Editing Dan Castellaneta (section)

===Further career===
[[File:Dan Castellaneta 2.jpg|thumb|Castellaneta in 2002]]
Castellaneta has been a regular cast member in several other television series. In 1991, he played Warren Morris in the short-lived [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] live-action sitcom ''[[Sibs]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|title=Castellaneta's Can-'D'oh' attitude|author=Whipp, Glenn|date=June 30, 1999}}</ref> Heide Perlman, creator of ''Sibs'', wrote the part with Castellaneta in mind.<ref name="carries">{{Cite news|title=Castellaneta's voice carries in Hollywood|author=King, Susan|date=April 12, 1992|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

He provided the voice of the eponymous character in ''The Adventures of [[Dynamo Duck]]'', [[Megavolt (Darkwing Duck)|Megavolt]] in ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', [[Emmett Brown|"Doc" Emmett Brown]] in ''[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future: The Animated Series]]'',<ref name="carries"/> the lead character in ''[[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|Earthworm Jim]]''<ref>{{Cite news|title=Worm conquers airwaves&nbsp;— Denair Grad's creation becomes new TV show|work=[[The Modesto Bee]]|author=Coats, Rusty|date=July 4, 1995}}</ref> and several characters, including Grandpa Phil and the Jolly Olly Man, the mentally unstable [[ice cream truck]] driver, on [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''.<ref name="Ledger">{{Cite news|title=The voices behind 'The Simpsons'|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|author=Duffy, Mike|date=January 6, 1997}}</ref> He guest starred as [[The Robot Devil]] in five episodes of ''[[Futurama]]'', as well as the ''Futurama'' film ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/arts/story.html?id=79746194-9cd1-4006-aaea-60072afbf292|title=Futurama back as baseball throws curve to schedule|author=Strachan, Alex|work=[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]|date=October 26, 2008|access-date=February 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006095644/http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/arts/story.html?id=79746194-9cd1-4006-aaea-60072afbf292|archive-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref>

Castellaneta has also made guest appearances in a number of television series episodes. In 1992, he guest-starred in an episode of the [[legal drama]] ''[[L.A. Law]]'', as a Homer Simpson [[meetable character]] at a California [[amusement park]] who is dismissed for inappropriate behavior while in costume.<ref>{{Cite news|title=New writers give 'L.A. Law' a needed lift|work=[[Dayton Daily News]]|author=Hopkins, Tom|date=October 22, 1992}}</ref> 
In 1996, he made a guest appearance as a Zoo Keeper in Season 2, Episode 12 "[[The One After the Superbowl]]" in [[Friends]].
In 2005, he appeared in the episode "Sword of Destiny" in ''[[Arrested Development]]'' as Dr. Stein, a [[deadpan]] incompetent doctor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DVD Review: Arrested Development&nbsp;— Season Two|url=http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=3602|work=The Trades|author=Burriel, Raul|date=October 12, 2005|access-date=February 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623143254/http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=3602|archive-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref>

In 2005, Castellaneta guest-starred as Joe Spencer in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' [[Stargate SG-1 (season 8)|season eight]] episode "[[Citizen Joe]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard Dean Anderson Marks SG-1's 200th|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/Richard-Dean-Anderson-39758.aspx|work=[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]]|date=August 18, 2006|access-date=February 16, 2009|author=Rudolph, Ileane}}</ref> He also appeared in episodes of ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'', ''[[Campus Ladies]]'', ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'', ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[Friends]]'', ''[[Greek (TV series)|Greek]]'', ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/05/how-i-met-your-mother-right-place-right-time|title=How I Met Your Mother: Right Place Right Time|author=Keller, Joel|date=May 5, 2009|access-date=May 5, 2009|publisher=[[TV Squad]]}}</ref> ''[[Mad About You]]'', ''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', ''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]'', ''[[Reno 911!]]'', ''[[That '70s Show]]'', ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'', ''[[Yes, Dear]]'',<ref name="FoxFlash">{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z13z4&bioid=1671|title=Dan Castellaneta|publisher=FoxFlash|access-date=February 15, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929001954/http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z175z13z4&bioid=1671|archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s21/desperatehousewives/news/a184185/simpsons-actor-to-visit-housewives.html|title='Simpsons' actor to visit 'Housewives'|last=Moody|first=Mike|date=October 29, 2009|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=October 29, 2009}}</ref>

He appeared as the [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]] in the ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' sequel ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'' and on the 1994 ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'' television series. The Genie had been voiced by [[Robin Williams]] in ''Aladdin'', and Castellaneta described replacing him as "sort of like stepping into ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' after [[Laurence Olivier]] did it, how can you win?" He also provided Genie's voice in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' video game series<ref name="Aspen"/> for both ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' (with archived audio used for ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'' and its remake as well as for the later HD collections ''[[Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix]]''). Castellaneta portrayed [[Aaron Spelling]] in the 2004 [[NBC]] film ''Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels'', which followed the true story of how Spelling created the show. Other films in which Castellaneta has appeared include ''[[Nothing in Common]]'', ''[[Say Anything...]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[The Client (1994 film)|The Client]]'', ''[[Space Jam]]'', ''[[My Giant]]'', ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'', ''[[Recess: School's Out]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]'', ''[[The Cat in the Hat (film)|The Cat in the Hat]]'' and ''[[The Pursuit of Happyness]]''.<ref name="FoxFlash"/>

In 2000, he won an [[Annie Award]] for his portrayal of the Postman in the animated Christmas television special ''[[Olive, the Other Reindeer]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Legacy: 28th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2000)|publisher=[[Annie Award]]s|url=http://annieawards.org/28thwinners.html|access-date=February 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424041350/http://annieawards.org/28thwinners.html|archive-date=April 24, 2008}}</ref> In 2006, he appeared in [[Jeff Garlin]]'s independent film ''[[I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With]]'' along with several other [[List of alumni of the Second City|Second City alumni]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With|work=Variety|author=Scheib, Ronnie|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930742.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|date=June 5, 2006|access-date=March 7, 2009}}</ref>

On February 22, 2000, his first music CD ''Two Lips'' was published.<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Courier News]]|title=New releases|date=February 17, 2000 |author=Junior, Chris M.}}</ref> It was followed on April 23, 2002, by his first comedy CD, ''[[I Am Not Homer]]'', in which he and his wife perform several comedy skits. 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 [he and Lacusta] don't perform them much anymore."<ref name=celebcafe/>

Some came from their sketch series on a local radio station in Chicago and had to be lengthened from the "two-minute bits" that they were original, while several others were stage sketches performed in a comedy club in [[Santa Monica]].<ref name=barnes>{{cite news|url=http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/Interview.asp?CTR=583498|title=The Voice Behind Homer Simpson Steps into the Spotlight and...D'oh!|access-date=November 20, 2007|date=April 25, 2002|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927002206/http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/Interview.asp?CTR=583498|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, "Citizen Kane", a sketch in which two people discuss the film ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' with different meanings, was something the pair had performed at an art gallery.<ref name=barnes/> Castellaneta noted that "we already knew that these skits were funny, [but] some of them we polished and tightened."<ref name=barnes/> The skits were principally written by improvising from a basic point, transcribing the results, and then editing them to the finished scene.<ref name=barnes/> 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 Simpson|Homer]] comedy."<ref name=celebcafe>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/dan_castellaneta.html |title=Castellaneta, Dan&nbsp;— voice of Homer Simpson |access-date=November 19, 2007 |author=Miserandino, Dominick A. |publisher=The Celebrity Cafe |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212114904/http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/dan_castellaneta.html |archive-date=December 12, 2007 }}</ref>

Alongside his television and film work, Castellaneta has appeared in a number of theatrical productions. In 1992, he starred in ''Deb & Dan's Show'' alongside his wife.<ref>{{Cite news|title='Deb & Dan' funny but a bit long-winded |work=Los Angeles Daily News|author=Leader, Jody|date=April 11, 1992}}</ref> In 1995, Castellaneta started writing ''Where Did Vincent van Gogh?'', a [[one man play]] in which he portrays a dozen different characters, including artist [[Vincent van Gogh]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=A Parade of Lost Characters in Search of a Story Line|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9803E5D7173AF936A1575AC0A9669C8B63|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Weber, Bruce|date=September 25, 2000}}</ref> He first officially performed the play at the [[ACME Comedy Theatre]] in Los Angeles in 1999.<ref name="Aspen"/> In 2007, he appeared in ''The Bicycle Men'' at [[King's Head Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{Cite news|title=All the world's a stooge&nbsp;— The Bicycle Men|work=[[The Times]]|date=November 12, 2007|author=Nightingale, Benedict}}</ref>

Castellaneta hosted the final of [[New York City|New York]] comedy show Thrills and Spills on December 31, 2015. The final was held in [[Montgomery, Alabama]].{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}