History Creator / DanCastellaneta

Castellaneta has also appeared in some live-action TV and film roles, such as ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (as a doctor who [[ActorAllusion used Homer's "D'oh!" catchphrase]] when he botched a surgical procedure on Michael), ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' (as a gay man who stays with Al after finding out that his husband has been dancing with Al's wife Peg in one episode and a casket salesman in another), ''Series/{{Castle}}'' (as Rick Castle's judge friend), ''Series/{{Reba}}'' (as Reba's boss who was fighting with her ex-husband over Barbra Jean), ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' (as a childhood teacher of Reed Richards'), ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' (as a local homeless man who steals Marshall's charts), ''Film/ThePursuitOfHappyness'' (as the boss of a stock firm), ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' (as a Pawnee public radio host), and ''Film/SpaceJam'' (as a random man at a basketball game).

Born in the UsefulNotes/{{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 [[Creator/TheSecondCity Second City]] in 1983, and performed with the troupe until 1987. He was cast in ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'', 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. 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 [[WrittenByCastMember co-written]] eight episodes of ''The Simpsons'' with his wife Deb Lacusta (season 11's "Days of Wine and D'oh-ses," season thirteen's ClipShow episode "Gump Roast," season fifteen's "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner," season 17's [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E17KissKissBangBangalore Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore]]" , season 22's Christmas vignette episode "The Fight Before Christmas" and "A Midsummer's Nice Dream", season 23's "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" and season 28's "Havana Wild Weekend") and was credited as a consulting producer from 2009 onward.

Born in the UsefulNotes/{{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 Creator/SecondCity in 1983, and performed with the troupe until 1987. He was cast in ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'', 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. 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 [[WrittenByCastMember co-written]] eight episodes of ''The Simpsons'' with his wife Deb Lacusta (season 11's "Days of Wine and D'oh-ses," season thirteen's ClipShow episode "Gump Roast," season fifteen's "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner," season 17's [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E17KissKissBangBangalore Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore]]" , season 22's Christmas vignette episode "The Fight Before Christmas" and "A Midsummer's Nice Dream", season 23's "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" and season 28's "Havana Wild Weekend") and was credited as a consulting producer from 2009 onward.

Castellaneta is also the voice of the titular character in ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'', Megavolt in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', the Robot Devil from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''[[note]]though the Christmas episode "A Tale of Two Santas" had Creator/MauriceLaMarche as the Robot Devil as Castellaneta was too busy with ''The Simpsons'' to record lines for ''Futurama''[[/note]], The Ventriloquist and Scarface in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', Earl in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', Flux Wildly from ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}'', Arnold's grandpa Phil in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' and its [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie two]] [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie movies]], the Postman in ''WesternAnimation/OliveTheOtherReindeer'', and the second voice of Genie from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', replacing Creator/RobinWilliams.

Castellaneta is also the voice of the titular character in ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'', Megavolt in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', the Robot Devil from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (though the Christmas episode "A Tale of Two Santas" had Creator/MauriceLaMarche as the Robot Devil as Castellaneta was too busy with ''The Simpsons'' to record lines for ''Futurama''), The Ventriloquist and Scarface in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', Earl in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', Flux Wildly from ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}'', Arnold's grandpa Phil in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' and its [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie two]] [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie movies]], and the second voice of Genie from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', replacing Creator/RobinWilliams.

Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American film, theatre and television actor, comedian, voice artist and television writer. Noted for his long-running role as [[Characters/TheSimpsonsHomerSimpson Homer Simpson]] on the animated television series ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', he also [[ManOfAThousandVoices voices many other characters]] on ''The Simpsons'', including Homer's similarly abusive, senile father Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, former Harvard-bound student-turned-town drunk with HiddenDepths Barney Gumble,[[note]]He sobered up in Castellaneta's first written episode "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses," then relapsed and was put OutOfFocus as of "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can."[[/note]] DepravedKidsShowHost Krusty the Clown, angry Scottish school janitor Groundskeeper Willie, the UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy-esque Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby,[[note]]He comes complete with UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} accent, a large political family mired in sexual scandal and general debauchery, and [[ReallyGetsAround chasing skirts]] behind his Jackie O-looking wife's back.[[/note]] unlucky helicopter reporter Arnie Pie, Jeremy Freedman,[[note]]Formerly named "The Squeaky-Voiced Teen," he's a teenager who can be seen slaving away at Krusty Burger, the local supermarket, either one of the two town's movie theaters -- The Springfield Googolplex or the Aztec Theater, and Phineas Q. Butterfat's ice cream parlor.[[/note]], Krusty's hammy co-star Sideshow Mel, and ([[YoungerThanTheyLook allegedly]]) elderly IronButtMonkey Hans Moleman.

Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American film, theatre and television actor, comedian, voice artist and television writer. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', he also [[ManOfAThousandVoices voices many other characters]] on ''The Simpsons'', including Homer's similarly abusive, senile father Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, former Harvard-bound student-turned-town drunk with HiddenDepths Barney Gumble,[[note]]He sobered up in Castellaneta's first written episode "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses," then relapsed and was put OutOfFocus as of "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can."[[/note]] DepravedKidsShowHost Krusty the Clown, angry Scottish school janitor Groundskeeper Willie, the UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy-esque Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby,[[note]]He comes complete with UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} accent, a large political family mired in sexual scandal and general debauchery, and [[ReallyGetsAround chasing skirts]] behind his Jackie O-looking wife's back.[[/note]] unlucky helicopter reporter Arnie Pie, Jeremy Freedman,[[note]]Formerly named "The Squeaky-Voiced Teen," he's a teenager who can be seen slaving away at Krusty Burger, the local supermarket, either one of the two town's movie theaters -- The Springfield Googolplex or the Aztec Theater, and Phineas Q. Butterfat's ice cream parlor.[[/note]], Krusty's hammy co-star Sideshow Mel, and ([[YoungerThanTheyLook allegedly]]) elderly IronButtMonkey Hans Moleman.

Born in the UsefulNotes/{{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 Creator/SecondCity in 1983, and performed with the troupe until 1987. He was cast in ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'', 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. 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 eight episodes of ''The Simpsons'' with his wife Deb Lacusta (season 11's "Days of Wine and D'oh-ses," season thirteen's ClipShow episode "Gump Roast," season fifteen's "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner," season 17's [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E17KissKissBangBangalore Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore]]" , season 22's Christmas vignette episode "The Fight Before Christmas" and "A Midsummer's Nice Dream", season 23's "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" and season 28's "Havana Wild Weekend") and was credited as a consulting producer from 2009 onward.

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