Meet 'The Simpsons' Actors

'Simpsons' actors, eh? After 18 years, Matt Groening's TV show is bringing its animated hijinks to the big screen in 'The Simpsons Movie.' But though you may have memorized every episode, what about the actors behind Homer, Marge and the rest of the 'Simpsons' crew? Draw back the curtain and get some fun facts about the voices you think you know.

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Dan Castellaneta

Characters: Homer Simpson, Barney, Grampa, Krusty the Clown, Mayor Quimby
Fun Facts: He played Danny DeVito's client in 'War of the Roses' and his long-lost brother on 'The Simpsons'; Homer's catchphrase ('D'oh!) was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002.
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Julie Kavner

Characters: Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier
Fun Facts: She has appeared in six Woody Allen films, including 'Hannah and Her Sisters' and 'Deconstructing Harry.' And she refuses to do any of her 'Simpsons' voices in public -- a woman has to keep her mystery.
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Nancy Cartwright

Characters: Bart Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz
Fun Facts: She also voices Ron Stoppable's pet naked mole rat, Rufus, in 'Kim Possible' and appeared in an episode of '24,' as Morris O'Brien's AA sponsor. Bart + terrorists + alcoholics = one scary brain trust.
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Yeardley Smith

Character: Lisa Simpson
Fun Facts: Her full name is Martha Maria Yeardley Smith, and her father was the first official obit writer for 'The Washington Post.' Smith and Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel) are the only regular cast members who voice just one character.
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Harry Shearer

Characters: Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Smithers, Otto
Fun Fact: Shearer once did double duty on 'The Simpsons' when he guest-starred as his famous alter ego, 'Spinal Tap' bass player Derek Smalls, AND voiced Otto, who runs over the band with his bus.
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Hank Azaria

Characters: Moe, Chief Wiggum, Apu
Fun Fact: Azaria based Moe on Al Pacino, who shares Azaria's birthday (Apr. 25); but despite Azaria's extensive acting credits ('The Birdcage,' 'Friends'), he's only appeared on-screen with Pacino once: in 'Heat,' as a fellow cop.
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Kelsey Grammer

Character: Sideshow Bob
Fun Fact: Grammer, whose Emmy for playing Bob ("real" name: Robert Underdunk Terwilliger) sits alongside the four he won for 'Frasier,' hated doing Sideshow's evil laugh, but the producers made him re-record it repeatedly -- as a form of torture, perhaps?
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Joe Mantegna

Character: Fat Tony
Fun Facts: He appeared opposite Julie Kavner (Marge) in the films 'Alice' and 'Forget Paris.' And he starred in 'The Godfather III,' a role which he jabs fun at on 'Simpsons' when Fat Tony remarks, "I haven't cried like this since I paid to see 'Godfather III.'"
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Albert Brooks

Character: Russ Cargill
Fun Fact: Though he's known as a comic actor and director, Brooks, born Albert Lawrence Einstein (gee, wonder why he changed it?), made his movie debut in the gritty 'Taxi Driver.' His character in 'Simpsons Movie' is an EPA official who shuts down Springfield.
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Green Day

Characters: Themselves
Fun Fact: The band not only appears in 'The Simpsons Movie' but also recorded a version of Danny Elfman's theme song for the film. This marks the big-screen debut of Green Day, though the guys did guest on 'King of the Hill' once as a gang of paintball punks.
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Tom Hanks

Character: Himself
Fun Fact: Hanks (who has a cameo in 'Simpsons') nearly wasn't in the 1984 comedy 'Bachelor Party.' Paul Reiser and Kelly McGillis started production as the leads but were fired after two days, and Hanks and Tawny Kitaen were cast in the roles instead.
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