Hank Azaria may well be the most prolific voice and character actor of our time. The work he's done for The Simpsons alone has earned him a permanent place in the pop culture zeitgeist. And now he's bringing another character to the mainstream: a washed-up sports announcer named Jim Brockmire, in the aptly titled new series Brockmire.

We're looking forward to it. So much so that we want to look backward, too, with a short-but-sweet retrospective of some of Azaria's important characters. Shall we begin?

Half The Recurring Simpsons Characters

He's Comic Book Guy. He's Chief Wiggum. He's Apu. He's Cletus. He's Snake. He's Superintendent Chalmers. He's the Sea Captain. He's Kurt "Can I Borrow A Feeling" Van Houten. He's Professor Frink. He's Carl. And he's many more. But most importantly he's Moe Szyslak, the staple character Azaria has voiced since his very first audition for The Simpsons.

Oh, and He's Frank Grimes

For all the regular Simpsons characters Azaria has played over the years, his most brilliant performance may have been a one-off: Frank Grimes, the scrappy bootstrapper who worked tirelessly all his life for honest, incremental, and easily-undermined success. Azaria's portrayal of this character was nuanced, emotional, and simply magical.

Patches O'Houlihan

Dodgeball is a "sport of violence, exclusion and degradation." as Hank Azaria generously points out in his brief but crucial cameo in Dodgeball. That's sage wisdom. Try applying his "five D's" to your life on and off the court and enjoy the results.

Harold Zoid

Of Futurama fame. The crazy uncle of Dr. Zoidberg, Harold Zoid was once a lion (or lobster) of the silver screen until Smell-o-vision forced him into retirement.

Agador

The Birdcage was significant for many reasons, and the comic genius of Hank Azaria's character "Agador" sits somewhere towards the top of that list. If you haven't seen this movie, shame on you.

Gargamel

Nobody else could make a live-action Gargamel possible.

Ed Cochran

From Ray Donovan. Great character, great last name [editorial note: the author of this article may be bias].

Kahmunra, The Thinker, Abe Lincoln

All in the Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian, a file that let Azaria flex his voice acting and live-action muscles in one fell swoop.

The Blue Raja

Mystery Men has everything, including a fatal case of Smash Mouth. Azaria's iconic superhero makes the shortlist of redeemable qualities, though.

Dr. Huff

Huff put Azaria in a leading role, and it was good. So good that there is no good gif of it. Internet? More like Inter-not.

Learn more about Hank Azaria's newest claim to fame right here, and don't miss the premiere of Brockmire April 5 at 10P on IFC.