Dan Castellaneta
Actor, TV Writer
1957 –
Who is Dan Castellaneta?
Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, he voices many other characters on The Simpsons, including Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman.
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, 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 Second City in 1983, and performed with the troupe until 1987. He was cast in The Tracey Ullman Show, 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 The Simpsons. 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 four episodes of The Simpsons with his wife Deb Lacusta.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1957
Oak Park - Also known as
- Daniel Louis Castellaneta
- Daniel Louis Castell
- Black Castellaneta
- Decaying Dan Castellaneta
- Dysfunctional Dan Castellaneta
- Diabolical Dan Castellaneta
- Ro-Dan Castellaneta
- I Was a Teenaged Dan Castellaneta
- Wolfdan Castellaneta
- 28 Dans Later
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Deb Lacusta
(1987 - )
- Deb Lacusta
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Northern Illinois University
Art education
( - 1979) - Oak Park and River Forest High School
( - 1975)
- Northern Illinois University
- Lived in
- Oak Park
- Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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