14 Facts About Dan Castellanetta

Dan Castellanetta is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons.

Dan Castellanetta is of Italian descent, born to Elsie and Louis Castellaneta, an amateur actor who worked for a printing company.

Dan Castellanetta would listen to his father's comedy records and do impressions of the artists.

Dan Castellanetta was a "devotee" of the works of many performers, including Alan Arkin and Barbara Harris and directors Mike Nichols and Elaine May Dan Castellanetta attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and upon graduation, started attending Northern Illinois University in the fall of 1975.

Dan Castellanetta became a student teacher and would entertain his students with his impressions.

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Dan Castellanetta decided that if his career went nowhere he would still have a chance to try something else.

Dan Castellanetta began taking improvisation classes, where he met his future wife Deb Lacusta.

Dan Castellanetta started to work at The Second City, an improvisational theatre in Chicago, in 1983 and continued to work there until 1987.

Dan Castellanetta auditioned for a role in The Tracey Ullman Show and his first meeting underwhelmed Tracey Ullman and the other producers.

Dan Castellanetta tried to find something easier, so he "dropped the voice down", and developed it into a more versatile and humorous voice during the second and third season of the half-hour show.

Dan Castellanetta did not know what voice to use and Sam Simon, who was directing at the time, suggested he use an accent.

Dan Castellanetta guest starred as The Robot Devil in five episodes of Futurama, as well as the Futurama film The Beast with a Billion Backs.

Dan Castellanetta appeared in episodes of ALF, Campus Ladies, Castle, Entourage, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Friends, Greek, How I Met Your Mother, Mad About You, Married.

Dan Castellanetta appeared as the Genie in the Aladdin sequel The Return of Jafar and on the 1994 Aladdin television series.