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Dan Castellaneta

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Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American film, theatre and television actor, comedian, voice artist, singer and television writer. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, he voices many other characters on The Simpsons, including Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman.

Born in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, Castellaneta started taking acting classes at a young age. He would listen to his father's comedy records and do impressions of the artists. After graduating from Northern Illinois University, Castellaneta joined Chicago's Second City in 1983, and performed with the troupe until 1987. He was cast in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted in 1987. The Tracey Ullman Show included a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family. Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Castellaneta to voice Homer. His voice for the character started out as a loose impression of Walter Matthau, but later evolved into a more robust voice. The shorts would eventually be spun off into The Simpsons. Castellaneta has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work on the show as well as an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation in 1993. Castellaneta has co-written four episodes of The Simpsons with his wife Deb Lacusta.

Castellaneta has also had roles in several other television programs, including the live-action sitcom Sibs, The Adventures of Dynamo Duck, and the animated series Darkwing Duck, Back to the Future: The Animated Series, Earthworm Jim, Aladdin and Hey Arnold!. In 1999, he appeared in the Christmas special Olive, the Other Reindeer and won an Annie Award for his portrayal of the Postman. Castellaneta has also released a comedy CD, I Am Not Homer, and wrote and stars in a one man play titled Where Did Vincent van Gogh?

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Personal Info

Known For Acting

Gender Male

Known Credits 116

Birthday 1957-10-29

Place of Birth Chicago - Illinois - USA

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Also Known As

Daniel Louis Castellaneta

Acting TV Shows Movies

2017		The Simpsons: Don Hertzfeldt Couch Gag as Homer Simpson
2017		Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as Grandpa (voice)

2016		Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 as Homer Simpson
2016		Planet of the Couches as Homer Simpson / Grampa Simpson (voice)
2016		Planet of the Couches as Homer Simpson

2015		The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story as Aaron Spelling
2015		Fantastic Four as Mr. Kenny

2012		Major Crimes — (1 episode) as Ray Winters
2012		Baby Daddy — (1 episode) as Peter Oliver

2010		The Good Guys — (1 episode)
2010		Spliced — (26 episodes)

2009		The Cleveland Show — (1 episode)
2009		Parks and Recreation — (1 episode)
2009		Parks and Recreation — (1 episode) as Derry Murbles
2009		Relative Stranger as Gary
2009		Castle — (2 episodes) as Judge Markway

2008		Remembering Phil as Dr. Seymour
2008		Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs as The Robot Devil (voice)

2007		Sands of Oblivion as De Mille
2007		The Simpsons Movie as Homer / Itchy / Barney / Grampa / Stage Manager / Krusty the Clown / Mayor Quimby / Mayor's Aide / Multi-Eyed Squirrel / Panicky Man / Sideshow Mel / Mr. Teeny / EPA Official / Kissing Cop / Bear / Boy on Phone / NSA Worker / Officer / Santa's Little Helper / Squeaky-Voiced Teen (voice)
2007		Greek — (9 episodes) as Dr. Milton Hastings
2007		Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes

2006		The Pursuit of Happyness as Alan Frakesh
2006		Casper's Scare School as Stretch (voice)
2006		Legion of Super Heroes — (1 episode)
2006		Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! as Mr. Mysterio / Woodenleg Wally (voice)

2005		Ghost Whisperer — (1 episode)
2005		How I Met Your Mother — (2 episodes)
2005		Loonatics Unleashed — (1 episode)
2005		Bones — (1 episode)

2004		The Simpsons Christmas 2
2004		Desperate Housewives — (1 episode)
2004		Complete Savages — (1 episode) as Mr. Horner / Franklin the Frog (voice)
2004		Veronica Mars — (1 episode)
2004		The Batman — (3 episodes)
2004		Entourage — (1 episode)
2004		Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' as Aaron Spelling
2004		Dave the Barbarian — (2 episodes)

2003		Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade as BoE Agent #2
2003		The Cat in the Hat as Thing One / Thing Two (voice)
2003		Arrested Development — (1 episode)
2003		The Simpsons - Christmas
2003		Duck Dodgers — (1 episode)
2003		Reno 911! — (1 episode)
2003		The Pitts — (1 episode) as Morty / Bank Manager

2002		The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius — (2 episodes)
2002		Monk — (1 episode)
2002		Hey Arnold! The Movie as Grandpa 'Steely' Phil / Nick Vermicelli
2002		Kim Possible — (2 episodes)

2001		Reba — (2 episodes)
2001		Laughter on the 23rd Floor as Milt Fields

2000		Joseph: King of Dreams as Auctioneer / Horse Trader (voice)
2000		As Told by Ginger — (1 episode) as Minister (voice)
2000		As Told by Ginger — (3 episodes) as Dave Bishop (voice)
2000		As Told by Ginger — (1 episode) as Mr. Bishop (voice)
2000		Yes, Dear — (1 episode)
2000		Rugrats in Paris: The Movie as Priest (voice)
2000		Jackie Chan Adventures — (1 episode)

1999		Olive, the Other Reindeer as The Postman (voice)
1999		Futurama — (1 episode)
1999		Family Guy — (2 episodes)
1999		Batman Beyond — (2 episodes)
1999		The Settlement as Neal

1998		That '70s Show — (1 episode)
1998		Plump Fiction as Bumpkin
1998		My Giant as Partlow

1997		Cow and Chicken — (14 episodes)
1997		101 Dalmatians: The Series — (1 episode)
1997		South Park — (1 episode)
1997		Stargate SG-1 — (1 episode) as Joe Spencer
1997		Nightmare Ned — (25 episodes)

1996		Space Jam as Male fan
1996		Hey Arnold! — (9 episodes)
1996		Everybody Loves Raymond — (2 episodes)
1996		Nash Bridges — (1 episode)
1996		All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 as Tall Customs Dog / Angel Dog #1 (voice)
1996		The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper — (52 episodes)

1995		The Drew Carey Show — (1 episode) as Stan
1995		Earthworm Jim — (27 episodes)
1995		The Mask: The Animated Series — (1 episode)

1994		The Return of Jafar as Genie (voice)
1994		Friends — (2 episodes) as The Zoo Keeper
1994		Aladdin — (93 episodes) as Genie
1994		Aladdin — (1 episode)
1994		The Client as Slick Moeller
1994		Inside the Actors Studio — (1 episode)
1994		Duckman — (1 episode)

1993		Tracey Ullman Takes on New York as Gordon Johnson/Bryan Lynn
1993		Michael Jackson - Dangerous - The Short Films as Homer Simpson
1993		Marsupilami — (13 episodes) as Stewart (voice)
1993		Frasier — (1 episode) as Brad
1993		Bakersfield P.D. — (1 episode)
1993		Late Night with Conan O'Brien — (1 episode)
1993		The Pink Panther — (41 episodes)
1993		Fievel's American Tails — (9 episodes)
1993		Super Mario Bros. as Narrator

1992		Funnybones — (12 episodes)
1992		Mad About You — (1 episode)
1992		Love & War — (1 episode)
1992		Eek! The Cat — (83 episodes)
1992		Goof Troop — (80 episodes)
1992		TaleSpin — (1 episode)

1991		Sibs — (23 episodes)
1991		Back To The Future: The Animated Series — (26 episodes) as Dr. Emmett Brown (voice)
1991		Darkwing Duck — (17 episodes)
1991		Taz-Mania — (116 episodes) as Mr. Thickley (voice)
1991		Rugrats — (1 episode)
1991		Dinosaurs — (1 episode)

1990		Bart Simpson: Do the Bartman as Homer Simpson
1990		Working Tra$h as George Agrande
1990		The Tom & Jerry Kids Show — (194 episodes)
1990		Dream On — (1 episode)
1990		The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show as Various Characters

1989		The Simpsons — (700 episodes) as Homer Simpson / Abraham Simpson / Krusty the Klown / Barney / Willy / Sideshow Mel / Mayor Quimby / Hans Moleman / Gil / Itchy / Various (voice)
1989		The Simpsons — (2 episodes)
1989		The War of the Roses as Man in Chair
1989		K-9 as Maitre D'
1989		Say Anything...

1987

— (81 episodes)

1986		ALF — (1 episode)
1986		L.A. Law — (1 episode)
1986		Nothing in Common as Brian

Writing

1989

— (7 episodes) … Writer