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Dan Castellaneta

Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta (born on October 29, 1957 in Oak Park, Illinois) is a voice actor best known as the voice of Homer Simpson on The Simpsons. One episode in particular had Homer meeting a character by the name of Leon Kompowsky, who was voiced by Michael Jackson. The episode "Treehouse of Horror XIV" (2003) included Jerry Lewis providing the voice for Jonathan Frink Sr.

From 1991 to 1993, Castellaneta was the voice of Emmett Brown in Back to the Future: The Animated Series.

In 1992 Castellaneta voiced Chula on Fievel's American Tails. The cartoon also included Cathy Cavadini as Tanya Mousekewitz, Danny Mann as Dog and Hal Rayle as Clint Mousewood.

From 1994 to 1995, Castellaneta voiced The Genie (voiced in the 1st and 3rd film by Robin Williams) on Aladdin, as well as the DTV movie The Return of Jafar. The episode "From Hippsodeth, with Love" included Neil Ross providing the voice of King Pector.

Castellaneta provided the voice of Grandpa on Hey Arnold. He along with Mann both performed voice work on the episode Veteran's Day. Castellaneta voiced his character in Hey Arnold: The Movie (2003), which included Christopher Lloyd as the Coroner.

In 1995, Castellaneta appear in the remake of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, which starred Kirk Cameron as the main character.

In 2005, Castellaneta reprised the role of Genie (whom he voiced on Aladdin: The Animated Series and the DTV Return of Jafar for Kingdom Hearts 2 along with James Arnold Taylor (who voiced Captain Jack Sparrow).

In 2006, Dan voiced Ramon & an elephant seal in the video game Happy Feet, which included Elijah Wood as Mumble and Cavadini as Norma Jean, a young penguin & a human.


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