie and Elise. Before marrying his father, Azaria's mother had been a publicist for Columbia Pictures, promoting films in Latin American countries, as she was fluent in both English and Spanish. Both of his parents loved all forms of show business, which spurred him to become an actor. Azaria graduated from The Kew-Forest School in Forest Hills, and later studied drama at Tufts University until 1985, before training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. There he met Oliver Platt, with whom he became best friends; Azaria noted that "Oliver was a better actor than I was in college, and he really inspired me." Together the pair starred in various college stage productions including ''The Merchant of Venice''. Azaria originally hoped to become a full-time theater actor so he and Platt set up their own company: "Big Theatre". Harold Pinter's ''The Dumb Waiter'' was the only thing they ever performed. Azaria's first job was a commercial advertising Italian television when he was seventeen years old. Before leaving New York, Azaria worked for several years as a bartender, and a busboy. He soon realized that television was a better calling and moved to Los Angeles.

Career

Early career

Azaria has described his career as being very gradual, in that he has not skipped any of the usual "career steps". After moving to Los Angeles, where he was trained by acting teacher Roy London, he began working as a stand-up comedian, becoming popular at local comedy clubs. He made his first television appearance with a two-line role in an episode of the 1986 Peter Boyle series ''Joe Bash'', though his part was edited out before the show's broadcast. Still, the role won him admission to the Screen Actors Guild, and enabled him to appear in an episode of ''Family Ties''.

''The Simpsons''

He became most famous for his voice work on the animated television show ''The Simpsons'', a show that continues to the present. He joined the show at age 25, having previously performed only one voice over, as an animated dog in the Fox pilot ''Hollywood Dog''. The first voice he performed was that of town bartender Moe Szyslak, replacing Christopher Collins who had initially voiced the character. Having known him from the failed pilot, casting director Bonita Pietila called Azaria and asked him to audition for the voice of Moe. At the time he was doing a play, in which he performed the role of a drug dealer, basing his voice on Al Pacino in ''Dog Day Afternoon''. He used that voice in the audition, and was told by Matt Groening and Sam Simon to make it more gravelly, ultimately becoming the voice of Moe. Groening and Simon thought it was perfect and took Azaria over to the Fox recording studio. Before he had even seen a script, he recorded several lines of dialogue as Moe for the episode "Some Enchanted Evening", dubbing Collins' voice. Azaria did not expect to hear from the show again but they continued to call him back, first to perform the voice of Chief Wiggum, and then Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. By the show's second season he was performing multiple recurring voices and so was given a contract and made a permanent member of the main cast. As well as Moe, Wiggum and Apu, Azaria provides the voices of the Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson, Cletus Spuckler, Professor Frink, Dr. Nick Riviera, Lou, Snake, Kirk Van Houten, the Sea Captain, Superintendent Chalmers, Disco Stu, Duffman, the "Wise Guy" and numerous other one-time characters.

In addition to Moe's voice being based on Al Pacino, many of Azaria's other recurring characters are based on an existing source. He took Apu's voice from the many Indian and Pakistani convenience store workers in Los Angeles that he had interacted with when he first moved to the area, and also loosely based it on Peter Sellers' character Hrundi V. Bakshi from the film ''The Party''. Originally, it was thought that Apu being Indian was too offensive and stereotypical, but due to Azaria's reading of the line "Hello, Mr. Homer", which the show's producers thought was hilarious, his character stayed. Azaria, however, disputed this on ''LateNet with Ray Ellin'', claiming that Apu was always intended to be stereotypical. Chief Wiggum's voice was originally a parody of David Brinkley but when Azaria was told it was too slow he switched it to that of Edward G. Robinson. Officer Lou is based on Sylvester Stallone, and Dr. Nick is "a bad Ricky Ricardo impression." The "Wise Guy" voice is "basically Charles Bronson," while Carl is "a silly voice [Azaria] always did." Two of the voices come from his time at college: Snake's is based on Azaria's old college roommate, while Comic Book Guy's voice is based on a student who lived in the room next door to Azaria's, who went by the name "F". Professor Frink is based on Jerry Lewis's performance in the original ''The Nutty Professor'', and the Sea Captain's is based on English actor Robert Newton's portrayal of many pirates. Azaria based his performance for the one-time character Frank Grimes, from the episode "Homer's Enemy", on actor William H. Macy. He counts Grimes as the hardest, most emotional performance he has ever had to give in the history of ''The Simpsons''.

Azaria's work on the show has won him three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, in 1998, 2001 and 2003. He was also nominated for the award in 2009 and 2010, but lost to co-star Dan Castellaneta and guest star Anne Hathaway respectively. Azaria, with the rest of the principal cast, reprised all of his voice roles from ''The Simpsons'', for the 2007 film ''The Simpsons Movie''. Azaria notes that he spends "an embarrassingly small amount of time working on ''The Simpsons''." He works for "an hour on Thursdays when we read through the script, then four hours on Monday when we record it, and I'll pop in again once or twice." He concludes it is "the best job in the world, as far as I'm concerned."

Up until 1998, Azaria was paid US$30,000 per episode. Azaria and the five other main ''The Simpsons'' voice actors were then involved in a pay dispute in which Fox threatened to replace them with new actors and went as far as preparing for casting of new voices. However, the issue was soon resolved and from 1998 to 2004, they received $125,000 per episode. In 2004, the voice actors intentionally skipped several table reads, demanding they be paid $360,000 per episode. The strike was resolved a month later, with Azaria's pay increasing to something between $250,000 and $360,000 per episode. In 2008, production for the twentieth season was put on hold due to new contract negotiations with the voice actors, who wanted a "healthy bump" in salary. The dispute was later resolved and Azaria and the rest of the cast received their requested pay raise; they now earn approximately $400,000 per episode.

Once ''The Simpsons'' was "going steadily" and Azaria had enough money to live on, he stopped working on commercials as he found them "so demoralizing" and he always sounded sarcastic whenever he read for them. 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." After pointing out that "Jell-O Man" was a fictional character, he left and never recorded for an advertisement again.

Further career

With the continuing success of ''The Simpsons'', Azaria began taking on roles, such as an appearance in the 1990 film ''Pretty Woman'' playing a police detective investigating the murder of a prostitute. From then he became a regular on the show ''Herman's Head'' playing Jay Nichols, alongside ''The Simpsons'' co-star Yeardley Smith. He regularly recorded for ''The Simpsons'' and filmed ''Herman's Head'' during the same day. He won praise as television producer Albert Freedman in the 1994 Academy Award nominated film ''Quiz Show'', and in the same year, he made his first appearance on ''Friends'', playing the recurring character David, one of Phoebe Buffay's boyfriends. His first appearance was in the show's tenth episode, before the character left for Minsk. He came back in the show's seventh season, before making several appearances in the ninth, which culminated in him proposing to Phoebe. She rejected him, and David left for good. From 1996, he had a recurring role in ''Mad About You'' as Nat, the dog walker. Azaria earned an Emmy nomination for both roles. He continued his voice-over work as Venom/Eddie Brock in ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' for four years, and in the animated feature ''Anastasia'', as Bartok the bat, reprising the role in the direct-to-video sequel ''Bartok the Magnificent''.

In 1996, Azaria played gay Guatemalan housekeeper Agador Spartacus in the film ''The Birdcage''. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, and critically branded "the most hilarious performance in the film," by Alison Macor of ''The Austin Chronicle'', while ''Empire'' wrote that he "[stole] the show." For the role he used a Guatemalan accent, and made himself sound as effeminate as possible. He had chosen two possible voices, an effeminate one and a tougher one. After advice from a drag queen, he chose the effeminate voice. Three weeks into production, he realized he sounded exactly like his grandmother, which aided his performance. Azaria appeared in several films, often as minor characters. After appearing in ''Heat'' and ''Grosse Pointe Blank'', he was featured in the 1998 film ''Godzilla'' as photographer Victor "Animal" Palotti. He went on to appear opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, as Walter Plane, in the 1998 adaptation of ''Great Expectations'', and co-starred in Tim Robbins' ''Cradle Will Rock''. He also starred in both Disney's ''Mystery, Alaska'', and Universal Pictures's ''Mystery Men'', in 1999, and appeared as Professor Groteschele in ''Fail Safe'', a show that was a live broadcast. Other appearances include the films ''America's Sweethearts'', ''Along Came Polly'', and ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'', the latter two with Ben Stiller. For his role of Claude in ''Along Came Polly'', Azaria donned a wig and worked out "for seven or eight weeks," to get into the physical shape the part required.

Azaria appeared as Mitch Albom alongside Jack Lemmon in the 1999 television film ''Tuesdays with Morrie'', winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the role. Azaria described it as the "best work [he has] done." It was one of the first dramatic roles Azaria had taken, as for much of his career he has been primarily associated with comedy, and now tries to balance the two. His next dramatic role was in the television film ''Uprising'' playing Mordechaj Anielewicz. Azaria was confused at his casting and frequently asked the producer and director Jon Avnet as to why he was selected. "I know [Avnet] liked the fact I was Jewish, and he knew I could do accents well. He cast me and David Schwimmer in [''Uprising''], and we were both sort of mystified. He had some instinct that he wanted people who were more known for being funny. He never explained it satisfactorily to me; I don't understand why." His parts in ''Tuesdays With Morrie'' and ''Uprising'' affected him, causing a depressive state which he countered with ''Monty Python'' DVDs. Azaria noted of ''Uprising'' "It was very difficult very depressing very emotionally challenging."

''Huff'' and further film roles

Azaria starred as psychiatrist Craig "Huff" Huffstodt in the television series ''Huff'', for which he also served as an executive producer. Azaria loved the role, and was pleased how ''Huff'' turned out, and by the second season began "to extend [the] character emotionally," and "he really is beginning to unravel." After reading the pilot script he sent it to best friend Oliver Platt, who took the role of Huff's friend, Russell Tupper. Gillian Flynn of ''Entertainment Weekly'' called Azaria "impressively subtle" in the role, while John Leonard of ''New York'' said he was a "shrewd bit of casting." The show ran for two seasons from 2004–2006, garnering seven Emmy nominations in 2005 including a nomination for Azaria for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Despite the awards, the show continually received low ratings and Showtime chose not to commission it for a third season. Azaria directed an episode of the show's second season, and expressed his wish to move into directing. Previously, Azaria created and starred in the sitcom ''Imagine That'' in 2002, replacing ''Emeril'' mid-season in the NBC lineup. He played Josh Miller, a comedy writer, who "transformed" each episode into a character Miller has imagined, "provid[ing] a humorous outlet for his frustrations at home and work". Production closed after five episodes and it was canceled after just two aired, due to poor critical reaction and ratings.

Azaria has made multiple film appearances since ''Huff'' ended. He appeared as a smooth-talking American named Whit in David Schwimmer's directorial debut ''Run Fatboy Run''. During production he became good friends with co-star Simon Pegg, performing ''The Simpsons'' voices on request, frequently distracting Pegg when he was supposed to be filming. He worked with Stiller again on 2009's ''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian'' in which Azaria played the villainous pharaoh Kah Mun Rah, utilizing a Boris Karloff accent. Although the film received mixed reviews, critics praised Azaria's performance. Perry Seibert of ''TV Guide'' wrote that "thanks to Azaria, a master of comic timing. His grandiose, yet slightly fey bad guy is equally funny when he's chewing out minions as he is when deliberating if Oscar the Grouch and Darth Vader are evil enough to join his team." He appeared as Abraham in ''Year One'', and as Dr. Knight in 2010's ''Love and Other Drugs''.

Azaria provided the voices for the characters Carlos and Phil in ''Hop'' (2011). The response to the film was mostly negative, but many reviewers praised Azaria's performance. For example, Sandie Chen of ''The Washington Post'' said "Azaria has been honing his over-the-top Spanish accent since ''The Birdcage'', so anything he says grabs some laughs," while Emma Simmonds of ''Time Out'' called him an "unflappable presence, voicing two characters with style." Azaria stars as Gargamel in the live-action adaptation of ''The Smurfs'' in 2011. Azaria wore a prosthetic nose, ears, buck teeth, eyebrows and a wig, as well as shaving his head; spent approximately 130 hours in the make-up chair over the course of the production. Azaria considered Gargamel's voice to be the most important part of his performance. The producers wanted an "old, failed, Shakespearean actor" voice, but Azaria felt this would lack energy and wanted something more Eastern European. He eventually selected a voice similar to that of Paul Winchell's from the cartoon. Azaria disliked the cartoon when it first aired, and considered Gargamel too one-dimensional a character and "just this straight villain"; he opted to make Gargamel "more sarcastic" than in the cartoon, but "discovered that there's no way to play Gargamel without screaming your head off at certain points — ramping him up and getting him very upset over Smurfs." He interpreted him as "very lonely", adding that "he hates the Smurfs because they're such a happy family. He wants in really badly. I think he wants to be embraced as a Smurf." Azaria worked with the writers to "infuse" the script with some of his ideas about the character, "particularly with the 'married' relationship between Gargamel and [his cat] Azreal [''sic'']" which Azaria conceived. Scott Bowles of ''USA Today'' called Azaria the "human standout"; Betsy Sharkey of ''The Los Angeles Times'' felt he suffered the "greatest disservice" of the film's cast due to a poor script.

He appears in ''Happy Feet 2'', and will return to live-action television in 2011, starring as Alex in the NBC sitcom ''Free Agents'', a remake of the British series of the same.

Directing and theatrical work

Azaria wrote and directed the 2004 short film ''Nobody's Perfect'', which won the "Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Short" at the US Comedy Arts Festival. In January 2007, he was confirmed to be directing ''Outsourced'', a film about two American workers who journey to get their jobs back, after their factory is moved to Mexico. However, in 2009, Azaria told ''Empire'' he was now focusing on making a documentary about fatherhood.

Azaria has appeared in several theatre productions. In 2003 he appeared in London's West End as Bernard in ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'', along with Matthew Perry and Minnie Driver. In 2004, Azaria began appearing as Sir Lancelot, the French Taunter, and other characters in ''Spamalot'', the musical version of ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', which opened in Chicago in December 2004 before moving to Broadway. The show was met with critical acclaim, receiving fourteen Tony Award nominations, including a "Best Actor in a Musical" nomination for Azaria. Azaria described it as "the most fun that I've ever had in my entire life." Reuniting with ''The Birdcage'' director Mike Nichols and being a huge ''Monty Python'' fan, he saw it as an opportunity he could not pass up. He took a break from the show in June 2005, with Alan Tudyk filling in for him, to work on ''Huff'', but returned in December 2005. Continuing his theater roles, in late 2007 he starred in Aaron Sorkin's ''The Farnsworth Invention'', playing RCA head David Sarnoff.

Style

His friends refer to him as "the freakish mimic" due to his ability to copy almost anybody's voice instantly after he has heard it. As a child he believed that everyone could do such a thing, until he realized that it was a rare talent. Azaria was glad to have found the "ultimate outlet" for his skill, in ''The Simpsons''. In the early 2000s, Azaria felt he had reached the maximum amount of voices he was capable of: "For the first 10 years of ''The Simpsons'', I would develop a bunch of voices. And then...I hit a point when I was tapped out. Every noise I can make, I have made. Even characters like Gargamel, I've done. Even if it was only two or three lines, at some point I've done something similar on ''The Simpsons'', at least somewhere along the line."

''The Simpsons'' creator Matt Groening has stated that Azaria possesses the ability to turn unfunny lines into some of the best in an episode, while former writer Jay Kogen stated: "Just when I think I know [Azaria's] bag of tricks, he's always got a new thing he does to surprise me." Throughout the run of ''The Simpsons'', Azaria has had to sing in character several times, a task which he describes as easier than singing normally. ''The Smurfs'' writer David N. Weiss says Azaria "has a beautiful treasure trove of talent," and "became what you wished you were writing."

Personal life

In the early 1990s, Azaria was engaged to actress Julie Warner. In 1994, Azaria began a relationship with actress Helen Hunt, and they married in a traditional Jewish ceremony at the couple's home in Southern California on July 17, 1999. The two had appeared together in ''Mad About You'' and the episode of '' The Simpsons'' "Dumbbell Indemnity". After a year of marriage, Azaria moved out of their home and began staying in a Bel-Air hotel. After a six month separation, Hunt filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences". The divorce was finalized on December 18, 2000. Azaria has been dating former actress Katie Wright since 2007, and the two have one son together, Hal, who was born on June 6, 2009. They live in a $10 million home in Bel-Air.

Azaria is the godfather of Oliver Platt's son, George. He is also a regular poker player, appearing twice on ''Celebrity Poker Showdown'' and competing at other events, finishing a few places short of the bubble in the main event of the 2010 World Series of Poker. Politically, Azaria has made contributions that support the Democratic Party, enjoys the music of Elvis Costello, and would be a therapist if he were not an actor. He considers ''The Godfather trilogy'' to be what inspired him to become an actor, and counts Peter Sellers and Walt Frazier as his heroes.

Credits

+ Credits in films, television productions and documentaries
Title	Year	Medium	Role	Notes
''Nitti: The Enforcer''	1988	TV film
''Family Ties''	1988	TV series	Joe	Episode 7.2: "Designing Woman"
''Growing Pains''	1989	TV series	Steve Stevenson	Episode 5.9: "The New Deal: Part 2"
''''		TV series	Various characters
''Cool Blue''	1990	Direct-to-video film	Buzz
''Pretty Woman''	1990	Feature film	Detective
''Hollywood Dog''	1990	TV pilot	Hollywood Dog	Voice
''''	1990	TV series	Jerry	Episode 1.6: "Mistaken Identity"
''Babes''	1990	TV series	Tony	Episode 1.11: "Rent Strike"
''Herman's Head''	1991–1994	TV series	Jay Nichols	Regular role; appeared in 72 episodes
! scope="row"	1994	TV series		Voice
! scope="row"	1994	Feature film	Albert Freedman
! scope="row"	1994–1998	TV series		Appeared in eight episodes
''Friends''	1994–2003	TV series	David
! scope="row"	1995	TV series	Richard	Episode: "Doctor of Horror"
''Street Sharks''	1995	TV series	Various characters	Voice
! scope="row"	1995	Feature film	Bud Kent
''If Not for You''	1995	TV series	Craig Schaeffer	Lead role; appeared in eight episodes
! scope="row"	1995	Feature film	Alan Marciano
''Mad About You''	1995–1999	TV series	Nat Ostertag
''''	1996	Feature film	Agador
''Grosse Pointe Blank''	1997	Feature film	Steven Lardner
! scope="row"	1997	Feature film	Bartok
''Chicken Little''	1998	Short film		Voice
! scope="row"	1998	Feature film	Walter Plane
! scope="row"	1998	Feature film	Carter
''Stressed Eric''	1998	TV series		Re-dubbed Mark Heap's dialogue from the UK version of the series for the US airing
! scope="row"	1998	Feature film	Victor 'Animal' Palotti
! scope="row"	1998	Feature film	David
''Cradle Will Rock''	1999	Feature film	Marc Blitzstein
''Mystery Men''	1999	Feature film	The Blue Raja
''Mystery, Alaska''	1999	Feature film	Charles Danner
''Bartok the Magnificent''	1999	Direct-to-video film	Bartok	Voice; also producer
! scope="row"	1999	TV film	Mitch Albom
! scope="row"	2000	TV play	Prof. Groeteschele	Live dramatic broadcast
''Futurama''	2001	TV series	Harold Zoid	Voice, episode 3.8: "That's Lobstertainment!"
''America's Sweethearts''	2001	Feature film	Hector Gorgonzolas
! scope="row"	2001	TV film	Mordechaj Anielewicz
''Bark!''	2002	Feature film	Sam
''Imagine That''	2002	TV series	John Miller	Appeared in five episodes; also executive producer
! scope="row"	2003	Feature film
! scope="row"	2004	Short film	Ray
''Along Came Polly''	2004	Feature film	Claude
! scope="row"	2004	Feature film	Daniel Collins
	2004	Feature film	Young Patches O'Houlihan
! scope="row"	2004–2006	TV series
''''	2005		Himself
! scope="row"	2007	Documentary
''''	2007	Feature film	Mike 'The Bike' Heslov
''''	2007	Feature film	Various characters	Voice
''Run Fatboy Run''	2007	Feature film	Whit
''''	2007	TV series	Vertigo Goon	Episode 5.3: "Vertigo"; uncredited
! scope="row"	2008	Feature film	Jóska	Dub of Hungarian film
''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian''	2009	Feature film
! scope="row"	2009	Feature film	Abraham
''Love and Other Drugs''	2010	Feature film	Dr. Stan Knight
! scope="row"	2011	Feature film
''The Cleveland Show''	2011	TV series	Comic Book Guy	Episode 2.22: "Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"
''''	2011	Feature film	Gargamel
''Happy Feet Two''	2011	Feature film		Voice; post production
! scope="row"	2011	TV series	Alex
''Yellow''	2012	Feature film	Afai	Post production

+ Voice acting credits in video games
Title	Year	Role
''''	1996	Various characters
''''	1997	Various characters
''''	2001	Various characters
''''	2001	Various characters
''''	2002	Various characters
''''	2003	Various characters
''Friends: The One With All The Trivia''	2005	David
''''	2007	Various characters
! scope="row"	2009

+ Theatrical credits
Title	Year	Role
''Sexual Perversity in Chicago''	2003	Bernard
''Spamalot''	2004–2005
''''	2007	David Sarnoff

References

External links

Category:Actors from New York City Category:American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Category:American comedians Category:American film actors Category:American musical theatre actors

Category:American stage actors Category:American television actors Category:American voice actors Category:Annie Award winners Category:Emmy Award winners Category:Jewish actors Category:Jewish comedians Category:Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:People from Forest Hills, Queens Category:Tufts University alumni Category:1964 births Category:Living people

Category:American Sephardic Jews

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name	Azaria
foundation	30 October 1949
founded by	Jerusalemites
region	Shephelah
council	Gezer
affiliation	Moshavim Movement
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website	www.azarya.org }}

Azaria (), or Azarya is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 815.

The moshav was founded on 30 October 1949 by 25 families from Jerusalem as part of the "From the city to the village" plan. Its name is symbolic, though there a theory that it was named after Azariah of Judah. The symbolic meaning is an acronym from the Hebrew religious sentence: "Immigrants(ole) (of) Zakho(village in Kurdistan) saw(ra'u)(the) salvation(jeshuat) (of the) Lord(HaShem)."

Not to be confused with Azariea, in ancient Sicily.

References

External links

Official website

Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1949

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name	Jimmy Kimmel
birth name	James Christian Kimmel
birth date	November 13, 1967
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
medium	Radio, Television, Film
nationality	American
active	1989–present
genre	Observational comedy, Current events, Insult comedy
subject	American culture, Everyday life, Celebrities
influences	David Letterman, Howard Stern
spouse	Gina Kimmel (1988–2003) (divorced) 2 children
domesticpartner	Sarah Silverman (2002–2007; 2008–2009) Molly McNearney (2009–present)
notable work	Creator and Host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' (ABC) Creator and Co-Host of ''The Man Show''co-host of ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' (Comedy Central)co-host of ''Crank Yankers''

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James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show'' and ''Win Ben Stein's Money''. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as ''Crank Yankers'', ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'', and ''The Andy Milonakis Show''.

Early life

Kimmel was born in the Mill Basin neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the eldest of three children of Joann (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James Kimmel, an IBM executive. He is Roman Catholic and, as a child, served as an altar boy. Kimmel is of German and Irish descent on his father’s side and Italian descent on his mother’s side. His real life uncle, Frank Potenza, would later appear on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.

The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before attending Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree.

Career

Radio career

Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of ''The Me and Him Show'' at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (for reasons unknown) and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern. After a morning stint at KRQQ In Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, California. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla.

Comedy Central

Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and loutish everyman personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotone performing style and patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.

In 1999, during his time with ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', Kimmel was also co-host with Adam Carolla and co-creator (with Daniel Kellison) of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show''. Kimmel permanently left ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' in 2001, replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. ''The Man Show'''s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Industries, ''Crank Yankers'' for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself), and later ''The Andy Milonakis Show'' for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film ''Windy City Heat'', which won the Comedia Award for Best Film at the Montreal Comedy Festival.

''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''

In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left ''The Man Show'' to host his own late-night talk show, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on ABC. ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' was briefly also broadcast on Irish digital TV channel 3e. In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Since the show's second season, it has not actually been broadcast live. This is due to an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, when Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized. The incident led ABC officials to force Kimmel to tape his show an hour before it airs in most of the country to check for offending content.

Kimmel usually ends his show with, "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Sorry, but once again we are completely out of time." Damon seemed to become angry.

In February 2008 Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck", as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon recorded a similar video, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', and became an "instant YouTube sensation." Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad and Joan Jett, among others. After this Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as Matt cursed about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with other "Handsome Men" including Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, and many more, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh.

As a tradition, celebrities voted off ''Dancing with the Stars'' appear on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell". In the 2008 season of his show, Kimmel started another tradition of ceremonially burning the dancers' shoes after they were voted off ''DWTS''.

Other television work

In Spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox network.

Kimmel's other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for ''Fox NFL Sunday'' for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The Howard Stern Show'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. Kimmel has appeared on ''The Late Show'' five times, most recently on April 21, 2008. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of ''Pamela Anderson''. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, along with his parking lot security guard Guillermo.

In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show ''Set for Life''. The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on ''Larry King Live''. That particular show was about the paparazzi and Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com, about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (Houston and Pittsburgh). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ''ESPY Awards''. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Kimmel guest hosted ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' during the week of October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest distance () travelled in one work week.

Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in ''Garfield'' and ''Road Trip'', and he portrayed Death's Dog in the ''Family Guy'' episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; ''Family Guy'' creator Seth McFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. Kimmel also did voice work for ''Robot Chicken''. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on ''The Jay Leno Show'''s "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars".

Kimmel also made a brief appearance in the TV commercial "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" promoting the 2010 video game ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', along with Kobe Byrant. He is seen taking cover from bullets, then firing an RPG-7 with the words ''PROUD N00b'' on it, with the aftershock from the weapon sending him tumbling backwards.

Personal life

Kimmel and his then fiancée, Gina, married in June 1988. They have two children, Katie (born 1991) and Kevin (born 1993). Katie Kimmel is an art student in Chicago. The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, splitting with her in March 2009. He started dating current girlfriend, Molly McNearney, in October 2009. McNearney is also a co-head writer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live''.

Kimmel plays the bass clarinet. He got a chance to showcase his talent during a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, when he took the stage and played bass clarinet on their hit song "The Impression That I Get."

Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.

Kimmel co-founded the annual LA Feast of San Gennaro, which celebrates Italian culture through entertainment, music and cuisine. The festival also honors outstanding members of the Los Angeles community and raises funds to aid needy children and families in the city. He hosted Los Angeles' eighth annual feast of San Gennaro from September 28 to 30, 2009. Kimmel served as Master of Ceremonies for the National Italian American Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2009. He resides across the street from actor John Krasinski (well known for his role as Jim Halpert on the show ''The Office'') and his wife, actress Emily Blunt.

Awards

References

External links

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live website

JimmyKimmel.Net

Jimmy Kimmel appears on Michael Eisner's talkshow on CNBC

Jimmy Kimmel interview

Appearance on HGTV's ''Designer's Challenge''

Jimmy is Maxim's #2 Dudeliest Dude 2007

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name	Matthew Perry
alt	A man dressed in dark blue raises his hand. He wrinkles his face, as if trying to remember something.
birth name	Matthew Langford Perry
birth date	August 19, 1969
birth place	Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States
occupation	Actor, director, writer, producer
years active	1988–present }}

Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Chandler Bing on the popular, long-running NBC television sitcom ''Friends''. He also received acclaim for his portrayal of Ron Clark in the television movie ''The Ron Clark Story'', accompanied by another Emmy nomination as well as a Golden Globe nomination. Perry also starred in the short-lived series ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' and has appeared in a number of films, including ''Fools Rush In'' (1997), ''The Whole Nine Yards'' (2000), and ''17 Again'' (2009). In 2010 he expanded his resume to include both video games and voiceover work when he voiced a character in the role-playing game ''Fallout: New Vegas''.

Most recently, Perry was the co-creator, co-writer, executive producer and star of the short-lived ABC sitcom ''Mr. Sunshine'', which ran from February to March 2011.

Early life

Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. His mother, Suzanne Jane Louise Morrison (''née'' Langford), is a Canadian journalist and former press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and his father, John Bennett Perry, is an American actor and former model. His parents divorced before his first birthday and his mother subsequently married Keith Morrison, a broadcast journalist. Perry was raised by his mother in Ottawa, Ontario and was enrolled at Rockcliffe Park Public School and Ashbury College. While growing up he took a keen interest in tennis and became a top-ranked junior player.

Career

1980s

Matthew Perry moved from Ottawa to Los Angeles to pursue acting. For high school, he attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks. While at Buckley, Perry was featured as George Gibbs in ''Our Town'' and appeared as a junior in a production of ''The Miracle Worker''. Patty Duke attended and praised the young Perry's convincing role as Helen's brother Jimmy. He was also featured in ''The Sound of Music'' as a junior. In his senior year, director Tim Hillman had planned a production of "The Elephant Man" specifically to feature Perry as John Merrick along with Vanessa Smith, and future ''Les Misérables'' star Lisa Capps. He then got his professional break at age 18. On being cast in ''A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon'' with River Phoenix, Perry withdrew from ''Elephant Man'' and ended his high school acting career. Perry also pursued improv comedy at the LA Connection in Sherman Oaks while still in high school, quickly becoming a featured performer.

After some guest appearances in late 1980s television, it was his intention to enroll at the University of Southern California, but when he was offered the lead role of Chazz Russell in ''Second Chance'' he became noticed on the acting scene. Perry originally starred alongside Kiel Martin when the series premiered in 1987, but after 13 episodes the format changed: ''Second Chance'' became ''Boys Will Be Boys'', Perry was elevated to top-billing status, and the plots re-focused on the adventures of Chazz and his teenage friends. Despite the shift, the show ran for only one season. When it concluded, Perry stayed in Los Angeles and made guest appearance on the television program ''Growing Pains'' in which he portrayed Carol's boyfriend who dies from injuries in the hospital sustained in a drunk driving accident.

1990s

In 1991, Perry made a guest appearance on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' as Roger Azarian. In the midst of his many continuing guest roles on TV, Perry was a regular on the 1990 CBS sitcom ''Sydney'', playing the younger brother of Valerie Bertinelli's title character. Three years later, he landed his second TV starring role on the ABC sitcom ''Home Free'', which only lasted 13 episodes in the spring of 1993. By then, Perry was making his mark, and was instantly cast in a new dramatic pilot titled ''LAX 2194''. The project was slow to take off, so as a backup option, he attempted to secure an audition for the pilot ''Six of One'', later to be known as ''Friends'', by Marta Kauffman and David Crane, both of whom he had worked with on ''Dream On''. However, due to previous commitments to the pilot ''LAX 2194'', he was not initially considered for an audition. When he did eventually get a reading, he landed the part he is best known for, the role of Chandler Bing.

The program was hugely successful and Perry, along with his co-stars, gained wide renown among television viewers. The program also earned him Emmy nominations in 2002 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series along with Matt LeBlanc, but he lost to Ray Romano. As well as his successful career on ''Friends'', Perry has appeared in films such as ''Fools Rush In'' (alongside father John Bennett Perry and Salma Hayek), ''Almost Heroes'', ''Three to Tango'', ''The Whole Nine Yards'' (alongside Bruce Willis) and its sequel ''The Whole Ten Yards'', ''17 Again'' and ''Serving Sara''.

2000s

While known primarily for his comic roles, Perry has carved out a career in drama as well, particularly in his portrayal of Associate White House Counsel Joe Quincy in Aaron Sorkin's ''The West Wing''. His three appearances in that series (twice in the fourth season and once in the fifth) earned him two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2003 and 2004. Perry is referred to in the show prior to his guest appearance - Donna Moss seeks him out (off screen) in the episode "20 Hours in LA." He also appeared as attorney Todd Merrick in two episodes near the end of ''Ally McBeal''s five season run, including a 2-hour special intended to revive the legal comedy-drama.

After ''Friends'' wrapped up, Perry made his directorial debut in an episode of the 4th season of the American comedy-drama ''Scrubs'' (in which he also guest starred as "Murray Marks", an operator of a small airport's traffic control team. Murray is asked to donate a kidney to his father Gregory played by Perry's real father).

He starred in the TNT movie, ''The Ron Clark Story'' which premiered August 13, 2006. Perry played small town teacher Ron Clark who relocates to the toughest class in the country. Perry received a Golden Globe nomination as well as an Emmy nomination for his performance. In 2006-2007, Perry appeared in Aaron Sorkin's drama ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''. Perry played Matt Albie alongside Bradley Whitford's Danny Tripp, a writer-director duo brought in to help save a failing sketch show. Perry's character was considered to be substantially based on Sorkin's own personal experiences, particularly in television.

In 2006 he began filming ''Numb'', a film based on a man suffering from depersonalization disorder. The film's tentative release date was pushed back several times, but was finally released to DVD on May 13, 2008. He also appeared in David Mamet's ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'' in London. In 2009 he starred in the film ''17 Again'' playing the older Mike O'Donnell.

Showtime has passed on a pilot called ''The End of Steve'', a dark comedy starring, written and produced by Perry and Peter Tolan.

Perry's new comedy pilot ended up in the hands of ABC, according to ''The Hollywood Reporter''. The deal for the untitled comedy is said to include penalties if the pilot doesn't make it to series, almost guaranteeing that the project will get a green light, ''THR'' reports. It is based on an original idea by Perry, and will be written by Perry as well as Alex Barnow and Marc Firek, who have both signed as executive producers. Thomas Schlamme is in talks to direct. The new pilot is called ''Mr. Sunshine''. In January 2010, it was announced that ABC has greenlit ''Mr. Sunshine''. It was also revealed that the project is a single-camera sitcom starring Perry as a man who has a minor identity crisis on his 40th birthday. The venture comes from Sony TV and Jamie Tarses' Fanfare Productions. The series was canceled by ABC after nine episodes.

Personal life

Perry reportedly had relationships with Julia Roberts and Yasmine Bleeth and was dating fashion student Rachel Dunn until 2005. Despite looking for a long-term relationship, in 2009 Perry said he did not know why he was still single.

Perry holds dual Canadian-American citizenship. He is a fan of the Ottawa Senators, the New England Patriots and the Boston Red Sox.

Perry did a 28-day program in 1997 for a Vicodin addiction. Matthew Perry's weight fluctuated drastically over the next few years and once dropped down to . He lost 20 pounds in 2000 due to pancreatitis. Perry again entered rehab in February 2001 to treat an addiction to opioids (specifically vicodin and methadone), amphetamines and alcohol. Perry was in Dallas filming ''Serving Sara'' with Elizabeth Hurley when he had such severe stomach pains that he called a local doctor, who advised rehab. Perry flew to Los Angeles and checked into Marina del Rey's Daniel Freeman Hospital. Perry's publicist Lisa Kasteler confirmed his rehab stay.

Filmography

Film

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1988	''A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon''	Fred Roberts	Credited as Matthew L. Perry
1989	''She's Out of Control''	Timothy	Credited as Matthew L. Perry
1994	''Getting In''	Randall Burns
1997		Alex Whitman
1998	''Almost Heroes''	Leslie Edwards
1999	''Three to Tango''	Oscar Novak
2000		Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky
2000		Mr. Vivian	Uncredited
2002	''Serving Sara''	Joe Tyler
2004	''The Whole Ten Yards''	Oz
2005	''Hoosiers II: Senior Year''	Coach Norman Dale Jr.
2006	''The Ron Clark Story''
2007		Hudson	Executive producer
2008		Morrie Tanager
2009		Adult Mike O'Donnell

Television

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1979	''240-Robert''	Arthur	Episode 1.6: "Bank Job"
1983	''Not Necessarily the News''	Bob	Episode 1.10: "Audrie in Love"
1985	''Charles in Charge''	Ed Stanley	Episode 1.20: "The Wrong Guy"Credited as Matthew L. Perry
1986	''Silver Spoons''	Davey	Episode 5.6: "Rick Moves Out"
1987–1988	''Second Chance (TV series)	Chazz Russell	Appeared in 21 episodes
1988	''[[Dance 'Til Dawn''	Roger	TV film
1988	''Just the Ten of Us''	Ed	Episode 2.4: "The Dinner Test"Credited as Matthew L. Perry
1988	''Highway to Heaven''	David Hastings	Episode 5.2: "Hello and Farewell"
1989		Bill aged 18	Episode 1.21: "A Life in the Day"
1989	''Growing Pains''	Sandy	Appeared in 3 episodes
1990	''Sydney''	Billy Kells	Appeared in 13 episodes
1990	''Who's the Boss?''	Benjamin Dawson	Episode 7.8: "Roomies"
1990	''Call Me Anna''	Desi Arnaz, Jr.	TV film
1991	''Beverly Hills, 90210''	Roger Azarian	Episode 1.18: "April Is the Cruelest Month"
1992	''Sibs''	Unknown	Episode 1.18: "What Makes Lily Run?"
1992		Alex	Episode 3.23: "To the Moon, Alex!"
1993		Matt Bailey	Appeared in 13 episodes
1993	''Deadly Relations''	George Westerfield	TV film
1994	''L.A.X. 2194''	Blaine	Pilot
1994	''Parallel Lives''	Willie Morrison	TV film
1994–2004	''Friends''	Chandler Bing	Appeared in 236 episodes
1995	''The John Larroquette Show''	Steven	Episode 2.21: "Rachel Redux"
1995	''Caroline in the City''	Chandler Bing	Episode 1.6: "Caroline and the Folks"
2001	''The Simpsons''	Ultrahouse Matthew Perry voice option	Episode 13.1: "Treehouse of Horror XII"
2002	''Ally McBeal''	Attorney Todd Merrick	Episodes 5.16 and 5.17: "Love Is All Around" Parts 1 and 2
2003	''The West Wing''	Joe Quincy	Appeared in 3 episodes
2004		Murray Marks	Episode 4.11: "My Unicorn"; also director
2006	''The Ron Clark Story (aka The Triumph)''		TV film
2006–2007	''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''	Matt Albie	Appeared in 21 episodes
2011		Ben	Co-creator
2011	''Childrens Hospital''	Himself	Episode 3.3: "The Black Doctor" (cameo)

Videogames

! Year	! Videogame	! Role	! Notes
2010	''Fallout: New Vegas''	Benny	Voice Actor

Awards and nominations

{|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Title of work ! Result |- |1996 |American Comedy Awards |Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series - with David Schwimmer |Friends | |- |1999 - 2004 |Screen Actors Guild Awards |Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - with rest of main cast |Friends | |- |2000 |TV Guide Awards |Editor's Choice - with whole cast along with Jane Sibbett and John Christopher Allen |Friends | |- |2002 |Emmy Awards |Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |Friends | |- |2002 |Kids' Choice Awards |Favorite Television Actor |Friends | |- |2003 |Emmy Awards |Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |The West Wing | |- |2004 |Emmy Awards |Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |The West Wing | |- |2004 |Teen Choice Awards |Choice TV Actor - Comedy |Friends | |- |2006 |Satellite Awards |Best Actor in a Series, Drama |Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | |- |2006 |TV Land Awards |Most Wonderful Wedding - with Courteney Cox |Friends | |- |2007 |Emmy Awards |Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie |The Ron Clark Story | |- |2007 |Golden Globes |Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television |The Ron Clark Story | |- |2007 |Screen Actors Guild Awards |Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries |The Ron Clark Story | |}

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Bob Kushell is a writer and producer for ''The Simpsons''. As of December 2008, Kushell began hosting his own talk show, ''Anytime with Bob Kushell'', on Crackle.

Writing credits

Samantha Who The Virgin The Break Up The Affair The Park

In Case of Emergency Stuck in Amber

Jake in Progress

The Lying, the Watch, and Jake's Wardrobe

Hidden Hills

The Halloween

The Birth

Reunion

Grounded for Life

Safety Dance (2002) TV Episode

Let's Talk About Sex, Henry

Rubber Sold (2001) TV Episode (teleplay)

Normal, Ohio The First Gentleman 3rd Rock from the Sun

Gobble, Gobble, Dick, Dick

Hotel Dick

Father Knows Dick

The Art of Dick

Ab-dick-ted

The Simpsons

Bart the Fink (story)

Treehouse of Horror V

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man Yo Yogi! Dream On

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