Line #22 Creator/DanCastellaneta


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons D'oh!]]"]]
3	->''"I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting."''
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5	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:
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7	* Homer's similarly abusive, senile father Abraham "Grampa" Simpson
8	* Former Harvard-bound student-turned-town drunk with HiddenDepths Barney Gumble
9	* DepravedKidsShowHost Krusty the Clown
10	* Angry Scottish school janitor Groundskeeper Willie
11	* The UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy-esque Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby
12	* Unlucky helicopter reporter Arnie Pie
13	* Jeremy Freedman, "the Squeaky-Voiced Teen" 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.
14	* Krusty's hammy co-star Sideshow Mel
15	* Desperate and luckless salesman Gil Gunderson
16	* Stereotypically Southern business magnate Rich Texan
17	* [[YoungerThanTheyLook Allegedly]] elderly IronButtMonkey Hans Moleman.
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19	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'', Nordom in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', and the second voice of Genie from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', replacing Creator/RobinWilliams.
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21	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 to 2021 and a co-executive producer from 2021 onward.
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23	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\|2009}}'' (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).
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25	We should also note that, unlike his most famous character, Homer Simpson (who [[BigEater overindulges]] in doughnuts, pork chops, and beer -- [[ExtremeOmnivore among other things]]), Dan Castellaneta is actually a vegetarian, [[TheTeetotaler a teetotaler]], and a tai chi enthusiast.

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