Dan Castellaneta

Emmy Award winner Dan Castellaneta is the voice of Homer Simpson … as well as Krusty the Clown, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Mayor Quimby, Groundskeeper Willie and a multitude of others on the historic animated series The Simpsons.

A former cast member of The Tracey Ullman Show and Sibs, Castellaneta has also made numerous guest appearances on television shows including Murphy Brown, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Mad About You, NYPD Blue, Veronica Mars, Stargate SG1, Entourage, Greek, Campus Ladies and Reno 911! His feature film work includes The Client, Forget Paris, Love Affair, The War of the Roses, My Giant, Nothing in Common, Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor, the Sci-Fi channel movie Sands of Oblivion, The Charlie’s Angel’s Story: Behind The Camera as Aaron Spelling, The Pursuit of Happyness and I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. In July 2007 he starred in the worldwide smash hit The Simpsons Movie.

A native of Chicago, Castellaneta performed with the famed improvisational comedy troupe The Second City. In Los Angeles, he won a Dramalogue Award for his performance in Tom & Jerry as part of Showtime’s Act One Series. He created the stage role of Harvey Pekar, the underground cartoonist, in the long-running hit American Splendor at Theater/Theater in Hollywood. He also performed and co-wrote the acclaimed comedy show Deb & Dan’s Show, in which he starred with his wife, Deb Lacusta, at The Improvisation. He made his New York debut in the title role of The Alchemist and also performed his one-man show Where Did Vincent Van Gogh? in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, The Edinburgh Film Festival and the Aspen HBO Comedy Festival. Other theater credits include The Underpants, adapted by Steve Martin from a play by Carl Sternheim at the Geffen Theater in Los Angeles; The Old Globe’s production of Moonlight and Magnolias as Gone with the Wind producer David O. Selznick; and most recently, in the premiere of Nighthawks at the Kirk Douglas Theater Los Angeles.

Castellaneta’s writing credits include The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons Comic Books and four episodes of The Simpsons, one of which was nominated for a Writers Guild Award. He directed and co-wrote Pieces of Eight at the Alliance Repertory Theater. His play A Purple Dawn premiered at Geneva College and also played at Northwestern College in Orange City, IA. Along with Lacusta, he founded the improv scenario group Instant Theatre in Chicago, where they wrote, directed and performed comedic one-act plays.

Originally from Chicago, Castellaneta now lives in Los Angeles.