Basic Information About Dan Castellaneta
Category | Celebrities βΊ Actors |
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Professions | Comedian, Actor, Television producer, Singer, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Writer |
Net worth | $85,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1957-10-29 (67 years old) |
Place of birth | Oak Park |
Nationality | United States of America |
Curiosities and Trademarks | The voice of Homer Simpson |
Spouse | Deb Lacusta - (1987 - present) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Dan Castellaneta win?
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Dan Castellaneta awards
Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
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Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Nominee | The Simpsons | 2011 |
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Winner | The Simpsons | 2009 |
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Winner | The Simpsons | 2004 |
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Winner | The Simpsons | 1993 |
BTVA Television Voice Acting Award - Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series - Comedy/Musical | Nominee | The Simpsons | 2013 |
OFTA Television Award - Best Voice-Over Performance | Winner | The Simpsons | 2006 |
Prism Award - Performance in a Comedy Series | Nominee | The Simpsons | 2010 |
Young Artist Award - Most Popular Mom & Pop in a Television Series | Winner | The Simpsons | 2004 |
Dan Castellaneta roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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The Pursuit of Happyness | Alan Frakesh |
Superhero Movie | Carlson |
Fantastic Four | Mr. Kenny |
The Cat in the Hat | Thing One / Thing Two (voice) |
Super 8 | Izzy |
Super Mario Bros. | Narrator (voice) (as Dan Castellenetta) |
Space Jam | Male Fan |
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | Animated Babysitter (voice) |
K-9 | Maitre D' |
Say Anything... | Diane's Teacher (uncredited) |
The Simpsons Movie | Homer Simpson / Itchy / Barney / Grampa / Stage Manager / Krusty the Clown / Mayor Quimby / Mayor's Aide / Multi-Eyed Squirrel / Panicky Man / Sideshow Mel / Mr. Teeny / EPA Official / Kissing Cop / Bear / Boy on Phone / NSA Worker / Officer / Santa's Little Helper / Squeaky-Voiced Teen / Groundskeeper Willie (voice) |
The Client | Slick Moeller |
The War of the Roses | Man in Chair |
The Office | Mr. Ramish 1 episode, 2012 |
Reba | Eugene Fisher 2 episodes, 2002-2003 |
The Tick | Mole King 4 episodes, 1994 |
Friends | The Zoo Keeper 1 episode, 1996 |
How I Met Your Mother | Milt 1 episode, 2009 |
The Mindy Project | Marty 1 episode, 2013 |
Ghost Whisperer | Frank Whitaker 1 episode, 2009 |
Animaniacs | Dracula 1 episode, 1993 |
Dinosaurs | Zabar 1 episode, 1992 |
Parks and Recreation | Derry Murbles 3 episodes, 2011-2014 |
Family Guy | Homer Simpson / ... 4 episodes, 2012-2020 |
Baby Daddy | Peter Oliver 1 episode, 2015 |
Greek | Dr. Milton Hastings 9 episodes, 2007-2011 |
Futurama | The Robot Devil / ... 6 episodes, 1999-2013 |
Wings | George Wexler 1 episode, 1994 |
Everybody Loves Raymond | Bryan 2 episodes, 1998-2001 |
Veronica Mars | Dr. Kinny 1 episode, 2006 |
Johnny Bravo | Carl / ... 2 episodes, 1997-1999 |
The Simpsons | Writer |
The Simpsons | Homer Simpson / ... 731 episodes, 1989-2022 |
Bones | Officer Novarro 1 episode, 2009 |
Sesame Street | Homer Simpson / ... 7 episodes, 1991-1999 |
Batman Beyond | Guard / ... 3 episodes, 2000-2001 |
Desperate Housewives | Jeff Bicks 1 episode, 2009 |
Frasier | Brad 1 episode, 2003 |
Monk | Tiny Werner 1 episode, 2008 |
Entourage | Andrew Preston 2 episodes, 2007 |
Legion of Super Heroes | Boris / ... 1 episode, 2006 |
My Life as a Teenage Robot | Drone #1 / ... 1 episode, 2005 |
Goof Troop | Baseball coach 1 episode, 1992 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Homer Simpson 1 episode, 2014 |
Aladdin | Genie / ... 86 episodes, 1994-1995 |
That '70s Show | Agent Armstrong 1 episode, 2003 |
101 Dalmatians: The Series | Go-Go 1 episode, 1997 |
Sonic the Hedgehog | Lazaar (uncredited) unknown episodes |
Love & War | Chuck Doppler 1 episode, 1992 |
Kim Possible | Baxter / ... 3 episodes, 2002 |
Dan Castellaneta's Movie/Shows Salary
Movie / Series | Salary |
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The SimpsonsΒ (1989) | $300,000 per episode (2011-) |
Dan Castellaneta's Quotes
- To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets.
- Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them.
- The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
- After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.
- Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
Interesting Facts about Dan Castellaneta
- Former member of Chicago Second City
- Graduated from the class of 1975 from Oak Park River Forest High School
- Practices tai chi.
- At first, for the voice of "Homer Simpson", Dan tried to imitate Walter Matthau, but he had trouble with certain emotional registers and intonations with the voice, so he slightly changed the present voice of Homer at the beginning of the second season of The Simpsons (1989).
- Doesn't drink.
- His voice characterization of "Krusty the Clown" on Fox-TV's The Simpsons (1989), was based on Chicago television legend Bob Bell, who portrayed WGN-TV's "Bozo" from 1960-1984.
- "Castellaneta" is the name of a city in Italy
- Graduate of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
- In 2002, his trademark phrase "d'oh" from "The Simpsons" was considered valid, and added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
- The phrase "d'oh" appears only as "Annoyed Grunt" in Simpsons scripts.
- Homer Simpson, voiced by Castellaneta on The Simpsons (1989), was ranked #35 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
- Played Danny DeVito's client in The War of the Roses (1989), and his brother on The Simpsons (1989).
- Once asked in an interview what "D'oh!" means. He replied that he thought "D'oh!", the trademark line of his "Simpsons" character Homer, was a euphemism for "damn".
- According to the producers of The Simpsons (1989), he is so in character when playing "Homer Simpson", that when he makes a mistake during a line reading, it is the type of mistake Homer would make. For example, in the episode "Homer Goes To College", Homer chants "I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T!" His saying S-M-R-T was not scripted, improvised or even intended to be a joke, it was just a mistake.
- Has two younger sisters named Paula and Gina and two nephews named Calvin and Cary
- Popular stand up comedian and voice over actor of numerous cartoons and advertisements.
- Took over the voice of the Genie from Robin Williams for the "Aladdin" TV show and subsequent movies. However, when Williams made peace with Disney, he took the role back from Castellaneta.
- Good friends with Tracey Ullman. They did a lot of comedy work together, and it was Ullman that got Dan his most famous role as Homer Simpson.
- Graduated from the same university as Joan Allen, Justin Mentell, and Matt Ricci.
- Did some work at a Montreal, Canada, radio station in 2004.
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