Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, he voices many other Simpsons characters, including Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman and Sideshow Mel.
On Nickelodeon, he is best known as the voice of Grandpa Phil on Hey Arnold!, where he also voiced Willie, the Jolly Olly Ice Cream Man, Nick Vermicelli and various minor characters. The roles of Phil and Vermicelli were reprised for Hey Arnold!: The Movie, and he would voice Phil again in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie fifteen years later. He also voiced Jonathan Kraskell, Charlotte Pickles' assistant on Rugrats, as well as the priest in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie.
Lesser known voice roles for the network include Dave Bishop in four episodes of As Told by Ginger, Professor Crank and Jimmy Neutron's Hulk-esque form in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius episode "The N-Men", as well as the corrupted Goddard in The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour.
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- Rugrats - Jonathan, Hershowitz, Jury Foreman, Press, Train Conductor, Head Detective
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Priest
- Hey Arnold! - Grandpa Phil Shortman, Additional Voices
- Hey Arnold!: The Movie - Grandpa Phil Shortman, Nick Vermicelli
- Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie - Grandpa Phil Shortman
- As Told by Ginger - Dave Bishop
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius - Professor Crank, Hulk Jimmy
- My Life as a Teenage Robot - Drone #1 and #2 (Episode: "Killgore")