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Nancy Cartwright
Cartwright at the 2014 Annie Awards
Born
Nancy Jean Cartwright

(1957-10-25) October 25, 1957 (age 66)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • voice actress
  • comedian
Years active1980–present
Spouse
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(m. 1988; div. 2002)​
Children2
Websitenancycartwright.com

Nancy Cartwright (born October 25, 1957)[1] is an American actress, voice actress and comedian, known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney and Database.

Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).

After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987, Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the middle child; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995.

Besides The Simpsons, Cartwright has also voiced numerous other animated characters, including Daffney Gillfin in The Snorks, Rufus in Kim Possible, Mindy in Animaniacs, Pistol in Goof Troop, Margo Sherman in The Critic, Todd Daring in The Replacements, and Charles "Chuckie" Finster, Jr. in Rugrats and All Grown Up! (a role she assumed in 2002, following the retirement of Christine Cavanaugh). In 2000, she published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, and four years later, adapted it into a one-woman play.

Early life

Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio,[2] on October 25, 1957, the fourth of Frank and Miriam Cartwright's six children.[3] She grew up in Kettering, Ohio,[4] and discovered her talent for voices at an early age. While in the fourth grade, she won a school-wide speech competition with her performance of Rudyard Kipling's How the Camel Got His Hump.[5] Cartwright attended Fairmont West High School, and participated in the school's theater and marching band. She regularly entered public speaking competitions, placing first in the "Humorous Interpretation" category at the National District Tournament two years running. The judges often suggested to her that she should perform cartoon voices. Cartwright graduated from high school in 1976 and accepted a scholarship from Ohio University.[6] She continued to compete in public speaking competitions; during her sophomore year, she placed fifth in the National Speech Tournament's exposition category with her speech "The Art of Animation".[7]

In 1976, Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials on WING radio in Dayton.[4] A representative from Warner Bros. Records visited WING and later sent Cartwright a list of contacts in the animation industry.[8] One of these was Daws Butler, known for voicing characters such as Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson, Spike the Bulldog and Yogi Bear. Cartwright called him, and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine.[5] Butler immediately called her back and agreed to be her mentor. He mailed her a script and instructed her to send him a tape recording of herself reading it. Once he received the tape, Butler critiqued it and sent her notes. For the next year they continued in this way, completing a new script every few weeks. Cartwright described Butler as "absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite".[9]

Cartwright returned to Ohio University for her sophomore year, but transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler.[4] Her mother, Miriam, died late in the summer of 1978.[10] Cartwright nearly changed her relocation plans but, on September 17, 1978, "joylessly" left for Westwood, Los Angeles.[11]

Career

Early career

Daws Butler was Cartwright's mentor and helped her become a voice actress.[12]

While attending UCLA, which did not have a public speaking team,[13] Cartwright continued training as a voice actress with Butler. She recalled, "every Sunday I'd take a 20-minute bus ride to his house in Beverly Hills for a one-hour lesson and be there for four hours ... They had four sons, they didn't have a daughter and I kind of fitted in as the baby of the family."[12] Butler introduced her to many of the voice actors and directors at Hanna-Barbera. After she met the director Gordon Hunt, he asked her to audition for a recurring role as Gloria in Richie Rich. She received the part, and later worked with Hunt on several other projects. At the end of 1980, Cartwright signed with a talent agency and landed a lead role in a pilot for a sitcom called In Trouble. Cartwright described the show as "forgettable, but it jump-started my on-camera career".[14] She graduated from UCLA in 1981 with a degree in theater.[15] During the summer, Cartwright worked with Jonathan Winters as part of an improvisation troupe at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.[14]

Returning to Los Angeles, Cartwright won the lead role in the television movie Marian Rose White. Janet Maslin, a critic for The New York Times, described Cartwright as "a chubby, lumbering, slightly cross-eyed actress whose naturalness adds greatly to the film's impact".[16] Cartwright replied by sending Maslin a letter insisting she was not cross-eyed, and included a photograph.[17] Later, Cartwright auditioned for the role of Ethel, a girl who becomes trapped in a cartoon world in the third segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie. She met with director Joe Dante and later described him as "a total cartoon buff, and once he took a look at my resume and noticed Daws Butler's name on it, we were off and running, sharing anecdotes about Daws and animation. After about twenty minutes, he said, 'considering your background, I don't see how I could cast anyone but you in this part!'"[18] It was her first role in a feature film.[18] The segment was based on The Twilight Zone television series episode "It's a Good Life", which was later parodied in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror II" (1992).[19]

Cartwright continued to do voice work for projects including Pound Puppies, Popeye and Son, Snorks, My Little Pony and Saturday Supercade.[20] She joined a "loop group", and recorded vocals for characters in the background of films, although in most cases the sound was turned down so that very little of her voice was heard. She did minor voice-over work for several films, including The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986), Silverado (1985), Sixteen Candles (1984), Back to the Future Part II (1989), and The Color Purple (1985).[21] Cartwright also voiced a shoe that was "dipped" in acid in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), describing it as her first "off-screen death scene",[21] and worked to correctly convey the emotion involved.[22]

Once I had graduated from UCLA, I decided that as long as I was an actress, I was going to find related work in the industry. There were plenty of opportunities. And fortunately, I am just pushy enough to find and get myself in touch with those who can provide such opportunities.

—Nancy Cartwright, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy[20]

In 1985, she auditioned for a guest spot as Cynthia in Cheers. The audition called for her to say her line and walk off the set. Cartwright decided to take a chance on being different and continued walking, leaving the building and returning home. The production crew was confused, but she received the part.[21] In search of more training as an actress, Cartwright joined a class taught by Hollywood coach Milton Katselas. He recommended that Cartwright study La Strada, a 1956 Italian film starring Giulietta Masina and directed by Federico Fellini. She began performing "every imaginable scene" from La Strada in her class and spent several months trying to secure the rights to produce a stage adaptation.[23] She visited Italy with the intention of meeting Fellini and requesting his permission in person. Although they never met, Cartwright kept a journal of the trip and later wrote a one-woman play called In Search of Fellini, partially based on her voyage.[23] The play was co-written by Peter Kjenaas, and Cartwright won a Drama-Logue Award after performing it in Los Angeles in 1995. In a 1998 interview, she stated her intention to make it into a feature film,[24] which she succeeded in doing in 2017.[25]

The Simpsons

Cartwright in 2012
"Eat my shorts"
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Cartwright is best known for her role as Bart Simpson on the long-running animated television show The Simpsons. On March 13, 1987, she auditioned for a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show, a sketch comedy program. Cartwright originally intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the elder daughter. After arriving at the audition, she found that Lisa was simply described as the middle child and at the time did not have much personality. Cartwright became more interested in the role of Bart, described as "devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, [and] clever".[26] Creator Matt Groening let her try out for Bart and gave her the job on the spot.[27] Bart's voice came naturally to Cartwright, as she had previously used elements of it in My Little Pony, Snorks, and Pound Puppies.[22] Cartwright describes Bart's voice as easy to perform compared with other characters.[22] The recording of the shorts was often primitive; the dialog was recorded on a portable tape deck in a makeshift studio above the bleachers on the set of The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright, the only cast member to have been professionally trained in voice acting,[28] described the sessions as "great fun".[29] However, she wanted to appear in the live-action sketches and occasionally showed up for recording sessions early, hoping to be noticed by a producer.[29]

In 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show on the Fox network called The Simpsons. Bart quickly became the show's breakout personality and one of the most celebrated characters on television—his popularity in 1990 and 1991 was known as "Bartmania".[30][31][32][33] Bart was described as "television's brightest new star" by Mike Boone of The Gazette[34] and was named 1990's "entertainer of the year" by Entertainment Weekly.[35] Despite Bart's fame, however, Cartwright remained relatively unknown. During the first season of The Simpsons, Fox ordered Cartwright not to give interviews, because they did not want to publicize the fact that Bart was voiced by a woman.[36] Cartwright's normal speaking voice is said to have "no obvious traces of Bart",[22] and she believes her role is "the best acting job in the world"[22] since she is rarely recognized in public.[5] When she is recognized and asked to perform Bart's voice in front of children, Cartwright refuses because it "freaks [them] out".[22] Bart's catchphrase "Eat My Shorts" was an ad-lib by Cartwright in one of the original table readings, referring to an incident from her high school days. Once while performing, members of the Fairmont West High School marching band switched their chant from the usual "Fairmont West! Fairmont West!" to the irreverent "Eat my shorts!" Cartwright felt it appropriate for Bart, and improvised the line; it became a popular catchphrase on the show.[37]

In 2000, Bart, along with the rest of the Simpson family, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cartwright voices several other characters on the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, and Database.[38] She first voiced Nelson in the episode "Bart the General" (season one, 1990). The character was to be voiced by Dana Hill, but Hill missed the recording session and Cartwright was given the role.[39] She developed Nelson's voice on the spot and describes him as "a throat-ripper".[40] Ralph Wiggum had originally been voiced by Jo Ann Harris, but Cartwright was assigned to voice the character in "Bart the Murderer" (season three, 1991).[41] Todd Flanders, the only voice for which Cartwright used another source, is based on Sherman (voiced by Walter Tetley), the boy from Peabody's Improbable History, a series of shorts aired on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.[40]

Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 for her performance as Bart in the episode "Separate Vocations"[42][43] and an Annie Award in 1995 for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation.[44] Bart was named one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century by Time,[45] and in 2000, Bart and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[46]

Until 1998, Cartwright was paid $30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors and made preparations for casting new actors.[47] The dispute was resolved, however, and Cartwright received $125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded $360,000 an episode.[47] A compromise was reached after a month,[48] and Cartwright's pay rose to $250,000 per episode.[49] Salaries were re-negotiated in 2008 with the voice actors receiving approximately $400,000 per episode.[50] Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Cartwright and the other cast members accepted a 25 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.[51]

Further career

It is quite a curiosity being a celebrity that nobody knows. I ask you, how many celebrities would you not recognize were they to walk down the street? [...] I can think of no one—besides my fellow cast members and me. The anonymity factor is such a unique aspect of this job. I must admit, sometimes I wish it were different.

—Nancy Cartwright, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy[52]

In addition to her work on The Simpsons, Cartwright has voiced many other characters on several animated series, including Chuckie Finster in Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Margo Sherman in The Critic, Mindy in Animaniacs, and Rufus the naked mole-rat in Kim Possible. For the role of Rufus, Cartwright researched mole-rats extensively, and became "a font of useless trivia".[53] She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program in 2004 for her work on the show.[54] In 2001, Cartwright took over the Rugrats role of Chuckie Finster when Christine Cavanaugh retired.[53] Cartwright describes Rufus and Chuckie as her two most difficult voices: "Rufus because my diaphragm gets a workout while trying to utilize the 18 vocal sounds a mole makes. Chuckie because ... he's an asthmatic with five personalities rolled into one—plus I have to do the voice the way [Cavanaugh] did it for 10 years."[53] Other television shows that have used her voice work include Galaxy High, God, the Devil and Bob, Goof Troop, Mike, Lu & Og, The Replacements, Pinky and the Brain and Timberwolf.[55] Cartwright has appeared on camera in numerous television shows and films, including Fame, Empty Nest, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Flesh and Blood, Godzilla, and 24.[55]

In 2000, Cartwright published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy. The book details her career (particularly her experiences as the voice of Bart) and contains stories about life behind the scenes of The Simpsons.[56] Laura A. Bischoff of the Dayton Daily News commented that the book was the "ultimate insider's guide to The Simpsons".[57] Critics complained that the book lacked interesting stories and was aimed mostly at fans of The Simpsons rather than a general audience.[58][59][60]

Cartwright adapted My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy into a one-woman play in 2004. Cartwright has performed it at a variety of venues, including the August 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.[2] The play received modest reviews, including criticism for a lack of inside stories about The Simpsons, and its "overweeningly upbeat" tone.[61] David Chatterton of The British Theatre Guide described the show as "interesting and entertaining, but not really a 'must see' even for Simpsons fans".[62]

Cartwright has shown an interest in stock car racing and as of 2007 was seeking a NASCAR license.[63] In 2001, she founded a production company called SportsBlast and created an online animated series called The Kellys. The series is focused on racing; Cartwright voices a seven-year-old named Chip Kelly.[64]

In 2016, Cartwright launched Spotted Cow Entertainment, her own film and television production company, with Peter Kjenaas, Monica Gil and Kevin Burke. With a focus on international audiences, Spotted Cow is seeking "to finance, produce and acquire live action and animated films, television series, as well as entertainment for digital platforms with budgets up to $15M."[65][66] With Spotted Cow, Cartwright made her first film as a screenwriter and producer, In Search of Fellini, which was released on September 15, 2017.[25][67] Based on her own journey to Italy in 1985 in a bid to meet the famed director Federico Fellini, the film fulfilled Cartwright's longtime vision of turning her 1995 one-woman play In Search of Fellini into a movie.[68][69]

Personal life

Cartwright met writer Warren Murphy, 24 years her senior, on her birthday in 1988 and married him two months later.[70] In her book, she describes Murphy as her "personal laugh track".[71] The couple had two children, Lucy and Jack, before divorcing in 2002.[5][72]

Cartwright was raised a Roman Catholic[73] but joined the Church of Scientology in 1991.[74] She was awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after donating $10 million, almost twice her annual salary, to the Church in 2007.[75][76]

Cartwright is a contributor to ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project.[55] In September 2007, Cartwright received the Make-a-Wish Foundation's Wish Icon Award "for her tremendous dedication to the Foundation's fundraising and wish-fulfillment efforts".[77] In 2005, Cartwright created a scholarship at Fairmont High School "designed to aid Fairmont [graduates] who dream of following in her footsteps and studying speech, debate, drama or music" at Ohio University.[78] In 2005, Cartwright was given the title of Honorary Mayor of Northridge, California (a neighborhood of Los Angeles) by the Northridge Chamber of Commerce.[79]

In 2007, Cartwright was in a relationship with contractor Stephen Brackett.[80] He was a fellow member of Scientology.[81] The couple had planned to get married in early 2008.[17][81] Brackett died in May 2009, after he "apparently leaped" off the Bixby Creek Bridge in Big Sur, California.[82]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Ethel
1985 Heaven Help Us Girl at dance Uncredited
Flesh and Blood Kathleen
1986 My Little Pony: The Movie Gusty
Bushwoolie #4
1987 The Chipmunk Adventure Arabian Prince
1988 Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw Bright Eyes
Yellow Pages Stephanie Titled Going Underground in US
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dipped Toon Shoe Uncredited
1989 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Page
The Little Mermaid Additional voices
1992 Petal to the Metal Fawn Deer Short film
1998 Godzilla Caiman's secretary
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Additional voices Direct-to-video release
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock Dana Direct-to-video release
1999 Wakko's Wish Mindy Direct-to-video release
2001 Timberwolf Earl Squirrel Direct-to-video release
2003 Rugrats Go Wild Chuckie Finster
Kim Possible: The Secret Files Rufus Direct-to-DVD release
2006 Leroy & Stitch Phantasmo: Experiment 375
Shortstuff: Experiment 297 		TV Movie, Direct-to-DVD release
2007 The Simpsons Movie Bart Simpson
Various characters
2013 I Know That Voice Herself Documentary
2017 In Search of Fellini Cosima Also writer/producer

Television

Year Series Role Notes
1980 The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show Gloria Patterson
1980–1984 Fat Albert Additional characters
1980–1984 Richie Rich Gloria Glad
1981 Skokie Unnamed character TV film; uncredited
1982 Marian Rose White Marian Rose White TV film
The Rules of Marriage Jill Murray TV film
Tucker's Witch Holly Episode 1.5: "Terminal Case"
1983 Deadly Lessons Libby Dean TV film
Monchhichis Additional voice
1983, 1984 Fame Muffin Episode 2.23: "UN Week" and 3.9: "Secrets"
1983–1985 Shirt Tales Kip Kangaroo Season Two Episodes
1983–1988 Alvin and the Chipmunks Additional voices Appeared in 59 episodes
1984–1985 Saturday Supercade Kimberly Space Ace segments
1984–1988 Snorks Daffney Gilphin
1984, 1985, 1994 ABC Weekend Special Karen Winsborrow
Wally Funnybunny 		Appeared in three episodes
1985 Not My Kid Jean TV film
Cheers Cynthia Episode 4.5: "Diane's Nightmare"
1986 Bridges to Cross Unnamed character Episode "Memories of Molly"
Galaxy High School "Flat" Freddy Fender
Gilda Gossip 		Appeared in all 13 episodes
1986–1987 My Little Pony 'n Friends Various characters
Pound Puppies Bright Eyes
Additional Voices 		Appeared in 26 episodes
1987 Popeye and Son Woody
Our House Unnamed character Episode 1.22: "Growing Up, Growing Old"
Mr. Belvedere Gwen Episode 4.1: "The Initiation"
Christmas Every Day The Little Girl TV film
1987–1989 The Tracey Ullman Show Bart Simpson The Simpsons shorts
1988–1990 Fantastic Max FX
1989 Dink, the Little Dinosaur Additional voices
TV 101 Melinda Episode 1.5: "On the Road"
Empty Nest Ann Episode 1.13: "Tears of a Clown"
1989–present The Simpsons Bart Simpson
Various characters 		Longest-running role
1990 Bobby's World Natalie Episode 1.3: "Adventures in Bobby Sitting"
42nd Primetime Emmy Awards Bart Simpson TV special
1991 Big Bird's Birthday Celebration Bart Simpson TV special
1992 Raw Toonage Fawn Dear Appeared in all 12 episodes
1992–1993 Goof Troop Pistol Pete Appeared in 55 episodes
1992, 2002–2004 Rugrats Junk Food Kid
Chuckie Finster 		Episode 2.4: "Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch/Mirrorland"
Replaced Christine Cavanaugh in main role until the end of the series
1993 The Pink Panther Additional voices
Precious Victims Ruth Potter TV film
Animaniacs Mindy
Additional voices
Problem Child Betsy
Bonkers Fawn Deer Appeared in three episodes
A Goof Troop Christmas Pistol Pete
1994 Aladdin The Sprites
1994–1995 The Critic Margo Sherman
Various characters 		Appeared in all 23 episodes
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Ruby Jillette Episode 5.21: "Save the Last Trance for Me"
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Additional voices
Timon & Pumbaa Pumbaa Jr. Episode 1.3: "Never Everglades/The Laughing Hyenas: Cooked Goose"
Baywatch Nights Frances O'Reilly Episode 1.6: "976 Ways to Say I Love You"
1996 Vows of Deception Terry TV film
Sesame Street Bart Simpson Episode 28.1: "Maria in the Hospital: Part 1"
Suddenly Dell TV film
1998 Toonsylvania Melissa Screetch
1998 Pinky and the Brain Mindy Episode 4.9: "Star Warners"
1998–1999 Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain Rudy Mookich Appeared in 25 episodes
1999 The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot Additional voices
Futurama Bart Simpson doll Episode 1.8: "A Big Piece of Garbage"
1999–2000 Mike, Lu & Og Lu
2000 God, the Devil and Bob Megan Allman Appeared in all 13 episodes
2002 Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa Todd TV film
Also producer
2002–2007 Kim Possible Rufus 87 episodes
2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time Rufus TV film
2003, 2004, 2005 Lilo & Stitch Phantasmo: Experiment 375
Shortstuff: Experiment 297
Rufus 		Episode 1.2: "Phantasmo: Experiment 375"
Episode 1.29: "Short Stuff: Experiment 297"
"Episode 2.20: "Rufus: Experiment #607"
2003–2007 All Grown Up! Chuckie Finster
2004–2008 Groovy Girls Oki, Kyle
2005 Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama Rufus TV film
Family Guy Daffney Episode 4.7: "Brian the Bachelor"
The Kellys Chip Kelly
2006–2009 The Replacements Todd Daring
2007 Random! Cartoons Chum Chum, Kid #1 Episode 1.23: "Fanboy"
24 Jeannie Tyler Episode 6.11: "Day 6: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m"
Disney Channel Games Todd TV miniseries
2007–2010 Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures Billy
2010 The Cleveland Show Bart Simpson Episode 2.2: "Cleveland Live!"
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! Herself
Bart Simpson 		TV special
2012 FOX 25th Anniversary Special Bart Simpson TV special
2013 American Dad! Bart Simpson Episode 9.7: Faking Bad
2014 Family Guy Bart Simpson Episode 13.1: "The Simpsons Guy"
The 7D Goldilocks Episode 7b: "Goldilocks and the 7D"

Video games

Year Game Role
1991 The Simpsons Bart Simpson
1991 The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants Bart Simpson
1992 The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare Bart Simpson
1995 TerraTopia Piper
1996 The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio Bart Simpson, various characters
1997 The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield Bart Simpson, various characters
1998 Putt-Putt Enters the Race Putt-Putt
1999 Simpsons Bowling Bart Simpson, Various characters
2000 Putt-Putt Joins the Circus Putt-Putt
2000 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue Fidget the Squirrel
2001 The Simpsons Wrestling Bart Simpson
2001 The Simpsons: Road Rage Bart Simpson, various characters
2002 Rugrats: Royal Ransom Chuckie Finster
2002 The Simpsons Skateboarding Bart Simpson, various characters
2003 The Simpsons: Hit & Run Bart Simpson, various characters
2004 Disney's Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise Rufus
2007 The Simpsons Game Bart Simpson, various characters
2012 The Simpsons: Tapped Out Bart Simpson, various characters

Music videos

Year Song Role Artist
1990 "Do the Bartman" Bart Simpson Herself

Theme park

Year Ride Role
2008 The Simpsons Ride Bart Simpson, Various characters

Awards

Year Award Category Role Series Result Ref.
1992 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Bart Simpson The Simpsons: "Separate Vocations" Won [42]
1995 Annie Award Outstanding Voice Acting in the Field of Animation Bart Simpson The Simpsons Won [44]
1995 Drama-Logue Award  —  — In Search of Fellini Won [24]
2004 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Rufus Kim Possible Nominated [54]
2017 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Bart Simpson The Simpsons: "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" Nominated [83]

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