Valentino's hometown of Castellaneta, Italy has created several services in his honor.

Castellaneta has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work on the show as well as an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation in 1993.

Castellaneta has co-written four episodes of The Simpsons with his wife Deb Lacusta.

Castellaneta has also had roles in several other television programs, including the live-action sitcom Sibs, The Adventures of Dynamo Duck, and the animated series Darkwing Duck, Back to the Future: The Animated Series, Earthworm Jim, Aladdin and Hey Arnold !.

Castellaneta has won several awards for voicing Homer, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for " Outstanding Voice-Over Performance " in 1992 for " Lisa's Pony ", 1993 for " Mr. Plow ", 2004 for voicing several characters in " Today I Am a Clown ", and 2009 for voicing Homer in " Father Knows Worst ".

Castellaneta has been a regular cast member in several other television series.

Castellaneta has also made guest appearances in a number of television series episodes.

Other films in which Castellaneta has appeared include Nothing in Common, Say Anything ..., Super Mario Bros., The Client, Space Jam, My Giant, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Recess: School's Out, Hey Arnold!

Alongside his television and film work, Castellaneta has appeared in a number of theatrical productions.

For voicing Homer, Castellaneta has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and a special-achievement Annie Award.

" Dan Castellaneta has won two Primetime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance category for voicing various characters, including Grampa.

Castellaneta has voiced Barney every time he has appeared in the series, with the exception of the episode " Homer's Barbershop Quartet ", in which some of Barney's singing is provided by a member of The Dapper Dans, who recorded lines for all four members of the Be Sharps.

Cast member Dan Castellaneta currently provides the dog's sounds on the show, although voice artist Frank Welker has also voiced him.

Actor Dan Castellaneta has cited Bell as the influence for the voice of The Simpsons character Krusty the Clown.

The character, which was pitched by former show runner David Mirkin and portrayed by Castellaneta, has become one of the writers ' favourites, and was series animation director Jim Reardon's favourite joke of the entire season.

" Citizen Joe " follows an Indiana barber ( portrayed by Dan Castellaneta ) who carries the Ancient Technology Activation gene ( ATA Gene ) and has his life ruined when, through an Ancient device, he begins to have visions of SG-1's missions from season one to season eight.

Dan Castellaneta, who guest stars as Joe Spencer, is the voice of Homer Simpson on The Simpsons, which has been established as O ' Neill's favorite television program.

In 2009 a film school was also opened in his hometown, " Centro Studi Cine Club Rodolfo Valentino Castellaneta ".

Castellaneta was also a regular participant in The Ron Petke and His Dead Uncle Show, a radio show at NIU.

Castellaneta also provides the voices for numerous other characters, including Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Sideshow Mel, Itchy, Kodos, the Squeaky Voiced Teen and Gil Gunderson.

Castellaneta and his wife have also written the episodes " Gump Roast ", " The Ziff Who Came to Dinner ", " Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore ", and " The Fight Before Christmas ".

Castellaneta is also credited as a consulting producer.

Castellaneta also practices T ' ai Chi.

He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and he is also the patriarch of the Simpson family, the father of Homer Simpson, and the grandfather of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson.

Grampa's voice is performed by Dan Castellaneta, who also voices numerous other characters, including Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Barney Gumble, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman.

He was replaced by Dan Castellaneta ( best known for voicing Homer Simpson ), who also voiced the Genie in the animated series as well as in Kingdom Hearts.

The title character, an " average worm " who stumbled upon a space suit which turned him into a superhero, became immensely popular, and spawned a variety of other types of merchandise: action figures, comic books, and a syndicated television cartoon series on the Warner Kids Network, with the title character voiced on the show by Dan Castellaneta ( also known as the voice behind Homer Simpson ).

Ginny Tillman, the ex-wife of a Beverly Hills proctologist ; Francesca McDowell, a 14-year-old New York City girl being raised by her father Dave ( portrayed by Castellaneta ) and his partner William ( McMurray ); Tina, a Brooklyn postal employee who is best friends with her co-worker Meg ( Kavner ); Sarah Downey, a quintessential yuppie married to attorney Greg ( Castellaneta ); Kay Clark, an English office worker and caregiver to her sick mother ( Kay also appeared frequently in Tracey Takes On ); Sandra Decker, an aged Hollywood movie actress ; Kiki Howard-Smith, an Australian professional golfer ; Summer Storm, a Los Angeles disc jockey ; and Angel Tish, a singer who appeared with her husband Marty ( Castellaneta ).

Drew Barrymore voices the titular character, and also featured are the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Peter MacNicol, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Ed Asner, Tim Meadows, Billy West, and Michael Stipe.

Gibron also liked the choice of DeVito as the voice of Herb as he is " almost the antithesis of everything Dan Castellaneta does with Homer vocally.

Bill and Marty, voiced by Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta, also make their first visual appearances, although they were heard on the radio in previous episodes, including Bart Gets An F. They are two radio show hosts and deejays on Springfield's own radio station KBBL.

His voice, provided by Dan Castellaneta, was also an impression of Cohn.

Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson is also a vegetarian.

" The French man and the tuxedo-wearing man on the ship were both portrayed by main cast member Dan Castellaneta, who also plays Homer among other characters in the series.

" The voice actor who plays Angry Dad in the episode was portrayed by Dan Castellaneta, who also does the voice for Homer among other characters in the series.

The design of the character is also based on Castellaneta.

Castellaneta chose the title I Am Not Homer as a parody of Leonard Nimoy's famous first autobiography I Am Not Spock, as well as to show that most of the comedy featured " is not the typical Homer comedy.

The majority of the sketches had been written and performed before the CD was recorded, and Castellaneta thought that it would be a good idea to preserve them " since and Lacusta don't perform them much anymore.

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner and fellow cast member Dan Castellaneta to voice Marge and Homer rather than hire more actors.

In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta ( the voice of Homer ) won a Young Artist Award for " Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ".

* October 29 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor ( Homer Simpson from ' The Simpsons ')

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Castellaneta to voice Homer.

Castellaneta is most famous for his role as Homer Simpson on the long-running animated television show The Simpsons.

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Castellaneta and fellow cast member Julie Kavner to voice Homer and Marge Simpson rather than hire more actors.

In 1993, Castellaneta was given a special Annie Award, " Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation ", for his work as Homer on The Simpsons.

In the shorts and earlier episodes, Castellaneta voiced Homer with a loose impression of Walter Matthau ; however, during the second and third seasons of the half-hour show, Homer's voice evolved to become more robust, to allow the expression of a fuller range of emotions.

While the roles of Homer and Marge were given to Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner because they were already a part of the Tracey Ullman Show cast, the producers decided to hold casting for the roles of Bart and Lisa.

Sexual Inadequacy " ( season six, 1994 ) featured many interactions between Grampa and Homer, so Castellaneta therefore had to talk to himself when he recorded the voices for that episode.

In 2010, Castellaneta was nominated for the award for voicing Grampa and Homer in the episode " Thursdays with Abie ".

Among these are Pulitizer Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway, football hall-of-famer George Trafton, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, city planner Walter Burley Griffin, comedian Kathy Griffin, and the voice of iconic cartoon character Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta.

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner and fellow cast member Dan Castellaneta to voice Marge and Homer rather than hire more actors.

* Dan Castellaneta ( as Homer Simpson )

Dan Castellaneta ( who does the voice of Homer Simpson ) appeared in a Homer costume and hired the attorneys in the seventh-season premiere.