Hank Rutherford Hill (born April 19, 1953) is a fictional character
and the main protagonist of the Fox animated television series King of
the Hill. He lives in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas, with his
family and works as the assistant manager of a local branch of
Strickland Propane. He likes to drink beer, typically Alamo brand, in
the alley behind his house with his friends. He is voiced by series
creator Mike Judge. The Economist described Hank Hill as one of the
wisest people on television, and in 1997 Texas Monthly included him on
its annual list of the most influential Texans.When Mike Judge
submitted the pilot script and drawings for King of the Hill to the
Fox network, network executives advised him that Hank Hill should be
younger than 49 years old, as Judge had described the character. Judge
received a phone message from a network executive who told him that
Hank's age should be 32, the same age as the network's average viewer.
Judge later said, "I got all angry, and then I was like, 'Well, wait.
It's just a drawing.' So I just went back with the same drawing and
said, 'Okay, he's 34.'"Hank has been compared to Tom Anderson, the
"disapproving old man" who is a neighbor of the title characters on
Judge's earlier series Beavis and Butt-Head. Television columnist
Frank Wooten of The Post and Courier has written, "Hank still looks
and sounds like a young Mr. Anderson (beleaguered, baffled Korean War
veteran of 'Beavis and Butt-head'). But he's more in touch with
contemporary reality (sort of) -- and funnier." Throughout the show's
run, Hank's character's personality appears to primarily be built
around the image of the all American, authoritarian family man. In a
2006 interview, Judge said, "Originally I was going to have Hank be
his [Mr. Anderson's] son. I was kind of thinking we'd tie it into
"Beavis and Butt-Head" as a sort of spinoff or something, but Fox said
no." Greg Daniels, another creator of the program, has said that Hank
Hill is "based on a lot of neighbors I've had… He's upset about how
America is changing, and he doesn't know what to do about it."Hank
Hill was born at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York. According to
the episode "Yankee Hankie," Hank proudly believed he was born in
Texas to Tilly Mae Hill and Cotton Lyndal Hill but finds (to his
disgust and horror) that he was actually born in New York City. His
mother told him she gave birth to Hank in the women's restroom at
Yankee Stadium during Cotton's failed attempt to assassinate Fidel
Castro during a rare American visit. Fidel Castro visited New York
City on April 19, implying that April 19 is Hank's birthday. After
referring to himself as a native Texan for forty years, he was sad to
learn he was born in New York, but over time, accepted his heritage
when he realized that many of the Alamo heroes were not from Texas,
either. Hank, who previously thought he was an only child, finds out
he has a Japanese half brother named Junichiro in the episode
"Returning Japanese". This is due to an affair Cotton Hill had with
his Japanese nurse while recovering from leg injuries in post-World
War II Japan. Also, in the episode "Hank Gets Dusted", Hank is shown
to be the cousin of ZZ Top bassist and vocalist Dusty Hill. Hank Hill Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter