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Dan Castellaneta

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Real full name: Daniel Louis Castellaneta Job: Voice actor Consulting producer Writer Birth date: October 29, 1957 (1957-10-29) (age 67) Status: Active Number of episodes: 786 Number of non-episode media: Shorts: 48 Number of comic stories: 3 Seasons active: Shorts season 1 - Present First episode: "Good Night" Most recent episode: "Yellow Planet" Movie: The Simpsons Movie First comic: Krusty, Agent of K.L.O.W.N. Most recent comic: Clip Clip Hooray! First song: "Do the Bartman" Most recent song: "Every Summer With You"

Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an award-winning American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor. He is the voice of Homer Simpson and many recurring characters such as the blue-haired lawyer, Gil Gunderson, Itchy, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Kodos, Sideshow Mel, Hans Moleman, Abraham Simpson, squeaky-voiced teen, Mayor Quimby, and Groundskeeper Willie. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons: America's First Family, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, and The Simpsons: Access All Areas.

Besides a voice actor for the show, he is also a crew member and has written seven episodes with his wife, Deb Lacusta. These episodes are "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses", "Gump Roast", "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore", "The Fight Before Christmas", "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams", and "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution". His name was mispronounced by Homer during the credits of "Bart Star" as "Castaneltela".

Castellaneta was among several actors from the series to do voice work for Futurama. He provided the voice of the Robot Devil in all of the character's appearances, save for "A Tale of Two Santas", in which Maurice LaMarche did the voice.

In an interview, Dan Castellaneta says he never talks about The Simpsons at home, but has admitted on a couple of occasions that if his wife is making lunch he may remark "Mmm, sandwiches!", like Homer.

Dan Castellaneta has got a knack for music. He has composed and/or written three songs for The Simpsons, "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons", "Dancing Workers Song", and "The Gay Song". He also released one Simpsons-related I Am Not Homer. Dan Castellaneta also did all the singing when Homer had become an opera singer, which is uncommon as professional singers will often "step in" to sing for animated characters. Guest Plácido Domingo had commented that Dan Castellaneta's opera singing had been remarkable.

Characters voices

• Category:Characters voiced by Dan Castellaneta

Credits

Starring

Lead vocal

• Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues ("Born Under a Bad Sign" and "I Love to See You Smile")

Additional vocals

• Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues ("Do the Bartman", "Moanin' Lisa Blues", and "Deep, Deep Trouble")

Written by

• Episode – "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"
• Episode – "Gump Roast"
• Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"
• Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
• Episode – "The Fight Before Christmas"
• Episode – "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams"
• Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"
• Episode – "Havana Wild Weekend"

Consulting producer

Script

• Comic story – Krusty, Agent of K.L.O.W.N.

Story

• Comic story – The Itchy & Scratchy Movie II

Contributing writer

• Comic story – Clip Clip Hooray!

Interviewee

• Special – The Simpsons: America's First Family
• Special – The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!
• Special – The Simpsons: Access All Areas

See also

• Episodes written by Dan Castellaneta

External links

• Dan Castellaneta at the Internet Movie Database
• Dan Castellaneta at Wikipedia
• Dan Castellaneta at MobyGames
• Dan Castellaneta at the Infosphere