Dan Castellaneta - Homer Simpson

My next celebrity autograph is from Dan Castellaneta, who for the last 20+ years has been the voice of the most popular animated character of all time, Homer Simpson.


Here's what Dan looks like in real life:


Dan started out as a comedian, and got his big break when he was cast on The Tracey Ullman Show in the late 1980's, which also featured the first animated shorts for The Simpsons. When the show was picked up by Fox, Dan moved across as the voice of Homer, and also provided additional voices for Grandma, Barney, Krusty, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, etc.

But it's not just The Simpsons which Dan has provided voices for, you can also hear him as Doc Brown in the Back To The Future cartoon, as Megavolt in Darkwing Duck, and also as The Robot Devil in Futurama.


Dan himself has also appeared up in many other TV shows in the past, such as ALF, Married With Children, and as a kid's basketball coach in an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond (brilliant!).

For more information on Dan's extensive career (of which I have only briefly mentioned), please consult Wikipedia, or his website http://www.dancastellaneta.com/


Now, as for the autograph, many years ago I wrote to The Simpsons c/- Fox in the US, and received this brilliant inscribed 8x10 photo of Homer in the mail. If you look closely you can see the photo has been folded right down Homer's face, damned posties!


Until next time!