Azaria was only a guest actor in the first season, but became permanent in season 2.
Groening and Sam Simon asked Shearer to join the cast as they were fans of his radio show.
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When the show was commissioned for a full half-hour series, Shearer joined the cast and performed multiple roles. Smith had initially been asked by casting director Bonita Pietila to audition for the role of Bart, but Pietila then realised that Smith's voice was too high, Smith was given the role of Lisa instead. She then became more interested in the role of Bart, so Simpsons creator Matt Groening let her try out for that part instead, and upon hearing her read, he gave her the job on the spot. Cartwright auditioned for the part of Lisa, but found that Lisa was simply described as the "middle child" and at the time did not have much personality. Maurice LaMarche has appeared in several minor roles.Ĭastellaneta and Kavner were asked to voice the lead roles of Homer and Marge Simpson as they were regular cast members of The Tracey Ullman Show on which The Simpsons shorts appeared. Shearer was the last cast member to win, receiving his award in 2014 for the episode " Four Regrettings and a Funeral." Castellaneta and Azaria have won four, while Kavner, Cartwright, Smith, Shearer, Wallace, Grammer, and guest star Jackie Mason have each won one. Every main cast member has won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. The network eventually revealed which roles each actor performed in the episode "Old Money", because the producers said the voice actors should receive credit for their work. With the exception of " Old Money", episode credits list only the voice actors, and not the characters they voice.īoth Fox and the production crew wanted to keep their identities secret during the early seasons and closed most of the recording sessions while refusing to publish photos of the recording artists. Repeat guest cast members include Marcia Wallace, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Joe Mantegna and Kelsey Grammer. Brooks, Dawnn Lewis, Tony Rodriguez, Melanie Minichino, Jonathan Lipow, and Grey DeLisle have appeared as supporting cast members, along with former supporting cast members Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott, Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Doris Grau, Susan Blu, Jo Ann Harris, and Christopher Collins. Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Chris Edgerly, Eric Lopez, Alex Désert, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jenny Yokobori, Kimberly D. The principal cast consists of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom that includes six main voice actors and numerous regular cast and recurring guest stars.
Four of the six main cast members attend a ceremony in 2009, left to right Nancy Cartwright ( Bart), Yeardley Smith ( Lisa), Dan Castellaneta ( Homer) and Julie Kavner ( Marge).
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