Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellanetais an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer 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 show, including Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth29 October 1957
CityOak Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.
If I were actually Homer Simpson, I'd be getting scripts out the wazoo.
What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
It's a different way of getting across an emotion. You're trying to get it across to the animator because the animator is inspired by the voicetrack in terms of how to animate the character.
I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.
One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
The voice doesn't take a lot of effort now, but in the beginning it was hard to try to find a voice. The one I settled on was just easier to do for a half-hour.
When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.