Dan Castellaneta

Age: 52
Height: 5' 10"

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Oct. 29th, 1957

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Dan Castellaneta's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Simpsons	Homer Simpson Barney Gumble Grampa Krusty the … Groundskeep… Mayor Quimby Sideshow Mel
Hey Arnold!	Grandpa 'St…
Darkwing Duck	Megavolt Elmo Sputte…
Aladdin	Genie
Casper	Dr. Harvey
Back to the Future	Dr. Emmett …
Earthworm Jim	Earthworm Jim
Sibs	Warren Morris
Fievel's American Tails	Chula the T…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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Up until 1998, was paid $30,000 per Simpsons episode. He and the five other main Simpsons voice actors were then involved in a pay dispute in which Fox threatened to replace them with new actors and went as far as preparing for casting of new voices. However, the issue was soon resolved and from 1998 to 2004, they were given $125,000 per episode. In 2004, the voice actors intentionally skipped several table reads, demanding they be paid $360,000 per episode. The strike was resolved a month later and Castellaneta's salary was increased to $250,000 per episode. Another contract renegotiation in 2008 saw his salary rise to $400,000 per episode. He was also made a consulting producer.
With all of the Voice over work he is done it is ironic that he appears as a semi-major character in "War of the Roses" and never uses his voice at all.
According to the producers of The Simpsons, he is so in character when playing Homer Simpson that when he makes a mistake during a line reading it is the type of mistake Homer would make. For example, in the episode "Homer Goes To College," Homer chants "I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T!" His saying S-M-R-T was not scripted, improvised or even intended to be a joke, it was just a mistake.
Once asked in an interview what "D'oh!" means. He replied that he thought "D'oh!", the trademark line of his "Simpsons" character Homer, was a euphamism for "damn".
Has two younger sisters named Paula and Gina and two nephews named Calvin and Cary
Explained in 2005 on Bravo channel, that his Homer Simpson voice was also partly based on his father's as well as the late Walter Matthau.
Played 'Danny DeVito' (qv)'s client in _The War of the Roses (1989)_ (qv), and his brother on The Simpsons.
Homer Simpson, voiced by Castellaneta on _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv), was ranked #35 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].