The popular "Simpsons" voice actor, Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria, filed a suit against actor/singer Craig Bierko over rights to the voice of a baseball commentator on an Internet comedy show, "Funny or Die."
According to the complaint, Azaria stated "Bierko's claim has created a cloud over the rightful ownership of the Azaria voice," in reference to a claim that Bierko made regarding the voice of Jim Brockmire, a baseball commentator on the web show "Funny or Die," as reported by Bloomberg.
On the show Azaria provides the voice for Brockmire's character, however, Bierko claims that the rights to the voice of the baseball announcer belongs to him. Azaria said Bierko's false claims is "jeopardizing a potential movie deal by falsely laying claim to a voice that Azaria claims he created nearly 30 years ago," as reported by the Calgary Herald.
Azaria along with his How to Pictures, Inc filed the suit last week in U.S. District Court in Central California.
Azaria is the voice of Moe Szsylak, one of the characters on the popular Fox network show "Simpsons." The four- time Emmy Winning 48-year-old also starred in a number of movies, including Julia Roberts' "America's Sweetheart."
The 48-year-old Bierko has starred in a number of movies such as "Kate & Leopard," "Cinderella Man," and "The Scary Movie 5". He has also played various roles on Television, appearing in shows such as "Sex and the City," "Boston Legal" And "Ally McBeal" to name a few.
