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recent decision to stop using white actors for non-white characters.“I have a very simple belief about acting,” Shearer said Monday during an interview on Times Radio.

stepping away from voicing the mixed-race character Molly, Apple has found her replacement in the form of “Hamilton” alumna and “Umbrella Academy” star Emmy Raver-Lampman.She will become the show’s third prominent former “Hamilton” cast member, joining Leslie Odom Jr.

Fox has released a statement on casting for non-white characters on “The Simpsons.”“Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said Friday.The move comes as several television shows have pulled episodes featuring blackface from their streaming platforms, and amid a nation dealing with controversial depictions of race on TV and film.On “The Simpsons,” Hank Azaria has been the voice of the black cartoon character Carlton Carlson.

Family Guy actor Mike Henry is stepping down from voicing the African-American character of Cleveland Brown to make way for a person of colour.Henry, who is white, originated the role back when the hit cartoon debuted in 1999, and also brought Brown to life on the spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, which ended after a four-season run in 2013. However, Henry has since announced he will no longer voice the part of Brown in the long-running Seth MacFarlane sitcom.

The Simpsons will no longer feature white actors voicing non-white characters, network Fox has said.

LOS ANGELES — Animated TV comedy “The Simpsons” is ending the use of white actors to voice characters of colour, producers said on Friday.

that he would step away from the Fox sitcom as the longtime voice of the Black character Cleveland Brown.Also Read: 'Family Guy' Actor Mike Henry Will No Longer Voice Black CharacterThis is not the first time “The Simpsons” has had to reckon with race in voice casting.

Hank Azaria has described creating the voice for Moe Szyslak midway through his audition for The Simpsons.The actor voices many characters in the long-running cartoon, including Chief Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Comic Book Guy, as well as Moe, the bartender who owns Moe’s Tavern.Speaking on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Azaria described being cast in the series, back in the late 1980s. “I was 22 or 23 years old,” he said.

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The character has been one of controversy in recent years for being voiced by a white actor

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After years of saying he was done, actor Hank Azaria definitively confirmed to the New York Times that he will no longer voice Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the character on The Simpsons he has voiced since the show started in 1989. In recent years, Apu has become a subject of controversy, with the 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu making the case that the convenience store-owning, stereotypically accented immigrant character is a racist depiction of Indian people created by white people.

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It has been over two years since anyone has heard a word fromThe Simpsons' Kwik-E-Mart clerk Apu — a silence that looks to be indefinite following Hank Azaria's confirmation to the New York Timeson Tuesday that he will no longer voice the character.

The Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria attended “seminars about racism and social consciousness” amid the controversy surrounding his portrayal of Indian shop clerk Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

Hank Azaria is opening up about his decision to stop voicing one of his classic characters on The Simpsons: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. The long-running Indian character on the iconic Fox cartoon came under fire in recent years, with more vocal opponents calling out the Kwik-E-Mart manager's racially stereotypical behavior.

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Hank Azaria has stepped down from his role as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in The Simpsons, following the controversy surrounding his portrayal of the Indian shop clerk.

Hank Azaria says he will no longer be voicing the character of Apu, the Indian Kwik-E-Mart owner, on The Simpsons. During a recent media interaction, Azaria revealed that he is officially stepping down as the voice of the controversial character on the popular American animated sitcom.

The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria has said he will no longer be voicing the character of Apu, following years of controversy and accusations of racism.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Hank Azaria says he is officially stepping down as the voice of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons.

Hank Azaria is leaving his role as Apu on The Simpsons after voicing the character for over 30 years.

Cultural sensitivity scored a win now that comedic actor Hank Azaria has said he will stop doing the voice of Apu on The Simpsons. For 31 seasons, Azaria has lent a stereotypical South Asian voice to the animated character, a choice that led to Hari Kondabolu's insightful and humorous 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu.

End of an era! Hank Azaria confirmed that he’ll be stepping down from his role as the voice of Apu on The Simpsons after more than 30 years.

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Hank Azaria says he is officially stepping down as the voice of Apu on “The Simpsons.”

A 2017 documentary called out Azaria's portrayal as racially insensitive