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Tony Award nominee Hank Azaria will open his home for the second annual Playing for Good poker tournament, according to a report in Variety. The event will raise money for the Geffen Playhouse and for Determined to Succeed, a non-profit co-founded by Azaria that provides after-school tutoring for low-income students.
Azaria has appeared on Broadway in The Farnsworth Invention and Monty Python’s Spamalot, for which he received Tony and Drama Desk nominations, as well as a Theatre World Award.
His film credits include Quiz Show, The Birdcage, Cradle Will Rock and, as previously reported, the upcoming Smurfs movie. He has won Emmy Awards for his work on The Simpsons and the television film Tuesdays With Morrie. He also starred on the Showtime series Huff.
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