Dan Castellaneta


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10/28/1957
Chicago, IL
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Joined Chicago's acclaimed Second City comedy troupe after graduating college.
Made his big-screen acting debut in 1986 comedy Nothing in Common.
In the late '90s, he wrote the comedic play A Purple Dawn.
Met his wife, writer-actor Deb Lacusta, in a Second City improv class. They went on to collaborate on many projects, including their own Chicago radio show.
Said the original vocal inspiration for Homer Simpson, back when The Simpsons was featured as an animated short on The Tracey Ullman Show, was actor Walter Matthau. Homer's sig