The Simpsons
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Dan Castellaneta
Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others
Dan was born in September, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. He is an Italian-American, and his mother was Elsie, who passed away in February 2008. He has two younger sisters, Paula and Gina. He was educated at the Oak Park and River Forest High School and attended Northern Illinois University. After graduating, Castellaneta went on to work at Chicago's comedy troupe, The Second City. Though he first made his acting debut in the film Nothing in Common, he is most noteable for his voice-acting. He was once a part of The Tracey Ullman Show providing the voice for Homer Simpson and various other characters that appeared in short animated cartoons. Later the popularity of the animated shorts resulted in the popular half-hour series known as the The Simpsons. From the Simpsons debut in December 17th, 1989, Castellaneta has provided the voice of Homer Simpson and many other characters. He has provided the voice of several characters in movies, animated TV shows, and on film, including the Genie in Aladdin, Disney's animated series and in the 2002 RPG Kingdom Hearts, Grandpa Phil on the Nickelodeon show Hey Arnold!, Jonathan of Rugrats and many others. Dan has released two CDs as of 2008 on Oglio Records. His first CD was Two Lips, which was released on February 22nd, 2000. His second CD, I Am Not Homer, was released on the 23rd of April, 2002. Dan has been married to actress/writer Deb Lacusta since 1987.moreless -
Julie Kavner
Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier
Julie Kavner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1951. She graduated from San Diego State University in 1971. Her first personal hit was in Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatricks singing a song called "Don't Poison the Pirahnas." Kavner began her career playing Brenda Morgenstein, the younger sister of the title character on the sitcom Rhoda. She has a distinctive voice that we all recognize as that of Marge Simpson.moreless -
Nancy Cartwright
Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others
Nancy Cartwright was born in Ohio in 1959. Her mentor was Daws Butler. He helped her get into the voice acting business. Nancy is the memorable voice of Bart Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Chuckie, and many other famous cartoon characters. She has written her own book "My Life As A 10-Year-Old Boy".moreless -
Yeardley Smith
Lisa Simpson
Comic actress and voice specialist Yeardley Smith has made a virtue out of her odd looks, small figure and distinctive, child-like nasal tones. Giving vocal life to the animated role of Lisa Simpson - the intelligent, caring, saxophone-droning, vegetarian member of the Simpson family - has been her bread-and-butter job for over a decade and a half. The American Smith was born in Paris, France, where her father was a correspondent with UPI. By the time she was two, she and her family had moved to Washington, D.C., where she was raised. A shy, introverted child, she started her pixie-ish young career as a teenager at a nearby dinner theater where she played Tinkerbell in a musical adaptation of "Peter Pan." After receiving her high school diploma she apprenticed for a time at the famed Arena Stage, then headed off to New York and bigger things. She understudied the role of Debbie on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" starring Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close, then took over the part for eight months. Small film offers started coming her way with Heaven Help Us (1985) and The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) so in 1986 she headed West and settled. After some work on the LA stage with "Boys and Girls/Men and Women" (1987) and "How the Other Half Loves" (1988) and a recurring role on the ground-breaking gay comedy "Brothers" (1984), Yeardley won the part of daughter Lisa Simpson. The animated character was launched on the sketch TV comedy series "The Tracey Ullman Show" (1987) Two years later she spun off into "The Simpsons" (1989) and still going strong after 15 years. Yeardley has made the TV rounds on-camera as well with amusing guest appearances on "Dharma & Greg" (1997), "Murphy Brown" (1988), "Empty Nest" (1988), "Mama's Family" (1983), and a regular role for three seasons as Louise on "Herman's Head" (1991). Other film supports include roles in City Slickers (1991), Jingle All the Way (1996) and As Good as It Gets (1997). In 2004, Yeardley performed front-and-center in her own one-woman autobiographical show entitled "More" in New York.moreless -
Hank Azaria
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others
Hank Azaria was born in Queens, NY on April 25, 1964. Hank Azaria attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, from 1981-1985, but did not receive his B.A. until he completed two courses in L.A. in 1987. Hank Azaria was given Tufts' Light on the Hill Award in 1999. Azaria, who trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, is a master of film, stage, and screen. He's appeared in numerous TV shows, including Herman's Head, Friends, and Mad About You as well as movies like America's Sweethearts and Mystery, Alaska. He was also a bartender in New York at the Arcadia, which may have helped him prepare for his most notable role as Moe Szyslak, on Fox's The Simpsons. He voices many members of the cast, including Police Chief Wiggum, Apu, Cletus, Professor Frink, and Comic Book Guy. Azaria has had several Emmy nominations for his work, and has won 3 of them for his work on The Simpsons itself. He also won for his performance in Tuesdays With Morrie. While he's stil working on the Simpsons, Azaria has a new series he's working on, Huff, in which he plays a psychiatrist who's wide array of patients keeps him quite frustrated, along with his family. In 2005, Azaria was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on Huff.moreless -
Harry Shearer
Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others
"Hollywood Lifer" does not even begin to describe Harry Shearer. True, the actor/writer/musician has been around for as long as many remember, but he is no hack. Harrison Shearer got his big break in the pilot of the 1957-63 sitcom Leave It To Beaver, in which he played the original Eddie Haskell. The role was recast in future episodes, though he appeared as a different character later on in the first season. Shearer resurfaced in the mid-70's as a comedian in Los Angeles, writing and occasionally performing on Laverne & Shirley, Fernwood 2Night, and America 2Night. He eventually landed a gig on Saturday Night Live, where he performed and wrote sketches during the 1979-80 season, then came back to do the same in 1984-85. Shearer never fit the SNL mold on either attempt, blaming the show's producers for not giving him enough exposure or attention. When he resigned from the show January 13, 1985, a press release cited "creative differences" for his departure. Shearer clarified the quote by saying, "I was creative and they were different." However, his greatest fame came from two completely different entities: as bassist Derek Smalls in the movie This Is Spinal Tap, and as the voice of Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Smithers, Reverend Lovejoy, and many others as welll as the voices from some guest stars on the hit TV series The Simpsons. Shearer has worked as various other occupations apart from showbiz. He worked as a freelance journalist and a high school teacher after he finished his degree at Harvard University, Massachusetts. He also hosted a comedy radio show Le Show that became intensely popular during it's run. He has had two wives. The first, he divorced in 1977. His current wife, Judith Owen, has been married to him since 1993.moreless -
Marcia Wallace
Edna Krabappel
Marcia Wallace, born in Creston, Iowa, played Carol Kester (Bondurant) on The Bob Newhart Show. She later reprised that role in a guest spot on Murphy Brown for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. She later won an Emmy Award for her work as the voice of Mrs. Krabappel on The Simpsons. Wallace studied acting in New York City with the legendary Uta Hagen. She appeared on stage in Hello Dolly, Dark of the Moon, Calling in Crazy and with the off-Broadway group the Fourth Wall. She also did over 50 television commercials. Marcia made numerous appearances on The Merv Griffin Show early in her career and guest starred on The Brady Bunch in the classic episode "Getting Davy Jones." Other guest spots include roles on Columbo, The Love Boat, Taxi, Murder, She Wrote and Magnum, P.I. She has also done numerous films and television movies including The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979). Currently Ms. Wallace appears on the Comedy Central series That's My Bush. Marcia is a breast cancer survivor and now lectures on breast cancer prevention and detection, as well as the emotional and medical challenges of fighting the disease.moreless -
Chris Edgerly
Voice of Unknown
Chris was born in Maryland in 1969. At a young age, his family moved to Savannah. He attended the Benedictine Military High School and the University of Georgia. Chris started performing Stand-Up comedy whilst at University, and continued to tour with his comedy act following graduation. In addition to his comedy work, Chris is a voice actor for shows such as Drawn Together and Celebrity Deathmatch.moreless -
Pamela Hayden
Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others
Pamela Hayden is known for her various voice acting roles!
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Tress MacNeille
Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others
Tress MacNeille is one of the most renowned voice actors in the industry. Many heavyweights in the business consider her amongst the most talented voice actors in history. A veteran of the industry, she has been doing voice overs since the late 1970s; a few of her credits include Dot Warner, Hello Nurse, Marita Hippo, and Miss Flamiel from Animaniacs, Babs Bunny of Tiny Toon Adventures, the teacher on Casper (the animated series), Chip and Gadget of Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Mom and many others on Futurama, Opal Windbag and several extras from Darkwing Duck, Lady Bane of Gummi Bears, Hey Arnold's Grandmother, Cho-Cho, Pepper Mills, Toast, and World's Oldest Woman on Histeria, Shenzi on Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa, Charlotte from Rugrats, Aladdin's Queen Deluca of Mesmoria, and various voices on The Simpsons (including many of the residents at the retirement home). People are usually surprised to find out how many shows Ms Macnielle has actually appeared on, totalling almost 200 projects to date. Although she has an enormous range, she tends to do mostly older or totally insane characters (or both). Ms MacNeille was nominated for the 1995 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in the Field of Animation for Dot Warner and the 1997 Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female in a Television Production for Debbie Douglas in Freakazoid.moreless -
Maggie Roswell
Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and others
This is to explain the Maggie Roswell controversy in THE SIMPSONS.
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Maggie Roswell is a well respected voice actress in The Simpsons as Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Luann van Houten, Emma Hoover, Shary Bobbins and various others. But a problem developed in the 11th season about money. Maggie requested a raise, because she had to travel to record her lines. FOX denied her requests and she quit. Maggie did a voice recording from her home in Denver for The Simpsons 14th Halloween Special. -
Karl Wiedergott
Additional Voices
Currently living in Paris and Sao Paulo with his fiance, Michelle Pritzer. -
Kelsey Grammer
Sideshow Bob Terwilliger
Kelsey Grammer is the star of long running primetime sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. He has one daughter and is married to Camille Donatacci. He has been married to and is now divorced with Doreen Alderman and Leigh Anne Csuhany. -
Joe Mantegna
Fat Tony
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Phil Hartman
Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure and Additional Voices
He was a graphic artist, writer, actor and comedian born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He was also one of several notable graduates from Westchester High School in Los Angeles, California. Hartman became a U.S. citizen in the early 1990s. The exact timing of his switch from "Hartmann" to "Hartman" is unknown, but all of his acting credits after 1986 were as "Hartman." Hartman and his wife Brynn had two children, Sean Edward Hartman (born 1989) and Birgen Hartman (born 1992). Early career In 1975, he joined the California-based comedy group The Groundlings. Hartman met Paul Reubens while working with the Groundlings, and the two became friends, often writing and working on material together. One such collaboration was the character of Pee-wee Herman and the script of the feature film Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Hartman also met Jon Lovitz while with The Groundlings. Hartman also worked part time as a graphic artist, including designing album covers for popular rock bands. Hartman's covers include: Poco's 1978 album Legend (photo) Firesign Theatre's 1980 album Fighting Clowns (photo) Three album covers for the band America History: Greatest Hits in 1975 (photo) Harbor in 1977 (photo) Silent Letter in 1979 (photo). Hartman also designed the logo for the band Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Television career In 1986, Hartman joined the cast of NBC's popular variety show Saturday Night Live and stayed for eight seasons, which was a record at the time. Hartman was known for his impressions, which included Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston, Frank Sinatra, Telly Savalas, Ed McMahon, Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Barbara Bush, Burt Reynolds, Phil Donahue, and former president Bill Clinton, which was perhaps his best-known impression. His other Saturday Night Live characters included Frankenstein and Unfrozen Cave Man Lawyer. He returned twice to host the show following his 1994 departure and was honored at the show's 25th anniversary special in 1999 by the members of the cast who had started their careers on the show the same year: Jan Hooks, Mike Myers, Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon, Jon Lovitz, and Victoria Jackson. Also in 1986, Hartman was chosen to play the role of Captain Carl, one of Pee-Wee Herman's close friends and famed sea captain in the first season of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. From 1991 to 1998, Hartman also provided the voices for a number of characters on the popular animated series, The Simpsons, including dubious attorney Lionel Hutz and B-movie actor Troy McClure. In the episode "Selma's Choice," he lent his voice to three different characters, one of which being the aforementioned Hutz. Shortly before his death he was offered the job of voicing the character of Zapp Brannigan on Futurama. The character was later voiced by Billy West in a vocal style similar to Hartman's. In 1994, Hartman left SNL. In 1995, he became one of the stars of the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, where he portrayed fatuous radio news anchor Bill McNeal. His last role was in the English version of Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service, where he provided the voice of Jiji the cat. Movies Hartman's filmography includes roles, often secondary or supporting, in such features as Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Houseguest, Coneheads, Stuart Saves His Family (voice only), Sgt. Bilko, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Jingle All the Way and Small Soldiers, the last of which would become his final silver screen appearance and was thus dedicated to him. Murder Hartman was murdered on May 28, 1998 in his Encino, California home. He was shot in the head by his wife, Brynn, as he slept; she then turned the gun on herself later that morning. The reasons for the murder-suicide are unknown, although friends of the Hartmans speculated in the press that the combination of their marriage problems and Brynn's drug addictions probably contributed. Hartman's murder caused considerable mourning in Hollywood. NewsRadio produced a special episode where the cast sincerely and tearfully mourned the death of Hartman's on-screen counterpart. After his death, Jon Lovitz joined the show in his place and stayed with it until its ultimate cancellation. Out of respect, The Simpsons retired his characters, rather than finding another voice actor. He was getting ready to do the voice of several characters on Matt Groening's animated series Futurama. After he died, the lead character, Philip J. Fry, was named in his honor. Hartman was posthumously nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of McNeal in NewsRadio, but lost out to David Hyde Pierce from the show Frasier. Upon learning Hartman did not win the award, "NewsRadio" co-star Dave Foley remarked, "What's this guy gotta do to win an Emmy?"moreless -
Doris Grau
Lunchlady Doris
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Stephen Hawking
Himself
Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven Stephen went to St Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford, his father's old college. Stephen wanted to do Mathematics, although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College, so he did Physics instead. After three years and not very much work he was awarded a first class honors degree in Natural Science. In 1963, at age 21, Stephen was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (a neuromuscular disease that progressively weakens muscle control) doctors predicted an early death for him. Stephen, however, had other ideas. Refusing to allow his disease to get the better of him, Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology, there being no-one working in that area in Oxford at the time. His supervisor was Denis Sciama, although he had hoped to get Fred Hoyle who was working in Cambridge. After gaining his Ph.D. he became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973 Stephen came to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. The chair was founded in 1663 with money left in the will of the Reverend Henry Lucas, who had been the Member of Parliament for the University. It was first held by Isaac Barrow, and then in 1669 by Isaac Newton. Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results indicated it was necessary to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory, the other great scientific development of the first half of the 20th Century. One consequence of such a unification that he discovered was that black holes should not be completely black, but should emit radiation and eventually evaporate and disappear. Another conjecture is that the universe has no edge or boundary in imaginary time. This would imply that the way the universe began was completely determined by the laws of science. His many publications include The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime with G F R Ellis, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey, with W Israel, and 300 Years of Gravity, with W Israel. Stephen Hawking has three popular books published; his best seller A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays and most recently in 2001, The Universe in a Nutshell. There are .pdf and .ps versions of his full publication list. Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of many awards, medals and prizes and is a Fellow of The Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Stephen Hawking continues to combine family life (he has three children and one grandchild), and his research into theoretical physics together with an extensive program of travel and public lectures.moreless -
Frank Welker
Santa's Little Helper and Additional Animal Voices
Frank's first job was to talk for Fred on "Scooby-Doo Where are You". He is well known as the "Voice God", because he has done so many voice overs. He grew up with his brother Norman in Denver, Colorado. -
Jon Lovitz
Additional Voices
Jon Lovitz is the 44-year-old actor and former star of Saturday Night Live and NewsRadio. He has starred in Rat Race and has had many guest starring roles, including a recurring one on The Simpsons. -
Albert Brooks
Additional Voices
Albert is the son of radio comedian Harry Einstein, also known as "Parkyakarkus," and actress Thelma Leeds, and the brother of writer, actor, producer Bob Einstein, also known as Super Dave Osborne.
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Jane Kaczmarek
Judge Constance Harm
Jane Kaczmarek grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her mother was a teacher and her father a Defense Department employee. She is the oldest child in her family. Jane was studying theatre at the University of Wisconsin. There, her friend Tony Shalhoub encouraged her to be a star. She enrolled at Yale with Shalhoub and performed in the Yale Repertory Company. She had some theatrical and film successes. Her roommate at Yale, Kate Burton, made a blind date between Jane and Bradley Whitford. They liked each other and after 2 years of dating, the two married.
Now, Jane Kaczmarek is well known for her role as "Lois" in Malcolm in the Middle. She was nominated for several awards.moreless -
Maurice LaMarche
Additional Voices
Maurice LaMarche was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 30, 1958. Shortly after his birth, he and his family moved to Timmins, Ontario. During his childhood, he slowly gained a talent and love for mimicry (Impressionalism). Later on this love of mimicry turned into a love of stand up comedy. At 19, he performed at an open mic night, to displeasing results. Unperturbed, the 22 year old moved on to Los Angeles, California to have a try at show business. He was unsucessful. Instead, he moved to New York City, where he finally found success.moreless -
Jan Hooks
Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon
Jan Hooks was born in Decatur, Georgia and lived in Atlanta until her family moved to Florida during her high school years. While in high school, her attention turned from cheerleading to school theater productions. She attended the University of West Florida and became active in regional and summer theater productions. Jan returned to Atlanta to work in dinner theater and became a member of the comedy ensemble group The New Wits End Players. She also appeared on WTBS and won the Georgia-area Emmy Award for her performance in Tush. Best known for her five season stint as a Saturday Night Live Player from October of 1986 through May of 1991, Jan portrayed many characters during her run on the show including appearances as Tammy Faye Bakker, Eleanor Clift in The McLaughlin Group, Hilary Clinton, Nadia Comaneci, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Betty Ford, Kathie Lee Gifford, Nancy Glass in Attitudes, Jessica Hahn, Sally Kellerman, Doe Kelly in Attitudes, Marla Maples, Sinead O'Conner, Sally Jessy Raphael, Nancy Reagan, Diane Sawyer, Nancy Simmons in Wayne's World, Candy in the Sweeney Sisters, and even Ivana Trump. She has also appeared in TV commercials for Nike Zoom Air sneakers (1997), as a regular on the series The Martin Short Show, Designing Women, and The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, and in cameo and supporting roles in the feature films A Dangerous Woman, Batman Returns, Coneheads, and Pee-wee's Big Adventure (The Greatest Movie Ever Produced). Most recently she appeared as a tyrannical Sunday School teacher in the film Simon Birch and in a recurring role on NBC's Third Rock from the Sun.moreless -
Marcia Mitzman-Gaven
Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, and Miss Hoover
A great theatrical actress indeed, playing in broadway and doing voiceovers. A lot of people may ask who is Marcia Mitzman Gaven! Well, she has appeared in many things, such as, Beverly Hills, 90201 and The Simpsons. Marcia Mitzman Gaven replaced Maggie Roswell for the roles of Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Emma Hoover (voices) etc. on The Simpsons. She appeared in the following concerts: 1989--Chess in Concert--A benefit for the Emergency Shelter Fund, Inc. 1998--For the Boys--benefit concert--Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles 1999--S.T.A.G.E.L.A.--benefit concert for the HIV/AIDS services of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, and Being Alive/Los Angeles 1999--Spirit of the Century--Fourth of July concert at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Thanks, fuddle.moreless -
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Michael Carrington
Additional Voices
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Ian Maxtone-Graham
Writer
Ian has worked on The Simpsons in one capacity or another since 1995. Episodes he's authored include "Burns, Baby Burns", "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", and "Alone Again Natura-Diddly". -
Brian Kelley
Writer
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Kevin Curran
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