List of The Simpsons characters

right|upright=1.35|thumb|Some of the many recurring and regular characters in [[The Simpsons]]

Along with the Simpson family, The Simpsons includes a large array of characters: co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities. The creators originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokesters or for fulfilling needed functions in the town. A number of them have gained expanded roles and subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to creator Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy show Second City Television.

The main episode characters, the Simpson family, are listed first; all other characters are listed in alphabetical order. Only main, supporting, and recurring characters are listed. For other recurring characters, see List of recurring The Simpsons characters.

Characters

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! Character !! Voice actor(s) !! Character's role !! Episode debut!! Original air dates

|Homer Simpson

| Dan Castellaneta || Husband of Marge; father of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. He is lazy and often eats donuts, which it is his favorite food, he works in a nuclear power plant. His mother Mona left him and his father Abe when he was younger, and he later gets to reunite with her until her death.

| "Good Night"

| 1987-04-19

|Marge Simpson

| Julie Kavner || Wife of Homer; mother of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. She is kind-hearted and stays at home as a housewife. Her father Clancy died when her children Bart and Lisa are 7 and 5 years old and she is of French origin like him.

| "Good Night"

| 1987-04-19

| Bart Simpson

| Nancy Cartwright || Oldest child and only son of Homer and Marge; brother of Lisa and Maggie. He thinks of himself as a destructive "bad boy" who is rebellious and mischievous to a fault. Enjoys pulling pranks.

| "Good Night"

| 1987-04-19

| Lisa Simpson

| Yeardley Smith || Middle child and eldest daughter of Homer and Marge; sister of Bart and Maggie. She is intelligent and plays with her saxophone, she is two years younger than her older brother Bart.

| "Good Night" || Dan Castellaneta

| "Dancin' Homer"

| 1990-11-08

| || Hank Azaria (1990–2020) Alex Désert (2020–present) || Springfield Nuclear Power Plant employee; one of Homer Simpson's friends.

| "Homer's Night Out"

| 1990-03-25

| Crazy Cat Lady

|| Tress MacNeille || Mentally ill owner of many cats. Name revealed as Eleanor Abernathy in "See Homer Run".

| "Girly Edition"

| 1998-04-19

| || Hank Azaria || Public schools superintendent.

| "Whacking Day"

| 1993-04-29

| Shauna Chalmers || Tress MacNeille || Daughter of Superintendent Chalmers. Despite being a student, she is working any jobs and in evenings she is working as a babysitter.

| "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly"

| 2009-04-19

| Charlie || Dan Castellaneta || Springfield Nuclear Power Plant employee.

| "Life on the Fast Lane"

| 1990-03-18

| Chase (Pyro)|| Hank Azaria

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| || Pamela Hayden (1990–2024) Chris Edgerly (2024–present) || Ned and Maude Flanders's older son.

| "The Call of the Simpsons"

| 1990-02-18

| || Nancy Cartwright || Ned and Maude Flanders's younger son.

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| Julio Franco || Hank Azaria (2003–2019) Tony Rodriguez (2021–present) || Homer’s great Julio and Grady are best friend.

| "Three Gays of the Condo"

| 2003-04-13

| Frankie the Squealer || Dan Castellaneta

| "Bart the General"

| 1990-02-04

| || Tress MacNeille

| 1988-11-20

| || Hank Azaria || Recidivist.

| "The War of the Simpsons"

| 1991-05-02

| || Pamela Hayden (1990–2025), Mo Collins (2025–present) || Springfield Elementary School bully.

| "The Telltale Head"

| 1990-02-25

| Kang and Kodos || Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta || Extraterrestrials.

| "Treehouse of Horror"

| 1990-10-25

| || Maggie Roswell || Belly dancer.

| "Homer's Night Out"

| 1990-03-25

| †|| Marcia Wallace † || Bart Simpson's teacher at Springfield Elementary School (until season 25), and Ned Flanders wife (Seasons 23–25, when the character is revealed to have died).

| "Bart the Genius"

| 1990-01-14

| Coach Krupt || Hank Azaria || Sadistic gym teacher at Springfield Elementary School.

| "My Fair Laddy"

| 2006-02-26

| †|| Jackie Mason and Dan Castellaneta || Rabbi; father of Krusty the Clown.

| "Like Father, Like Clown"

| 1991-10-24

| Krusty the Clown || Dan Castellaneta || TV show clown host, original name Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski.

| "The Krusty the Clown Show" (short)

| 1989-01-15

| || Tress MacNeille

| "Realty Bites"

| 1997-12-07

| || Harry Shearer || Springfield Elementary School's music teacher.

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| Legs and Louie || Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta || Fat Tony's henchmen.

| "Bart the Murderer"

| 1991-10-10

| Leopold || Dan Castellaneta || Superintendent Chalmers' assistant.

| "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"

| 1994-04-28

| || Harry Shearer || Springfield Nuclear Power Plant employee; one of Homer Simpson's friends.

| "Life on the Fast Lane"

| 1990-03-18

| Leprechaun || Dan Castellaneta || Male faerie from Ireland as well as Saint Patrick’s Day.

| "This Little Wiggy"

| 1998-03-22

| || Maggie Roswell, Marcia Mitzman Gaven || Reverend Lovejoy's wife. She is married to Reverend and have a daughter together, Jessica.

| "Life on the Fast Lane"

| 1990-03-18

| || Harry Shearer || Minister of the First Church of Springfield. He is married to Helen and have a daughter together, Jessica.

| "The Telltale Head"

| 1990-02-25

| || Beverly D'Angelo, Doris Grau || Country music singer-songwriter.

| "Colonel Homer"

| 1992-03-26

| || Harry Shearer || Springfield Elementary School bus driver. He often listens to music.

| "Homer's Odyssey"

| 1990-01-21

| || Hank Azaria || Sea captain.

| "New Kid on the Block"

| 1992-11-12

| || Alex Rocco, Dan Castellaneta || Chairman of Itchy & Scratchy International.

| "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"

| 1990-12-20

| || Phil Hartman † || Actor.

| "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"

| 1991-02-07

| || Dan Castellaneta || Unfortunate man.

| "Principal Charming"

| 1991-02-14

| || Harry Shearer || Psychotherapist.

| "There's No Disgrace Like Home"

| 1990-01-28

| Eddie Muntz || Phil Hartman, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Earl Mann || Nelson's father.

| "Brother from the Same Planet"

| 1993-02-04

| Mrs. Muntz || Tress MacNeille || Nelson Muntz's mother. Although she loves her son, she can be seen alcoholic.

| "Tis the Fifteenth Season"

| 1999-01-17

| Nelson Muntz

| Nancy Cartwright

| Springfield Elementary School bully.

| "Bart the General"

| 1990-02-04

| || Dan Castellaneta || Daredevil.

| "Bart the Daredevil"

| 1990-12-06

| † || Ron Taylor, Harry Shearer, Kevin Michael Richardson || Blues musician.

| "Moaning Lisa"

| 1990-02-11

| || Tress MacNeille || Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's wife.

| "Much Apu About Nothing"

| 1997-11-16

| || Harry Shearer || Barber.

| "Simpson and Delilah"

| 1990-10-18

| Old Jewish Man || Hank Azaria

| "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"

| 1991-02-21

| || Pamela Hayden, Kimberly Brooks || Student at Springfield Elementary School.

| "Moaning Lisa"

| 1990-02-11

| || Pamela Reed, Maggie Roswell || The Simpsons' next door neighbor.

| "New Kid on the Block"

| 1992-11-12

| || Dan Castellaneta, Chris Edgerly, Hank Azaria || Martin’s father.

| "Bart the Genius"

| 1990-01-14

| || Russi Taylor and Pamela Hayden || Martin Prince’s mother.

| "Bart the Genius"

| 1990-01-14

| || Russi Taylor (1990–2019) Grey DeLisle (2019–present) || Student at Springfield Elementary School.

| "Bart the Genius"

| 1990-01-14

| || Harry Shearer || Springfield Elementary's school psychologist.

| "Bart the Genius"

| 1990-01-14

| || Dan Castellaneta || Channel 6 helicopter reporter.

| "Homer Alone"

| 1992-02-06

| || Maggie Roswell || Long wife of the Mayor of Springfield Joe Quimby.

| "Bart Gets Famous"

| 1994-02-03

| || Dan Castellaneta || Mayor of Springfield.

| "The Call of the Simpsons"

| 1990-10-11

| Radioactive Man || Harry Shearer || Comic book superhero.

| "Three Men and a Comic Book"

| 1991-05-09

| || Dan Castellaneta

| 1988-01-10

| || Glenn Close, Tress MacNeille, || Estranged mother of Homer Simpson and wife of Abe Simpson.

| "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"

| 1991-02-21

| || Tress MacNeille || Seymour Skinner's mother. She keeps controlling her son and making him hating her. She is jealous of Edna.

| "The Crepes of Wrath"

| 1990-04-15

| || Harry Shearer || Principal of Springfield Elementary School. Despite he saves her from danger, he hates his mother Agnes because she is controlling him, he often catches Bart when he is doing pranks on him. He was dating Edna before her death.

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| || Harry Shearer || Mr. Burns's personal assistant. He is often scolded by his boss whenever he does something bad.

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| Snowball II || Frank Welker, Dan Castellaneta || The Simpson family's pet cats. Lisa adores them.

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| || Harry Shearer (1991–2020); Kevin Michael Richardson (2024–present)

| "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"

| 1991-02-07

| || Winona Ryder, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille || Student at Springfield Elementary School.

| "Lisa's Rival"

| 1994-09-11

| || Dan Castellaneta

| "Insane Clown Poppy"

| 2000-11-12

| || Hank Azaria || Milhouse Van Houten's father; factory worker.

| "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"

| 1992-05-07

| || Maggie Roswell || Kirk Van Houten's wife; Milhouse's mother. She loves hanging out with girls.

| "Homer Defined"

| 1991-10-17

| || Pamela Hayden (1989–2025), Kelly MacLeod (2025–present) || Bart Simpson's best friend; Student at Springfield Elementary School. He and Bart became best friends when they are in kindergarten. He is very shy and he is often bullied by Nelson.

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| ||Hank Azaria || Springfield Chief of Police.

| "Homer's Odyssey"

| 1990-01-21

| || Nancy Cartwright || Son of Police Chief Clancy Wiggum. He is shown to be playful and often giggles when he is having fun.

| "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

| 1989-12-17

| || Pamela Hayden || Service industry.

| "The Way We Was"

| 1991-01-31

| || Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria || Actor; star of McBain films.

| "The Way We Was"

| 1991-01-31

| || Tress MacNeille, Simu Liu (adult); Rosalie Chiang (child) || Lisa's classmate and intellectual rival. In the future, he is shown to be married at Lisa.

| "Treehouse of Horror XX"

| 2009-10-18

|- |

| || Former billionaire and Marge's prom date.

| "The Way We Was"

| 1991-01-31

| || Russi Taylor (1993–2016), Grey DeLisle (2025–present) || Student at Springfield Elementary School.

| "Treehouse of Horror IV"

| 1993-10-28

| || Nancy Cartwright || Springfield Elementary School bully.

| "The Telltale Head"

| 1990-02-25

Appearances

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! colspan="38" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Main characters

| Homer Simpson

| colspan="37"

| Marge Simpson

| colspan="37"

| Bart Simpson

| colspan="37"

| Lisa Simpson

| colspan="37"

| Maggie Simpson

| colspan="37"

! colspan="38" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Major supporting characters

| Abraham Simpson

| colspan="37"

| Mr. Burns

| colspan="37"

| Waylon Smithers

| colspan="37"

| Ned Flanders

| colspan="37"

| Moe Szyslak

| colspan="37"

| Barney Gumble

| colspan="37"

| Milhouse Van Houten

| colspan="37"

| Patty Bouvier

| colspan="37"

| Selma Bouvier

| colspan="37"

| Edna Krabappel

| colspan="26"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="2"

| Principal Seymour Skinner

| colspan="37"

| Krusty the Clown

| colspan="37"

| Martin Prince

| colspan="37"

| Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

| colspan="35"

| colspan="2"

| Chief Clancy Wiggum

| colspan="37"

| Reverend Timothy Lovejoy

| colspan="37"

| Otto Mann

| colspan="37"

| Lenny Leonard

| colspan="37"

| Carl Carlson

| colspan="36"

| Kent Brockman

| colspan="36"

| Nelson Muntz

| colspan="36"

| Ralph Wiggum

| colspan="2"

| colspan="35"

| Dr. Julius Hibbert

| colspan="36"

| Mayor Joe Quimby

| colspan="9"

| colspan="26"

| Lionel Hutz

| colspan="8"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="8"

| colspan="7"

| colspan="2"

| Groundskeeper Willie

| colspan="35"

| Professor Jonathan Frink

| colspan="35"

| Snake Jailbird

| colspan="35"

| Comic Book Guy

| colspan="2"

| colspan="33"

| Fat Tony

| colspan="2"

| colspan="7"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="6"

| Superintendent Gary Chalmers

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="32"

| Cletus Spuckler

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="31"

! colspan="38" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Recurring characters

| Jasper Beardsley

| colspan="37"

| Lou

| colspan="37"

| Eddie

| colspan="37"

| Dr. Marvin Monroe

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="9"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="4"

| Dewey Largo

| colspan="2"

| colspan="34"

| Sherri & Terri

| colspan="37"

| Helen Lovejoy

| colspan="36"

| Jimbo Jones

| colspan="36"

| Kearney Zzyzwicz

| colspan="2"

| colspan="35"

| Dolph Starbeam

| colspan="2"

| colspan="7"

| colspan="27"

| Rod Flanders

| colspan="36"

| Todd Flanders

| colspan="36"

| Agnes Skinner

| colspan="4"

| colspan="33"

| Old Jewish Man

| colspan="2"

| colspan="34"

| Herman Hermann

| colspan="2"

| colspan="8"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="3"

| Jacqueline Bouvier

| colspan="3"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| Judge Roy Snyder

| colspan="3"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| Sideshow Bob

| colspan="6"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="6"

| Bleeding Gums Murphy

| colspan="2"

| colspan="12"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Maude Flanders

| colspan="10"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| Sideshow Mel

| colspan="36"

| Dr. Nick Riviera

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="13"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="8"

| colspan="3"

| Troy McClure

| colspan="8"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="12"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| Elizabeth Hoover

| colspan="36"

| Rainier Wolfcastle

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="12"

| colspan="14"

| Wise Guy

| colspan="7"

| colspan="24"

| Hans Moleman

| colspan="2"

| colspan="34"

| Squeaky-Voiced Teen

| colspan="4"

| colspan="29"

| Blue-Haired Lawyer

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="14"

| Drederick Tatum

| colspan="3"

| colspan="17"

| Kang & Kodos

| colspan="9"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="4"

| Mona Simpson

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="7"

| Artie Ziff

| colspan="8"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Roger Meyers Jr.

| colspan="8"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="5"

| Bernice Hibbert

| colspan="34"

| Alice Glick

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="11"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="7"

| Akira Kurosawa

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="2"

| Luann Van Houten

| colspan="2"

| colspan="33"

| Kirk Van Houten

| colspan="2"

| colspan="33"

| Lunchlady Doris

| colspan="2"

| colspan="7"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="17"

| Arnie Pye

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| Louie

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| Legs

| colspan="2"

| colspan="8"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Hyman Krustofski

| colspan="2"

| colspan="9"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Sea Captain

| colspan="3"

| colspan="34"

| Bumblebee Man

| colspan="3"

| colspan="27"

| colspan="6"

| Ruth Powers

| colspan="3"

| colspan="27"

| colspan="4"

| Miss Springfield

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="8"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Sarah Wiggum

| colspan="3"

| colspan="31"

| Luigi Risotto

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="9"

| colspan="10"

| colspan="4"

| The Rich Texan

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="10"

| colspan="8"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| Baby Gerald

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| Üter Zörker

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="2"

| Database

| colspan="5"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="12"

| colspan="2"

| Brandine Spuckler

| colspan="6"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="27"

| Disco Stu

| colspan="6"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="27"

| Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon

| colspan="6"

| colspan="26"

| colspan="3"

| Lindsey Naegle

| colspan="7"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="27"

| Gil Gunderson

| colspan="8"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="21"

| Crazy Cat Lady

| colspan="8"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| Duffman

| colspan="8"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Cookie Kwan

| colspan="8"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="17"

| Mrs. Vanderbilt

| colspan="8"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| The Yes Guy

| colspan="9"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="9"

| colspan="2"

| Mrs. Muntz

| colspan="9"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="16"

| Johnny Tightlips

| colspan="11"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="4"

| Booberella

| colspan="13"

| colspan="5"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Julio Franco

| colspan="13"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="7"

| Shauna Chalmers

| colspan="19"

| colspan="4"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="11"

| Kumiko Albertson

| colspan="24"

| colspan="12"

| Rayshelle Peyton

| colspan="33"

| colspan="3"

! colspan="38" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Animals

| Santa's Little Helper

| colspan="37"

| Snowball II

| colspan="14"

| colspan="11"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="5"

| Itchy & Scratchy

| colspan="8"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| colspan="6"

| colspan="3"

| colspan="2"

| Mr. Teeny

| colspan="2"

| colspan="9"

| colspan="10"

| colspan="4"

| Snowball V

| colspan="14"

| colspan="23"

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