Dan Castellaneta
Date Of Birth: Oct 29, 1957
Birth Place: Chicago Illinois, USA
Popularity: 202nd All Time, 265th This Week
Trivia & Fun Facts:
- Is strictly a vegan and doesn't drink alcohol.
- 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 beginning at the beginning of the second season of The Simpsons.
- His voice characterization of Krusty the Clown on The Simpsons was based on Chicago television legend Bob Bell who portrayed WGN-TV's Bozo from 1960-1984.
- In 2002, his trademark phrase "d'oh" from The Simpsons was considered valid, and added to the Oxford English Dictionary.