Dan Castellaneta

Dan is the voice of Homer Simpson on The Simpsons

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Castellaneta was educated at the Oak Park and River Forest High School and Northern Illinois University. He was raised on the south east side of Oak Park in a modest home on Humphrey Avenue. While at Oak Park and River Forest High School, he played on the baseball team. Years later Assistant Coach Dick Trout would recall, "Dan was funny but he threw like a girl." After graduation, he went on to work at Chicago's Second City, which he later recalled on Inside the Actors Studio as "a place that, if you're not funny going in, will train you on how to be funny when going out." On The Simpsons, Castellaneta provides the voices for Homer Simpson (he has to tilt his chin into his neck to do Homer's voice correctly ).