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List Of Cast Members Of The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom that includes six main voice actors and numerous regular cast and recurring guest stars. The principal cast consists of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer. Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Chris Edgerly, Eric Lopez, Alex Désert, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jenny Yokobori, Kimberly D. Brooks, Dawnn Lewis, Tony Rodriguez, Melanie Minichino, Jonathan Lipow, and Grey DeLisle have appeared as supporting cast members, along with former supporting cast members Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott, Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Doris Grau, Susan Blu, Jo Ann Harris, and Christopher Collins. Repeat guest cast members include Marcia Wallace, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Joe Mantegna and Kelsey Grammer. With the exception of "Old Money", episode credits list only the voice actors, and not the characters they voice. Both Fox and the production crew wanted to keep their identities secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simpsons Voice Actors
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge Simpson, Marge, Bart Simpson, Bart, Lisa Simpson, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson, Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield (The Simpsons), Springfield and parodies Culture of the United States, American culture and Society of the United States, society, television, and the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of The Simpsons shorts, animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. He created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name; he thought Simpson was a funny name in that it sounded similar to "simpleton". The shorts became a part of ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' on April 19, 1987. After three sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Brooks
Kimberly D. Brooks (née Lawson) is an American voice actress who works in the voice-over, film, video games, and theatre industry. She has voiced in video games since the mid-1990s. She has played Ashley Williams in the ''Mass Effect'' series, Stormy in the Nickelodeon revival of ''Winx Club'', Buena Girl from ''¡Mucha Lucha!'', Barbara Gordon in the '' Batman: Arkham'' video game series, Shinobu Jacobs in '' No More Heroes'' and '' No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle,'' Princess Allura from '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'', Mee Mee in '' Dexter's Laboratory'', Jasper in ''Steven Universe'', Luna in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise as part of the Hex Girls, and Robin Ayou in '' Subnautica: Below Zero''. Brooks won a BAFTA Award for Performer in a Supporting Role at the 18th British Academy Games Awards for her work in ''Psychonauts 2 ''Psychonauts 2'' is a platform game developed by Double Fine and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game was announced at The Game Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Mantegna
Joseph Anthony Mantegna (, ; born November 13, 1947) is an American actor. Mantegna began his career on stage in 1969 in the Chicago production of the musical ''Hair''. He earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and a Joseph Jefferson Award for portraying Richard Roma in the first American productions of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize–winning play '' Glengarry Glen Ross'', the first of many collaborations with Mamet. His long-standing association with Mamet includes the premieres of ''A Life in the Theatre'', ''The Disappearance of the Jews'' and ''Speed-the-Plow'' on Broadway. Mantegna also directed a highly lauded production of Mamet's ''Lakeboat'', which enjoyed a successful theatrical run in Los Angeles. He later directed the film version of ''Lakeboat''. In addition to theatrical appearances directed by Mamet, Mantegna appeared in Mamet's films ''House of Games'' (1987), '' Things Change'' (1988), ''Homicide'' (1991), and ''Redbelt'' (2008). In film and on tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Lovitz
Jonathan Michael Lovitz (; born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1990. Lovitz starred as Jay Sherman in ''The Critic'' and played a baseball scout in ''A League of Their Own''. He has appeared in 20 episodes of ''The Simpsons''. Early life Lovitz was born on July 21, 1957, in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, to Harold and Barbara Lovitz. His family is Jewish, and emigrated from Romania, Hungary, and Russia. His paternal grandfather, Feivel Ianculovici, left Romania around 1914. After arriving in the United States, he Americanized his name to Phillip Lovitz. In a 2011 interview, Lovitz described his comedic influences: "When I was 13, I saw Woody Allen's movie ''Take The Money and Run'', and I wanted to be a comedian. Then when I was 16, I saw the movie '' Lenny'', about Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman. I thought the movie was so great, and I'd never heard of Lenny, so I went to the record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Hartman
Philip Edward Hartman (; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, he joined the comedy group The Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character, Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''. In 1986, Hartman joined the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') as a cast member, and stayed for eight seasons until 1994. Nicknamed "Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his ''SNL'' work in 1989. In 1995, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Wallace
Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013) was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles in television situation comedies. She is best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom ''The Bob Newhart Show'', Mrs. Carruthers on ''Full House'', and as the voice of elementary school teacher Edna Krabappel on the animated series ''The Simpsons'', for which she won an Emmy Award, Emmy in 1992. The character was retired after her death but sporadically appears through archive recording. Wallace was known for her tall frame, red hair, and distinctive laugh. She had a career spanning five decades on TV, film, and stage. She was a frequent guest on ''The Merv Griffin Show'', which led to her receiving a personal request to appear on ''The Bob Newhart Show'' in a role created especially for her. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1985, she became a cancer activist, and remained so throughout her life. Early life Wallace was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Collins
Christopher Charles Collins (born Christopher Lawrence Latta; August 30, 1949 – June 12, 1994) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known as the voice of Cobra Commander in the ''G.I. Joe'' animated series and Starscream in the first ''Transformers'' animated series. He had a few guest roles in the ''Star Trek'' series ''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'', he voice acted Moe Szyslak and Mr. Burns in the first season of ''The Simpsons'' (1989–1990), and he had many other roles in television series and films. He also had a successful stand-up comedy career. Early life Christopher Lawrence Latta was born in Orange, New Jersey to Robert Latta, a New York stage actor, and Jane Morin, an advertising executive. He grew up in the Morningside Heights (sometimes called "West Harlem") section of Manhattan, New York City. His legal name became Christopher Charles Collins when his stepfather adopted him. In his stand-up routine, he claimed to have grown up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Ann Harris
Jo Ann Harris (born Jo Ann Marcovitch; May 27, 1949) is an American actress known for her many film and television roles beginning in 1967. In the 1971 film '' The Beguiled'' she portrayed a 17-year-old who seduced Clint Eastwood's character. Her other films include '' Maryjane'' (1968), ''The Gay Deceivers'' (1969), ''The Sporting Club'' (1971), ''The Parallax View'' (1974), '' Act of Vengeance'' (1974), ''Cruise into Terror'' (1978), and '' Deadly Games'' (1982). Career Harris's first acting role came in the drama series '' Run for Your Life'' (starring Ben Gazzara) in 1967 when she was 18 years old. Other guest-starring TV credits include ''Adam-12'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The High Chaparral'', '' The Virginian''/''The Men of Shiloh'', '' Medical Center'', ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', ''The Mod Squad'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''Nakia'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Vega$'', ''B.J. and the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Blu
Susan Maria Blue, better known as Sue Blu, is an American voice-actress, voice-director, and casting-director in American and Canadian cinema and television. She most notably voiced Arcee in '' The Transformers: The Movie'' and Seasons 3 and 4 of '' The Transformers'' (she later reprised the role in '' Transformers: Animated''). She is also known for playing the roles of Stormer/Mary Phillips and Lindsey Pierce in the 1980s animated series '' Jem''. She also served as a Casting- & Voice-Director for ''Handy Manny'', for which she also guest-starred as Marion. Life and career Blu graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in 1968. Her voice roles include Nanny Smurf on ''The Smurfs'', Judge J.B. McBride on ''BraveStarr'', Jessica Wray, Futura and Belfry on ''Ghostbusters'', Aimee Brightower on ''Galaxy High'', Kim on ''Fangface'', Hiccup on ''Little Clowns of Happytown'', Lofty, Paradise, Buttons and other minor characters on ''My Little Pony'', the character Transmutate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Grau
Doris Grau (October 12, 1924 – December 30, 1995) was an American actress and script supervisor from Brooklyn. Shortly after moving to Hollywood in 1940, she began her career with supervising film and television scripts. She continued to do this until the 1990s and worked on films such as ''Point Blank'' and ''King Kong'' and television shows such as ''Cheers'' and ''The Tracey Ullman Show''. In addition, Grau did some acting in her later years, playing both live-action and animated roles. On the sitcom ''The Simpsons'', she both worked as a script supervisor and provided the voice of Lunchlady Doris and other minor characters. Early life Grau was born on October 12, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. She moved to the Hollywood district in Los Angeles, California as a teenager in 1940. There she was soon hired as a script supervisor for the production company Columbia Pictures. Career Grau supervised the script of the 1967 crime film ''Point Blank'', which revolves around a man name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Mitzman Gaven
Marcia Mitzman Gaven (born February 28, 1959) is an American actress from New York. Since studying at the High School of Performing Arts and the State University of New York at Purchase, she has appeared in many musicals during her career singing in both mezzo-soprano and soprano roles. Her Broadway debut came in 1979 when she played Betty Rizzo in '' Grease'', serving as the replacement for the original actress of the role. In the 1980s she appeared in the musicals ''The Rocky Horror Show'', ''Oliver!'', '' Zorba'', ''Nine'', ''Anything Goes'', ''Chess'', and '' Welcome to the Club'', and in the operas ''Brigadoon'', '' South Pacific'', and ''Sweeney Todd''. In 1992, Gaven played the character Mrs. Walker in a new production called ''The Who's Tommy'' at La Jolla Playhouse. The musical was a success, resulting in its move to Broadway in 1993. Gaven was praised by critics for her performance and received a Tony Award nomination in the " Best Featured Actress in a Musical" catego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Wiedergott
Karl Wiedergott (born Karl Aloysious Treaton; February 8, 1969) is a German-born American actor. He is noted for his voice work on the sitcom ''The Simpsons'' from 1998 to 2010, voicing background characters and some celebrities such as John Travolta and Bill Clinton. Wiedergott provided various voices on more than 200 episodes, his final appearance being in the season 22 episode "Donnie Fatso "Donnie Fatso" is the ninth episode in the twenty-second season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 12, 2010. The plot revolves around an FBI agent, who he ...". In 2005, Wiedergott decided to take a break from auditioning and concentrate solely on his work for ''The Simpsons''. Filmography Film Television External links * References Living people German male television actors German male voice actors Male actors from Berlin Place of birth missing (living people) St. Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
