Dan Castellaneta Add to My Celebs Age 54 Birthday Oct. 29th, 1957 Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA Height 5' 10

Dan Castellaneta's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Simpsons Homer Simpson Grampa Simp… Barney Gumble Krusty the … Groundskeep… Sideshow Mel Mayor Quimby Charlie The… Itchy Scratchy GRΣΣK Dr. Milton … 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…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Superhero Movie 2007 - The Simpsons Movie 2006 - The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 - I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With 2006 - I-See-You.Com 2003 - The Cat in the Hat 2002 - Return to Never Land 2002 - Hey Arnold! The Movie 2001 - Recess: School's Out 2000 - Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II 1998 - My Giant 1996 - Space Jam 1996 - All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1995 - Forget Paris 1994 - Love Affair 1994 - The Client 1993 - Super Mario Bros. 1991 - Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1989 - K-9 1989 - Say Anything... 1989 - The War of the Roses 1986 - Nothing in Common

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Dan Castellaneta 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.


TRIVIA:

• In 2002, his trademark phrase "d'oh" from "The Simpsons" was considered valid, and added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
• Former member of Chicago Second City
• He is the only main cast member of "The Simpsons" to have written episodes of the show.
• At first, for the voice of Homer Simpson, Dan tried to imitate 'Walter Matthau' (qv), but he had trouble with certain emotional registers and intonations with the voice, so he slightly changed the present voice of Homer beginning at the beginning of the second season of "The Simpsons".
• His voice characterization of Krusty the Clown on Fox-TV's "The Simpsons" was based on Chicago television legend Bob Bell who portrayed WGN-TV's Bozo from 1960-1984.
• Popular stand up comedian and voice over actor of numerous cartoons and advertisements.
• Vegetarian
• 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.

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