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Dan Castellaneta

Born Daniel Louis Castellaneta
October 29, 1957 (1957-10-29) (age 50)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Occupation Voice actor, Actor, Comedian
Spouse(s) Deb Lacusta

Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an Italian-American voice actor, actor and comedian, best known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the FOX animated series The Simpsons. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Deb Lacusta (born 1958 is an American television writer and the wife of The Simpsons star Dan Castellaneta (who voices Homer Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. This is a list of animated series, which are television series produced by means of Animation. [1]

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Early life and education

Castellaneta was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was educated at the Oak Park and River Forest High School and Northern Illinois University. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Oak Park and River Forest High School, or OPRF, is a public four-year High school located in Oak Park Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago Illinois Northern Illinois University (NIU is a Public university located in DeKalb Illinois. He was raised on the south east side of Oak Park in a modest home on Humphrey Avenue. While at Oak Park and River Forest High School, he played on the baseball team. Years later, Assistant Coach Dick Trout would recall, "Dan was funny but he threw like a girl". After graduation, he went on to work at Chicago's Second City, which he later recalled as "a place that, if you're not good going in you'll come out good. If you're pretty good going in, then you'll come out very good". [1]

Career

The Simpsons

Main article: The Simpsons

On The Simpsons, Castellaneta provides the voices for Homer Simpson, Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Joe Quimby, Hans Moleman, Sideshow Mel, Itchy, Kodos, Arnie Pie, Scott Christian, Squeaky Voiced Teen and other characters. Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. Abraham "Abe" "Grampa" J Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a Fictional character featured in the Animated cartoon Television Barnard "Barney" Gumble is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. Groundskeeper Willie is a recurring character on The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. Joseph Fitzgerald O'Mally Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge "Joe" Quimby, a Hans Moleman is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. The following are a list of fictional celebrities in the animated television show The Simpsons. The Itchy & Scratchy Show is a segment or "side-show" featured on The Simpsons which usually appears as a portrayal of the fictional Kang and Kodos are a duo of recurring characters in the animated television series The Simpsons. The following are a list of fictional celebrities in the animated television show The Simpsons. The following are a list of fictional celebrities in the animated television show The Simpsons. The following is a list of Recurring characters in The Simpsons. [1] For his work on the series, he won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. He has also written a few episodes with his wife and appeared as himself on the Simpsons episodes "I Am Furious Yellow", "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife", and "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs". “ I Am Furious Yellow ” is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons ’ thirteenth season. "Homer Simpson This is Your Wife" is an episode of The Simpsons, that aired on March 26, 2006. " He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs " also known as " He Loves to Fly " is the season premiere of The Simpsons ’ nineteenth season

He guest starred in an episode of the U.S. legal drama L.A. Law, in which - employed as a walking, talking Homer Simpson character at a California theme park - he is dismissed for inappropriate (or perhaps all too appropriate) behavior while in costume. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A legal drama is a work of dramatic Fiction about crime and civil litigation LA Law is an American television Legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group (The episode was LA Lawless in 1992. )

Up until 1998, Castellaneta was paid $30,000 per episode. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Castellaneta 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. [2] The strike was resolved a month later[3] and Castellaneta's salary was increased to $250,000 per episode. [4] Another contract renegotiation in 2008 saw his salary rise to $400,000 per episode. He was also made a consulting producer. [5]

As of April 20, 2007, Castellaneta has beaten James Arness and Kelsey Grammer for the longest running portrayal of a fictional character on prime-time American television. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. James Arness (born as James Aurness on May 26 1923, Minneapolis Minnesota) is an Emmy -nominated American Actor Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21 1955) is an American Actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr He has portrayed Homer Simpson on The Tracey Ullman Show and The Simpsons from 1987 onwards, beating the twenty-year record held by Arness and Grammer. The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American Television Variety show, hosted by British Comedian and onetime pop singer

Other work

He also played Grandpa and the mentally unstable ice cream truck driver known as "The Jolly-Olly Man" (among others) on Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!, Jonathan in All Grown Up! (as well as parent show, Rugrats), the Things in The Cat in the Hat, and the Robot Devil in Futurama. An ice cream van ( British) or ice cream truck ( American) is a Commercial vehicle which serves as a travelling Retail outlet for Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel Hey Arnold! is an American Animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on This is a list of Fictional characters from the Nickelodeon Animated Television Series All Grown Up!. All Grown Up! is an animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon from April 12 2003 to August 17 2008 Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on The Cat in the Hat is a Children's book by Dr Seuss, featuring a tall anthropomorphic, mischievous cat wearing a tall red and white Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and In 1999 he played the comedic Nordom the anti-Modron in the computer game Planescape: Torment. Events BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards March – A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather

Castellaneta voiced the lead character in the animated series Earthworm Jim and narrated the movie Super Mario Bros. In 2005, he appeared on Arrested Development as a deadpan incompetent doctor who misdiagnosed Jason Bateman's character (and left tools inside him after surgery, causing him to exclaim "D'oh!") and in the movie The War of the Roses he seeks a divorce at the beginning of the movie. This article is about the animated series For the video game series see Earthworm Jim; for the character see Earthworm Jim (character. Super Mario Bros is a 1993 adventure - family comedy based loosely on the popular video game of the same name. Arrested Development is a character-driven American television Sitcom about a formerly wealthy habitually Dysfunctional family. Deadpan is a form of non-comedic delivery in which Humour is presented without a change in emotion or Facial expression, usually speaking in Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is a Golden Globe -winning and Emmy Award -nominated American Actor. " D'oh! " is a Catch phrase used by the Fictional character Homer Simpson, from the long-running Animated series The Simpsons The War of the Roses is a 1989 American Motion picture based upon the 1981 novel ''The War of the Roses'' by Warren Adler He does not talk in that role. He also appeared in episodes of Frasier, Friends, Scrubs, Married... with Children (in the episode "The Dance Show", Castellaneta played the gay partner of a handsome man Peg dances with every night and he ends up cooking for Al), Yes, Dear, Reba, Everybody Loves Raymond, ALF, That '70s Show,and Stargate SG-1. Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Friends was an Scrubs is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning American Comedy-drama that premiered on October 2 2001 on NBC. Yes Dear is an Emmy -Nominated American television Sitcom which aired from 2000 to 2006 on CBS. Reba was an American sitcom starring Country music singer Reba McEntire. Everybody Loves Raymond is an Emmy Award -winning American Television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13 ALF is a half-hour American Television Sitcom that originally ran on NBC from 1986 to 1990 and was created by Paul Fusco That '70s Show is an American television sitcom that centered on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of

On February 22, 2000, his first music CD Two Lips was published. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio It was followed on April 23, 2002 by his first comedy CD, I Am Not Homer, in which he and his wife perform several comedy skits. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. I Am Not Homer is a 2002 comedy album by actor and comedian Dan Castellaneta, with additional input by Castellaneta's wife Deb Lacusta. (For example, on the first track, "AM Therapy", his wife plays a radio-show psychotherapist and he plays several characters who call in for help. ) Both CDs were published by Oglio Records. I Am Not Homer is a parody of Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography, I Am Not Spock. Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American Actor, Film director, Poet, Musician and I Am Not Spock is Leonard Nimoy 's first Autobiography. Published in 1977 between the end of Star Trek The Original Series Dan is shown doing the Vulcan Salute on the cover with an image of Homer's face between his fingers.

Castellaneta portrayed Aaron Spelling in the 2004 NBC film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels, which followed the true story of how Spelling created the show. Aaron Spelling' (April 22 1923 – June 23 2006 was an American film and Television producer. Castellaneta was also the voice of Megavolt on Darkwing Duck, Genie in the Aladdin sequel Return of Jafar and on the Aladdin TV series and Dr. Elmo Sputterspark, better known as Megavolt, is a Fictional character, a Super-villain from the Animated television series Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 The Genie is a Fictional character and a Protagonist from the Disney animated features canon movie Aladdin, as well as related series Aladdin is a 1992 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 25 The Return of Jafar is a 1994 Animated Direct-to-video Sequel to the 1992's Aladdin, produced by Aladdin is an Animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1996 based on the original 1992 feature. Zibaldo in the Talespin episode "The Incredible Shrinking Molly". TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters

In the early 1980s, Castellaneta briefly appeared as Detective Farblonget, an absent-minded private investigator, on the local Chicago Jewish children's show, Beyond the Magic Door. Beyond The Magic Door was a children's Television show on WBBM-TV in Chicago Illinois in the early 1980's

Castellaneta guest starred as Joe Spencer in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Citizen Joe". This is an episode list of the American Science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Season eight of Stargate SG-1, an American - Canadian Television series, began airing on July 9, 2004 on This was a humorous indirect connection between The Simpsons and Stargate, as Castellaneta voices Homer and The Simpsons is Jack O'Neill's (Stargate's main character) favorite TV show. Major General Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill (born October 20, 1952) is a Fictional character in the science fiction feature film Stargate Homer is apparently very important to Jack (in "Beneath the Surface" O'Neill's memory is erased but he still remembers a bald man in a short-sleeved shirt, which turns out to be Homer, not Jack's commanding officer). Season four of Stargate SG-1, an American - Canadian Television series, began airing on June 30, 2000 on George S Hammond is a Fictional character in the television series Stargate SG-1, who was played by Don S The connection is deepened further by the fact that Castellaneta, along with his wife, wrote the Simpsons episode "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore", which guest-starred Richard Dean Anderson, the actor who plays O'Neill on Stargate SG-1 and Angus MacGyver on MacGyver. “ Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore ” is the seventeenth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons, and is the fourth (and so far last episode Richard Dean Anderson (born January Stargate refers to the Science fiction Media franchise owned by MGM that began in 1994 with the Feature film Stargate Angus MacGyver, known as just MacGyver or Mac until the finale of the fictional American Television series MacGyver, is the highly MacGyver is an American Adventure Television series, produced in the United States and Canada, about the laid-back

Castellaneta cameoed on a third season episode of Veronica Mars as a sociology professor, conducting an experiment on Logan and Wallace. Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. Logan Echolls is a fictional character on The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN. Wallace Fennel is a fictional character on The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN.

Castellaneta has a role in the Will Smith drama The Pursuit of Happyness, in which he asks Will Smith for a donut. The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American Biographical film directed by Gabriele Muccino about the on and off-homeless salesman-turned-stockbroker Castellaneta also voices Batman villain Scarface in the animated series, The Batman. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created The Ventriloquist is an alias of two DC Comics villains both enemies of Batman. The Batman was an Emmy Award -winning American Animated Television series produced by Warner Bros

Dan also appeared in an episode of Friends as the janitor at the zoo where Ross goes to look for Marcel. Friends was an Dr Ross Eustace Geller, PhD (born October 18 1967 is a Fictional character on the popular US Television Sitcom Friends

In 2007 he appeared in The Bicycle Men at The King's Head Theatre in London. The King's Head Theatre, founded in 1970 by the late Dan Crawford is an Off-West End venue in London

Personal life

He is married to writer Deb Lacusta and lives in Los Angeles where he occasionally performs alongside the branch of The Second City. Deb Lacusta (born 1958 is an American television writer and the wife of The Simpsons star Dan Castellaneta (who voices Homer Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Filmography

Films

Television

Other

References

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  2. ^ Dan Glaister. Fievel's American Tails is an animated Television series, produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblimation animation studio Nelvana Dynamo Duck ( French: Saturnin le canard) was the main character in the children's series "The adventures of Dynamo Duck" which aired on television in the TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American Television Variety show, hosted by British Comedian and onetime pop singer Beyond The Magic Door was a children's Television show on WBBM-TV in Chicago Illinois in the early 1980's Yes Dear is an Emmy -Nominated American television Sitcom which aired from 2000 to 2006 on CBS. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and The Tick is a Fictional character, an absurdist spoof of Comic book Superheroes Created by cartoonist Ben Edlund, the character The Simpsons Game is a Video game based on the animated Television series The Simpsons, made for the Wii, PlayStation is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios in 2005 for the Sony is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and Japanese studio Jupiter and published by Square Enix in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance I Am Not Homer is a 2002 comedy album by actor and comedian Dan Castellaneta, with additional input by Castellaneta's wife Deb Lacusta. is an Action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 Video game console Earthworm Jim 3D is to date the last console game in the Earthworm Jim series Earthworm Jim is a series of Side-scrolling Platforming Video games. ClayFighter 63⅓ is a Fighting game released for the Nintendo 64 by Interplay in 1997. Toonstruck is a 1996 Point-and-click adventure game in which although all the imagery is drawn and Scanned into the game the protagonist American Splendor is a series of Autobiographical Comic books and Graphic novels written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of Harvey Lawrence Pekar (born October 8 1939 in Cleveland Ohio; ˈpiːkɑr is an American underground comic book writer best known for his Inside the Actors Studio is the Emmy-nominated longest-running original series on the Bravo Cable television channel hosted by James Lipton "Simpsons actors demand bigger share", The Age, 2004-04-03. The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854 "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.  
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NAME Castellaneta, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castellaneta, Daniel Louis
SHORT DESCRIPTION Voice actor, Actor, Comedian
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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