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A former cast member of the Emmy Award-winning series The
Tracey Ullman Show, Dan Castellaneta was honored with Emmy
Awards in 1992 and 1993 as the voice of Homer Simpson and many
others on The Simpsons.
His voice-over talent has given life to Genie in the successful
animated television series Aladdin, based on the blockbuster
hit movie, as well as the second sequel, Return of Jaffar.
Castellaneta has appeared as a regular on the ABC series Sibs
and has made guest appearances on numerous television shows such
as LA Law, NYPD Blue, Wings, Murphy Brown,
Friends, Cybill, The Drew Carey Show, Alf,
Love and War, The George Carlin Show and Married
with Children. His television films include the Emmy Award-winning
Hand in the Glove and the remake of Disney's The Computer
Wore Tennis Shoes.
On stage, Castellaneta performed for four years with the famous
Chicago Improvisational group The Second City. Classical stage
credits include Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's
Dream and Macbeth. In 1991, he played the offbeat underground
comic book writer Harvey Pekar in American Splendor in
Los Angeles. In 1992 and 1993 he performed with his wife, Deb
Lacusta, in Deb and Dan's Show at different clubs in Santa
Monica. He won a Drama League Award for his performance in Tom
and Jerry as part of the Met Theater's 1994 One Act Festival.
His feature film work includes Nothing in Common, K9,
War of the Roses, The Client, Space Jam,
Forget Paris, Family Bloom, starring Penelope Ann
Miller, and My Giant, starring Billy Crystal.
Dan's characters include...
Homer Simpson
Krusty the Clown
Grampa Simpson
Barney Gumble (the barfly)
Itchy (the mouse)
Mayor Quimby
Groundskeeper Willy
Scott Christian
Hans Moleman
Arnie Pie
Sideshow Mel
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