Actor Bios

Dan Castellaneta

Dan Castelleneta is born on September 10, 1958 in Chicago. He is a former member of Chicago Second City and practices tai-chi. He is a Vegetarian and doesn't drink. His voice of Krusty the Clown on Fox's "The Simpsons" was based on Chicago television legend Bob Bell who portrayed on WGN-TV's Bozo from 1960-1984. He appeared on the album, "The Simpsons: Songs in the Key of Springfield" -- released in 1997and also appears on the album, "The Simpsons Sing the Blues" -- released in 1990. He has done TV commercials for Butterfinger bars, Office Depot and Intel. Recently he done a TV commercial for mastercard. He won an Emmy award in 1992 (Outstanding Voice-over Performance) for "The Simpsons" episode "Lisa's Pony", won again in 1993 for the episode "Mr. Plow" He was the voice of Genie in the video game: Kingdom Hearts.

In the simpsons Dan is the voice of:                               

Julie Kavner

Julie Kavner was born in Los Angeles, California on September 7,1951.Julie  won an Emmy  in 1992 for her voice-over work as Marge Simpson and her sisters, Patty and Selma Bouvier, on  the Simpsons. For her performances on The Tracey Ullman Show(1987-90 on FOX),Julie received four Emmy nominations, as well as four previous nominations for her supporting role as ‘Brenda Morgenstern’ in the comedy Rhoda, winning the coveted Emmy Award in 1987. In 1975 she also received a nomination for her starring role in the daytime special, The Girl Who Couldn't Lose. Additional television credits include co-starring roles in the telefilms No Other Love with Richard Thomas, Katherine with Sissy Spacek and Revenge of the Stepford Wives with Sharon Gless. Julie also appeared in Woody Allen Movies and co-starred with Robert De Niro and Robin Williams in the film This is Your Life in 1992.

In the Simpsons Julie is the voice of:

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria was born on April 25, 1954 in Queens, New York. He provides multiple voices on The Simpsons, including Moe the bartender, Apu the Kwik-E-Mart owner, Police Chief Wiggum, Professor Frink, Dr. Nick Riviera and Comic Book Guy. In 2001, he starred in America's Sweethearts, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts and Billy Crystal. In 1999, Azaria co-starred in Cradle Will Rock, Disney’s Mystery Alaska,  and in Mystery Men. In 1998 Azaria starred in Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin’s Godzilla and in Homegrown. In 1997 he starred in Disney's Anastasia, with Meg Ryan. Recently he starred in Along came Polly with Ben Stiller and Jennifer Anniston. He also appeared in some episodes of the NBC series Friends with his good friend Matthew Perry.

In the simpsons Hank is the voice of:

Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright was born on October 25, 1959 in Dayton, Ohio. Nancy is best known as the voice of Bart Simpson, but also gives voice to Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders and various others in the town of Springfield. In addition to her work on The Simpsons, She portrays Chuckie in Rugrats, Rufus the Naked Mole Rat in Kim Possible. With over two decades at the microphone, Nancy has lent her voice to characters on other animated series, including Richie Rich, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The critic, God, the devil and Bob, Mike, Lu & Og, as well as Timberwolf. 
Nancy received an Emmy and Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in voice-over performance as Bart Simpson. They are displayed along side the multiple SimpsonsEmmys; her Emmys for Animaniacs and Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain and a People's Choice Award. Nancy has an official website and it is at http://www.thenancyshow.com/. She alos had written a book which is an autobiography and behind the scenes look at The Simpsons called "My Life As a 10-Year-Old Boy" She also appeared with Hank Azaria in Godzilla.

In the Simpsons Nancy is the voice of:

Yeardley Smith

Yeardley Smith was born on July 3, 1964 in Paris, France. She is the voice of Lisa Simpson - the wise, thoughtful, intelligent, saxophone-playing, vegetarian member of the Simpson family. When she was two, her family moved to Washington, D.C., where she grew up.Smith began her career when she was 14 years old, at a local dinner theater outside of Washington, D.C., where she played Tinkerbell in an  musical adaptation of Peter Pan. Before graduating from high school, she performed in a play at the New Playwright’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. earning excellent reviews for her part in a new musical comedy  that paved the way to Arena Stage, where she appeared in plays. The following year, she moved to New York where she understudied the role of Debbie in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close. She took over the role two months into the Broadway run and played the part for eight months. During that time, she also did her first two movies. In 1986 Smith moved to Los Angeles, “did a dreadful pilot and a good play,” and won the part of Lisa Simpson when The Simpsons began on The Tracey Ullman Show. She is also Marlene on the ABC series Dharma & Greg.

In the Simpsons Yeardley is the voice of:

Lisa Simpson

Harry Shearer

 Harry Shearer actor/writer/musician was born on December 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California.
Harry Shearer got his big break in the pilot of the 1957-63 sitcom "Leave It To Beaver," in which be 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. 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. 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, and others on the hit TV series "The Simpsons." He also starred in Godzilla along with Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria.

In the Simpsons Harry is the voice of:

Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns/ Wayland Smithers/ Ned Flanders/ Principal Seymor Skinner/ Otto/ Kent Brockman/ Dr. Hibert/ Lenny/ Rev. Lovejoy/ "McBain" (Rainer Wolfcastle)/ Scratchy/ Jasper/ Herman/ Dr. Marvin Monroe/ Dr. Pryor/ Marty