There's a certain chaotic energy to all of these roles Brooks excels at, but for the purposes of this list, let's focus on his greatest "Simpsons" role to date — Homer's new boss Hank Scorpio in ...

Consider this an ode to the best minor recurring characters “The Simpsons” has ever given us. That mean we didn’t include some one-episode classics like Hank Scorpio or Sherry Bobbins.

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Azaria voices bartender Moe, Chief Wiggum and Comic Book Guy, among others, on the long-running animated comedy.