The Simpsons are the longest-running animated TV series in history and are still going strong today. They have survived this long due to their iconic main characters including Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Having been on television for over 30 years you can imagine the show has had a wide array of guest stars to voice Simpsons characters. In fact, having guest characters voiced by famous names has become a staple of the animated show over the years. Guest voices have included big stars from various professions including acting, singing, politics, athletics, and many more.
For our giant list of Simpsons Guest Characters, we are including mainly recognizable names that most of the public would know if they follow their profession and have not been recurring characters. For instance, Marcia Wallace voices Edna Krabappel (Springfield’s flirty teacher) and would be considered a guest voice on many lists be we consider Edna one of the Simpson’s staple characters. We are also only listing the guest character once in their debut episode if they have had multiple appearances like Sideshow Bob who is voiced by Kelsey Grammer.
Season 1 Guest Characters
Ms. Barr
Season: 1
Episode: 6
Guest Voice: Miriam Flynn
Best Known For: Played Cousin Catherine in National Lampoons Vacation
Character: Was Lisa Simpson’s gym teacher
Bleeding Gums Murphy
Season: 1
Episode: 6
Guest Voice: Ron Taylor
Best Known For: Broadway Musical, “It Ain’t Nothin But The Blues”
Character: Was Lisa Simpson’s saxophone mentor and musical inspiration
Cowboy Bob
Season: 1
Episode: 7
Guest Voice: Albert Brooks
Best Known For: Various acting roles and his role in the movie Drive
Character: Owner of Bob’s RV Round-up
Jacques
Season: 1
Episode: 9
Guest Voice: Albert Brooks
Best Known For: Various acting roles and his role in the movie Drive.
Character: Bowling teacher who takes a romantic interest in Marge
Sideshow Bob
Season: 1
Debut Episode: 12
Guest Voice: Kelsey Grammar
Best Known For: His role as Frasier Crane in Frasier and Cheers.
Character: Was Krusty the Clown’s sidekick and has a vengeance against Bart Simpson
Ms. Botz
Season: 1
Episode: 13
Guest Voice: Penny Marshall
Best Known For: Her acting role in Laverne and Shirley
Character: Was hired to babysit the Simpson kids while Homer and Marge went out
Season 2 Guest Characters
Karl
Season: 2
Episode: 15
Guest Voice: Harvey Fierstein
Best Known For: His role in the movie Independence Day and his raspy voice
Character: Was hired by Homer to be his secretary
Serak The Preparer
Season: 2
Episode: 16
Guest Voice: James Earl Jones
Best Known For: His role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise
Character: Was an Alien chef in the first Treehouse of Horror episode
Tony Bennett
Season: 2
Episode: 18
Guest Voice: Tony Bennett
Best Known For: His singing career in the Jazz genre
Character: Plays himself
Roger Meyers Jr.
Season: 2
Episode: 22
Guest Voice: Alex Rocco
Best Known For: His role in the Godfather movie playing Moe Greene
Character: CEO of the Itchy and Scratchy show
Lionel Hutz
Season: 2
Debut Episode: 22
Guest Voice: Phil Hartman
Best Known For: His comedic career on Saturday Night Live
Character: An incompetent lawyer in Springfield
Larry King
Season: 2
Episode: 24
Guest Voice: Larry King
Best Known For: His talk show career hosting Larry King Live
Character: Plays himself
Akira
Season: 2
Episode: 24
Guest Voice: George Takei
Best Known For: His role as Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek franchise
Character: A waiter in a Japanese restaurant who serves Homer the deadly Fugu blowfish
Artie Ziff
Season: 2
Episode: 25
Guest Voice: Jon Lovitz
Best Known For: His acting career and stint on Saturday Night Live in the 80s
Character: Was a nerdy student who went to prom with Marge
Troy McClure
Season: 2
Debut Episode: 26
Guest Voice: Phil Hartman
Best Known For: His comedic career on Saturday Night Live
Character: A washed-up Hollywood actor
Herbert Powell
Season: 2
Debut Episode: 28
Guest Voice: Danny DeVito
Best Known For: His long acting career, role in the movie Twins
Character: Homer’s successful half-brother
Emily Winthropp
Season: 2
Episode: 29
Guest Voice: Tracey Ullman
Best Known For: Her comedy series The Tracey Ullman Show
Character: Obedience school teacher for dogs
Bea Simmons
Season: 2
Episode: 30
Guest Voice: Audrey Meadows
Best Known For: Her role on the Honeymooners playing Alice Kramden
Character: Was Abe Simpson’s love interest
Ringo Starr
Season: 2
Episode: 31
Guest Voice: Ringo Starr
Best Known For: Drummer for The Beatles
Character: Played Himself
Mr. Bergstrom
Season: 2
Episode: 32
Guest Voice: Dustin Hoffman
Best Known For: His acting career, role in the movie Rain Man
Character: Played Lisa Simpson’s substitute teacher
Mrs. Glick
Season: 2
Debut Episode: 34
Guest Voice: Cloris Leachman
Best Known For: Her long acting career, role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character: An elderly neighbor who lives in Springfield
Season 3 Guest Characters
Leon Kompowsky
Season: 3
Episode: 36
Guest Voice: Michael Jackson
Best Known For: King of Pop, His long music career and controversies
Character: A mental patient who claims to be the real Michael Jackson
Neil Parick Harris
Season: 3
Episode: 39
Guest Voice: Neil Patrick Harris
Best Known For: How I Met Your Mother, Doogie Howser
Character: Plays himself playing Bart Simpson in a movie
Fat Tony
Season: 3
Episode: 39
Guest Voice: Joe Mantegna
Best Known For: Godfather III, Criminal Minds
Character: The mob boss of the Springfield mafia
Magic Johnson
Season: 3
Episode: 40
Guest Voice: Magic Johnson
Best Known For: One of the greatest basketball players of all-time
Character: Plays Himself
Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky
Season: 3
Episode: 41
Guest Voice: Jackie Mason
Best Known For: Stand-up comedian and actor
Character: Krusty the Clowns Rabbi father
Aerosmith
Season: 3
Episode: 45
Guest Voice: Aerosmith
Best Known For: Long music career, Walk This Way song
Character: Play themselves
Sting
Season: 3
Episode: 48
Guest Voice: Sting
Best Known For: Long music career including in the band Police and solo
Character: Plays Himself
Roger Clemens
Season: 3
Episode: 52
Guest Voice: Roger Clemens
Best Known For: Pitching career in major league baseball
Character: Plays Himself
Darryl Strawberry
Season: 3
Episode: 52
Guest Voice: Darryl Strawberry
Best Known For: Baseball career as an outfielder and legal troubles
Character: Plays Himself
Ozzie Smith
Season: 3
Episode: 52
Guest Voice: Ozzie Smith
Best Known For: Baseball career as a shortstop
Character: Plays Himself
Don Mattingly
Season: 3
Episode: 52
Guest Voice: Don Mattingly
Best Known For: Baseball career as a first baseman
Character: Plays Himself
Ken Griffey Jr.
Season: 3
Episode: 52
Guest Voice: Ken Griffey Jr.
Best Known For: Baseball career as an outfielder
Character: Plays Himself
Lurleen Lumpkin
Season: 3
Episode: 55
Guest Voice: Beverly D’Angelo
Best Known For: Starring as Ellen Griswald in the National Lampoon movies
Character: A country singer who Homer starts to manage
Joe Frazier
Season: 3
Episode: 58
Guest Voice: Joe Frazier
Best Known For: Boxing career, fights vs Muhammed Ali
Character: Plays Himself
Season 4 Guest Characters
Bob Hope
Season: 4
Episode: 63
Guest Voice: Bob Hope
Best Known For: Legendary Hollywood star, Hosting TV Specials
Character: Plays Himself
Neil Armstrong
Season: 4
Episode: 65
Guest Voice: Neil Armstrong
Best Known For: The first man to walk on the moon
Character: Plays Himself
Tom Jones
Season: 4
Episode: 65
Guest Voice: Tom Jones
Best Known For: Singing career, It’s Not Unusual song
Character: Plays Himself
Laura Powers
Season: 4
Episode: 67
Guest Voice: Sarah Gilbert
Best Known For: Playing Darlene in the Roseanne TV series
Character: The Simpson’s new neighbor whom Bart falls in love with
Linda Ronstadt
Season: 4
Episode: 68
Guest Voice: Linda Ronstadt
Best Known For: Singing Career
Character: Plays Herself
Adam West
Season: 4
Episode: 68
Guest Voice: Adam West
Best Known For: Playing the original Batman
Character: Plays Himself
Lyle Lanley
Season: 4
Episode: 71
Guest Voice: Phil Hartman
Best Known For: His comedic career on Saturday Night Live
Character: A con artist who fools the Springfield community to build a monorail
Leonard Nimoy
Season: 4
Episode: 71
Guest Voice: Phil Hartman
Best Known For: Playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise
Character: Plays Himself
Joyce Brothers
Season: 4
Episode: 76
Guest Voice: Joyce Brothers
Best Known For: Her psychological advice columns
Character: Plays Herself
Brooke Shields
Season: 4
Episode: 78
Guest Voice: Brooke Shields
Best Known For: Modelling career
Character: Plays Herself
Barry White
Season: 4
Episode: 79
Guest Voice: Barry White
Best Known For: Singing career and deep voice
Character: Plays Himself
David Crosby
Season: 4
Episode: 79
Guest Voice: David Crosby
Best Known For: Singing career in the Crosby, Stills, and Nash band
Character: Plays Himself
Johnny Carson
Season: 4
Episode: 81
Guest Voice: Johnny Carson
Best Known For: Host of the Tonight Show
Character: Plays Himself
Hugh Hefner
Season: 4
Episode: 81
Guest Voice: Hugh Hefner
Best Known For: Creator of Playboy Magazine and Playboy Mansion
Character: Plays Himself
Bette Midler
Season: 4
Episode: 81
Guest Voice: Bette Midler
Best Known For: Singing and Acting career, Wind Beneath My Wings song
Character: Plays Herself
Luke Perry
Season: 4
Episode: 81
Guest Voice: Luke Perry
Best Known For: Played Dylan Mckay in Beverly Hills 90210
Character: Plays Himself
Elizabeth Taylor
Season: 4
Episode: 81
Guest Voice: Elizabeth Taylor
Best Known For: Legendary Hollywood Actress
Character: Plays Herself
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Season: 4
Episode: 81
Guest Voice: Anthony Kiedis
Best Known For: Lead singer for Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Character: Plays Themselves
Season 5 Guest Characters
David Crosby
Season: 5
Episode: 82
Guest Voice: David Crosby
Best Known For: Singing career in the Crosby, Stills, and Nash band
Character: Plays Himself
George Harrison
Season: 5
Episode: 82
Guest Voice: George Harrison
Best Known For: Lead guitarist for the Beatles
Character: Plays Himself
The Ramones
Season: 5
Episode: 85
Guest Voice: Joey Ramone
Best Known For: Famous punk rock band
Character: Plays Himself
Brad Goodman
Season: 5
Episode: 88
Guest Voice: Albert Brooks
Best Known For: Various acting roles and his role in the movie Drive.
Character: A self-help guru
James Brown
Season: 5
Episode: 88
Guest Voice: James Brown
Best Known For: His singing career, song “I Feel Good”
Character: Plays Himself
Mindy Simmons
Season: 5
Episode: 88
Guest Voice: Michelle Pfeiffer
Best Known For: Actress, Starred in Scarface, Batman Returns
Character: Plays a new co-worker of Homer’s whom he has strong feelings for.
Robert Goulet
Season: 5
Episode: 91
Guest Voice: Robert Goulet
Best Known For: Long singing and acting career
Character: Plays Himself
Conan O’Brien
Season: 5
Episode: 93
Guest Voice: Conan O’Brien
Best Known For: Late Night Talk-Show host
Character: Plays Himself
James Woods
Season: 5
Episode: 94
Guest Voice: James Woods
Best Known For: Acting career
Character: Plays Himself
Stacey Lovell
Season: 5
Episode: 95
Guest Voice: Kathleen Turner
Best Known For: Acting career
Character: Plays the creator of Malibu Stacey
Buzz Aldrin
Season: 5
Episode: 96
Guest Voice: Buzz Aldrin
Best Known For: Astronaut, one of the first men on the moon
Character: Plays Himself
Season 6 Guest Characters
Allison Taylor
Season: 6
Episode: 105
Guest Voice: Winona Ryder
Best Known For: Actress, Starred in Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands
Character: Plays a new classmate of Lisa’s whom Lisa becomes jealous of
Jessica Lovejoy
Season: 6
Episode: 110
Guest Voice: Meryl Streep
Best Known For: Actress, Starred in The Devil Wears Prada
Character: Plays Reverand Lovejoy’s daughter who Bart has a massive crush on
Dennis Franz
Season: 6
Episode: 112
Guest Voice: Dennis Franz
Best Known For: Actor, Starred in NYPD Blue series
Character: Plays himself playing Homer Simpson in a TV movie
Carla Tortelli
Season: 6
Episode: 114
Guest Voice: Rhea Perlman
Best Known For: Actress, Played Carla in Cheers
Character: Plays Herself
Sam Malone
Season: 6
Episode: 114
Guest Voice: Ted Danson
Best Known For: Actor, Played Sam Malone in Cheers
Character: Plays Himself
Woody Boyd
Season: 6
Episode: 114
Guest Voice: Woody Harrelson
Best Known For: Actor, Starred in White Men Can’t Jump
Character: Plays Himself
Norm Peterson
Season: 6
Episode: 114
Guest Voice: George Wendt
Best Known For: Actor, Played Norm on Cheers
Character: Plays Himself
Cliff Clavin
Season: 6
Episode: 114
Guest Voice: John Ratzenberger
Best Known For: Actor, Played Cliff on Cheers
Character: Plays Himself
Number One
Season: 6
Episode: 115
Guest Voice: Patrick Stewart
Best Known For: Actor, Played Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek
Character: Plays the leader of a secret society called the Stonecutters
Johnny Unitas
Season: 6
Episode: 118
Guest Voice: Johnny Unitas
Best Known For: Played quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts
Character: Plays the leader of a secret society called the Stonecutters
Mel Brooks
Season: 6
Episode: 120
Guest Voice: Mel Brooks
Best Known For: Comedian, Produced Spaceballs
Character: Plays Himself
Ballet Teacher
Season: 6
Episode: 120
Guest Voice: Susan Sarandon
Best Known For: Actress, Starred in Thelma & Louise
Character: Teaches ballet class which Bart is forced to join as a part of the school
Jay Sherman
Season: 6
Episode: 121
Guest Voice: Jon Lovitz
Best Known For: Comedian, Starred in The Wedding Singer
Character: Plays Jay Sherman who was the star of the animated show, “The Critic”
Steve Allen
Season: 6
Episode: 125
Guest Voice: Stev Allen
Best Known For: Television Career, First Host of The Tonight Show
Character: Plays Himself
Tito Puente
Season: 6
Episode: 128
Guest Voice: Tito Puente
Best Known For: Music Career, Latin song “Oye Como Va”
Character: Plays Himself
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