Nancy Cartwright | |
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| Born | Nancy Jean Cartwright (1957-10-25)October 25, 1957 (age 68) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Sabrina Carpenter (niece) |
| Website | nancycartwright |
Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress. She has served as the long-time voice ofBart Simpson onThe Simpsons, which won her aPrimetime Emmy Award forOutstanding Voice-Over Performance and anAnnie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, includingMaggie Simpson,Ralph Wiggum,Todd Flanders, andNelson Muntz. She is also the voice ofChuckie Finster in the Nickelodeon seriesRugrats and its spin-offAll Grown Up!, succeedingChristine Cavanaugh.
Cartwright was born inDayton, Ohio. She moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained under voice actorDaws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated seriesRichie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movieMarian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film,Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). In 1987, Cartwright auditioned for a role ina series of animated shorts about adysfunctional family that was to appear onThe Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role ofLisa Simpson, the middle child; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Series creatorMatt Groening allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons onThe Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show calledThe Simpsons.
BesidesThe Simpsons, Cartwright has also voiced numerous other animated characters, including Daffney Gillfin inSnorks, Mellissa Screetch inToonsylvania,Rufus inKim Possible,Mindy inAnimaniacs, Pistol inGoof Troop, the Robots inCrashbox, Margo Sherman inThe Critic and Todd Daring inThe Replacements. In 2000, she published her autobiography,My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, and four years later, adapted it into aone-woman play. In 2017, she wrote and produced the filmIn Search of Fellini.
Nancy Jean Cartwright was born on October 25, 1957,[1] in Dayton, Ohio.[2] She was the fourth of six children born to Frank (1927–2020) and Miriam (née Wendel; 1929–1978) Cartwright.[3][4] She grew up inKettering, Ohio,[5] and discovered her talent for voices at an early age. While in thefourth grade at the school of St. Charles Borromeo, she won a school-wide speech competition with her performance ofRudyard Kipling'sHow the Camel Got His Hump.[6] Cartwright attendedFairmont 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 fromOhio University.[7] 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".[8]
In 1976, Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials onWING radio in Dayton.[5] A representative fromWarner Bros. Records visited WING and later sent Cartwright a list of contacts in the animation industry.[9] One of these wasDaws Butler, known for voicing characters such asHuckleberry Hound,Snagglepuss,Elroy Jetson,Spike the Bulldog, andYogi Bear. Cartwright called him and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine.[6] 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".[10]
Cartwright returned toOhio University for her sophomore year, but transferred to theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler.[5] Her mother, Miriam, died late in the summer of 1978.[11] Cartwright nearly changed her relocation plans but, on September 17, 1978, "joylessly" left forWestwood, Los Angeles.[12]
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While attending UCLA, which did not have a public speaking team,[14] Cartwright continued training as a voice actress with Butler. She recalled, "every Sunday I'd take a 20-minute bus ride to his house inBeverly 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."[13] Butler introduced her to many of the voice actors and directors atHanna-Barbera. After she met the directorGordon Hunt, he asked her to audition for a recurring role as Gloria inRichie 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 asitcom calledIn Trouble. Cartwright described the show as "forgettable, but it jump-started my on-camera career".[15] She graduated from UCLA in 1981 with a degree in theater.[16] During the summer, Cartwright worked withJonathan Winters as part of an improvisation troupe atKenyon College inGambier, Ohio.[15]
Returning to Los Angeles, Cartwright won the lead role in the television filmMarian Rose White.Janet Maslin, a critic forThe New York Times, described Cartwright as "a chubby, lumbering, slightlycross-eyed actress whose naturalness adds greatly to the film's impact".[17] Cartwright replied by sending Maslin a letter insisting she was not cross-eyed, and included a photograph.[18] Later, Cartwright auditioned for the role of Ethel, a girl who becomes trapped in a cartoon world in the third segment ofTwilight Zone: The Movie. She met with directorJoe 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 anyonebut you in this part!'"[19] It was her first role in a feature film.[19] The segment was based onThe Twilight Zone television series episode "It's a Good Life", which was later parodied inThe Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror II" (1991).[20]
Cartwright continued to do voice work for projects includingPound Puppies,Popeye and Son,Snorks,My Little Pony andSaturday Supercade.[21] 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, includingThe Clan of the Cave Bear (1986),Silverado (1985),Sixteen Candles (1984),Back to the Future Part II, andThe Color Purple (1985).[22] Cartwright also voiced a shoe that was "dipped" in acid inWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), describing it as her first "off-screen death scene",[22] and worked to correctly convey the emotion involved.[23]
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.
In 1985, she auditioned for a guest spot as Cynthia inCheers. 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.[22] In search of more training as an actress, Cartwright joined a class taught by Hollywood coachMilton Katselas. He recommended that Cartwright studyLa Strada, a 1956 Italian film starringGiulietta Masina and directed byFederico Fellini. She began performing "every imaginable scene" fromLa Strada in her class and spent several months trying to secure the rights to produce a stage adaptation.[24] 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 calledIn Search of Fellini, partially based on her voyage.[24] The play was co-written by Peter Kjenaas, and Cartwright won aDrama-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,[25] which shesucceeded in doing in 2017.[26]
Cartwright voices the characterBart Simpson on the long-running animated television showThe Simpsons. On March 13, 1987, she auditioned for a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear onThe Tracey Ullman Show, a sketch comedy program. Cartwright had intended to audition for the role ofLisa 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".[27] CreatorMatt Groening let her try out for Bart and gave her the job on the spot.[28] Bart's voice came naturally to Cartwright, as she had previously used elements of it inMy Little Pony,Snorks, andPound Puppies.[23] Cartwright describes Bart's voice as easy to perform compared with other characters.[23] 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 ofThe Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright, the only cast member to have been professionally trained in voice acting,[29] described the sessions as "great fun".[30] 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.[30]
In 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show on theFox network calledThe Simpsons. Bart quickly became the show'sbreakout personality and one of the most celebrated characters on television—his popularity in 1990 and 1991 was known as "Bartmania".[31][32][33][34] Bart was described as "television's brightest new star" by Mike Boone ofThe Gazette[35] and was named 1990's "entertainer of the year" byEntertainment Weekly.[36] Despite Bart's fame, however, Cartwright remained relatively unknown. During the first season ofThe Simpsons, Fox ordered Cartwright not to give interviews, because they did not want to publicize the fact that Bart was voiced by a woman.[37] Cartwright's normal speaking voice is said to have "no obvious traces of Bart",[23] and she believes her role is "the best acting job in the world"[23] since she is rarely recognized in public.[6] When she is recognized and asked to perform Bart's voice in front of children, Cartwright refuses because it "freaks [them] out".[23] 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.[38]
Cartwright voices several other characters on the show, includingNelson Muntz,Ralph Wiggum,Todd Flanders,Kearney, andDatabase.[39] She first voiced Nelson in the episode "Bart the General" (season one, 1990). The character was to be voiced byDana Hill, but Hill missed the recording session and Cartwright was given the role.[40] She developed Nelson's voice on the spot and describes him as "a throat-ripper".[41] Ralph Wiggum had originally been voiced byJo Ann Harris, but Cartwright was assigned to voice the character in "Bart the Murderer" (season three, 1991).[42] Todd Flanders, the only voice for which Cartwright used another source, is based on Sherman (voiced byWalter Tetley), the boy fromPeabody's Improbable History, a series of shorts aired onThe Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.[41]
Cartwright received aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 for her performance as Bart in the episode "Separate Vocations"[43][44] and anAnnie Award in 1995 for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation.[45] Bart was named one of the100 most important people of the 20th century byTime,[46] and in 2000, Bart and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[47]
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.[48] The dispute was resolved, however, and Cartwright received $125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded $360,000 an episode.[48] A compromise was reached after a month,[49] and Cartwright's pay rose to $250,000 per episode.[50] Salaries were re-negotiated in 2008 with the voice actors receiving approximately $400,000 per episode.[51] 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.[52]
It is quite a curiosity being a celebrity that nobody knows. I ask you, how many celebrities would younot 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.
In addition to her work onThe Simpsons, Cartwright has voiced many other characters on several animated series, including Chuckie Finster inRugrats andAll Grown Up!, Margo Sherman inThe Critic,Mindy inAnimaniacs, andRufus thenaked mole-rat inKim Possible. For the role of Rufus, Cartwright researched mole-rats extensively, and became "a font of useless trivia".[54] She was nominated for aDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program in 2004 for her work on the show.[55] In 2001, Cartwright took over theRugrats role of Chuckie Finster whenChristine Cavanaugh retired.[54] 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."[54] Other television shows that have used her voice work includeGalaxy High,God, the Devil and Bob,Goof Troop,Mike, Lu & Og,The Replacements,Pinky and the Brain andTimberwolf.[56] Cartwright has appeared on camera in numerous television shows and films, includingFame,Empty Nest,The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,Flesh and Blood,Godzilla, and24.[56]
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 ofThe Simpsons.[57] Laura A. Bischoff of theDayton Daily News commented that the book was the "ultimate insider's guide toThe Simpsons".[58] Critics complained that the book lacked interesting stories and was aimed mostly at fans ofThe Simpsons rather than a general audience.[59][60][61]
Cartwright adaptedMy Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy into aone-woman play in 2004. Cartwright has performed it at a variety of venues, including the August 2004Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.[2] The play received modest reviews, including criticism for a lack of inside stories aboutThe Simpsons, and its "overweeningly upbeat" tone.[62] David Chatterton ofThe British Theatre Guide described the show as "interesting and entertaining, but not really a 'must see' even for Simpsons fans".[63]
Cartwright has shown an interest instock car racing and as of 2007 was seeking aNASCAR license.[64] In 2001, she founded a production company called SportsBlast and created an online animated series calledThe Kellys. The series is focused on racing; Cartwright voices a seven-year-old named Chip Kelly.[65]
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."[66][67] With Spotted Cow, Cartwright made her first film as a screenwriter and producer,In Search of Fellini, which was released on September 15, 2017.[26][68] Based on her own journey toItaly in 1985 in a bid to meet the famed directorFederico Fellini, the film fulfilled Cartwright's longtime vision of turning her 1995 one-woman playIn Search of Fellini into a film.[69][70]
Cartwright met real-estate agent Warren Murphy, 24 years her senior, on her birthday in 1988 and married him two months later.[71] In her book, she describes Murphy as her "personal laugh track".[72] The couple had two children, before divorcing in 2002.[6][73][74]
Cartwright was raised aRoman Catholic[75] but joined theChurch of Scientology in 1991.[76] In 2007, Cartwright, then making about $400,000 per episode, was awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after donating $10,000,000 to the Church.[77]
Cartwright is a contributor toASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive Project.[56] In September 2007, Cartwright received theMake-A-Wish Foundation'sWish Icon Award "for her tremendous dedication to the Foundation's fundraising and wish-fulfillment efforts."[78] In 2005, Cartwright created ascholarship at Fairmont High School "designed to aid Fairmont [graduates] who dream of following in her footsteps and studying speech, debate, drama or music" atOhio University.[79] In 2005, Cartwright was given the title of Honorary Mayor ofNorthridge, California (a neighborhood of Los Angeles) by the Northridge Chamber of Commerce.[80]
In 2007, Cartwright was in a romantic relationship with contractor Stephen Brackett,[81] a fellow member of Scientology.[82] In early 2008, the couple had made plans to marry,[18][82] but Brackett died by suicide in May 2009.[83]
In 2012, Cartwright received an honorary doctorate degree in communication fromOhio University, where she was a student from 1976 to 1977 before transferring to UCLA.[84]
Cartwright is also a painter, sculptor and philanthropist. She co-founded the Know More About Drugs alliance.[85]
Singer and actressSabrina Carpenter is her niece through Cartwright's stepbrother David Carpenter.[86][87][88]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Ethel | Segment: "It's a Good Life" |
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Girl at dance | Uncredited |
| Flesh and Blood | Kathleen | ||
| 1988 | Yellow Pages | Stephanie | TitledGoing Underground in US |
| 1992 | Petal to the Metal | Fawn Deer | Short film |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Caiman's secretary | |
| 2008 | Struck | Nurse | Short film |
| 2013 | I Know That Voice | Herself | Documentary |
| 2017 | In Search of Fellini | Cosima | Also writer |
| 2022 | Borrego | Deserie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: "Terminal Case" | |
| 1983 | Deadly Lessons | Libby Dean | TV film |
| 1983, 1984 | Fame | Muffin | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Not My Kid | Jean | TV film |
| Cheers | Cynthia | Episode: "Diane's Nightmare" | |
| 1986 | Bridges to Cross | Unnamed character | Episode: "Memories of Molly" |
| 1987 | Our House | Unnamed character | Episode: "Growing Up, Growing Old" |
| Mr. Belvedere | Gwen | Episode: "The Initiation" | |
| 1989 | TV 101 | Melinda | Episode: "On the Road" |
| Empty Nest | Ann | Episode: "Tears of a Clown" | |
| 1993 | Precious Victims | Ruth Potter | TV film |
| Problem Child | Betsy | ||
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Ruby Jillette | Episode: "Save the Last Trance for Me" |
| Baywatch Nights | Frances O'Reilly | Episode: "976 Ways to Say I Love You" | |
| 1996 | Vows of Deception | Terry | TV film |
| Suddenly | Dell | TV film | |
| 2007 | 24 | Jeannie Tyler | Episode: "Day 6: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m" |
| 2010 | The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! | Herself Bart Simpson (voice) | TV special |
| 2012 | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Bart Simpson (voice) | TV special |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Gusty, Bushwoolie #4 | [89] |
| 1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | Arabian Prince, Additional voices | |
| 1988 | Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | Bright Eyes | |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Dipped Toon Shoe | Uncredited | |
| 1989 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Page | [89] |
| The Little Mermaid | Female Mermaid | ||
| 1998 | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Wolf Pup, Doe, Macaw, Skunk, Chimp | Direct-to-video release[89] |
| The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Dana | ||
| 1999 | Wakko's Wish | Mindy | |
| 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | Chuckie Finster | [89] |
| Kim Possible: The Secret Files | Rufus | Direct-to-DVD release | |
| 2006 | Leroy & Stitch | Phantasmo, Shortstuff | TV movie, Direct-to-DVD release |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Bart Simpson,Maggie Simpson, Various characters | [89] |
| 2017 | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Unknown | |
| 2021 | The Good, the Bart, and the Loki | Bart Simpson, Ralph Wiggum | Short film |
| Plusaversary | Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson | ||
| 2022 | When Billie Met Lisa | ||
| Welcome to the Club | Bart Simpson,Mickey Mouse | ||
| The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in 'Feliz Navidad' | Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Mickey Mouse | ||
| 2024 | May the 12th Be with You | Maggie Simpson, Mickey Mouse | |
| The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Bart Simpson,Nelson Muntz |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–1984 | Fat Albert | Additional characters | |
| Richie Rich | Gloria Glad | ||
| 1983 | Monchhichis | Additional voices | |
| 1983–1985 | Shirt Tales | Kip Kangaroo | Season Two Episodes |
| 1983–1988 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Additional voices | 59 episodes |
| 1984–1985 | Saturday Supercade | Kimberly | Space Ace segments |
| 1984–1988 | Snorks | Daffney Gillfin | |
| 1984, 1985, 1994 | ABC Weekend Special | Karen Winsborrow, Wally Funnybunny | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Galaxy High School | "Flat" Freddy Fender, Gilda Gossip | 13 episodes |
| 1986–1987 | My Little Pony 'n Friends | Various characters | |
| Pound Puppies | Bright Eyes, Additional voices | 26 episodes | |
| 1987 | Popeye and Son | Woody | |
| Christmas Every Day | The Little Girl | TV film | |
| 1987–1989 | The Tracey Ullman Show | Bart Simpson, Pat (one episode) | The Simpsons shorts andDr. N!Godatu, respectively |
| 1988–1990 | Fantastic Max | FX | 15 episodes |
| 1989 | Dink, the Little Dinosaur | Additional voices | |
| 1989–present | The Simpsons | Bart Simpson, various characters | Longest-running role; writer (1 episode, 2019) |
| 1990 | Bobby's World | Natalie | Episode: "Adventures in Bobby Sitting" |
| Timeless Tales from Hallmark | Duckling #1, Brown Duckling #2 | Episode: "The Ugly Duckling" | |
| 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards | Bart Simpson | TV special | |
| The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour | Peppermint Kitty, Kelly | ||
| 1991 | Big Bird's Birthday Celebration | Bart Simpson | |
| 1992 | Raw Toonage | Fawn Deer | 12 episodes |
| 1992–1993 | Goof Troop | Pistol Pete | 55 episodes |
| 1992, 2002–2004 | Rugrats | Chuckie Finster, additional voices | ReplacedChristine Cavanaugh[89] |
| 1993 | The Pink Panther | Additional voices | |
| Bonkers | Fawn Deer | 5 episodes | |
| A Goof Troop Christmas | Pistol Pete | TV film | |
| 1993–1996 | Animaniacs | Mindy | Recurring role[89] |
| 1994 | Aladdin | The Sprites | 2 episodes |
| 1994–1995 | The Critic | Margo Sherman, Bart Simpson, Various characters | 23 episodes |
| 1995 | The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Additional voices | |
| Timon & Pumbaa | Pumbaa Jr. | Episode: "Never Everglades" | |
| 1996 | Sesame Street | Bart Simpson | Episode: "Maria in the Hospital: Part 1" |
| 1998 | Toonsylvania | Melissa Screetch | |
| Pinky and the Brain | Mindy | Episode: "Star Warners"[89] | |
| What a Cartoon! | Lu | Episode: "Mike, Lu & Og in 'Crash Lancelot'"[89] | |
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Bene, Beckette, Juno | 2 episodes[89] | |
| 1998–1999 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Rudy Mookich | Recurring role[89] |
| 1999 | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Additional voices | |
| Futurama | Bart Simpson doll | Episode: "A Big Piece of Garbage" | |
| 1999–2000 | Crashbox | Robots | 52 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | Mike, Lu & Og | Lu | Main cast[89] |
| 2000–2011 | God, the Devil and Bob | Megan Allman | 13 episodes |
| 2002 | Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe In Santa | Todd | TV film; alsoproducer[89] |
| 2002–2007 | Kim Possible | Rufus | 87 episodes[89] |
| 2003 | Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | TV film | |
| 2003, 2004, 2005 | Lilo & Stitch | Phantasmo, Shortstuff, Rufus | 3 episodes |
| 2003–2008 | All Grown Up! | Chuckie Finster | 51 episodes[89] |
| 2005 | Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama | Rufus | TV film[89] |
| The Kellys | Chip Kelly | [89] | |
| 2005, 2014 | Family Guy | Daffney, Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders | 2 episodes: "Brian the Bachelor", "The Simpsons Guy" |
| 2006–2009 | The Replacements | Todd Daring | Main cast[89] |
| 2007 | Random! Cartoons | Chum Chum, Kid #1 | Episode: "Fanboy"[89] |
| Disney Channel Games | Todd | TV miniseries | |
| 2007–2010 | Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures | Billy | 17 episodes |
| 2010 | The Cleveland Show | Bart Simpson | Episode: "Cleveland Live!" |
| 2011–2016 | Poppy Cat | Chester | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Bubble Guppies | Ms. Michelle | Episode: "Get Ready for School!" |
| American Dad! | Bart Simpson | Episode: "Faking Bad" | |
| 2014 | The 7D | Goldilocks | Episode: "Goldilocks and the 7D"[89] |
| 2018 | Top Wing | Snow Geese | Episode: "Rod's Dream of Flying" |
| 2019 | Kim Possible | Rufus | TV film[89][90] |
| 2021–present | Rugrats | Chuckie Finster | Main cast[89][91] |
| Year | Title | Role | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Do the Bartman" | Bart Simpson | Herself |
| 1991 | "Deep, Deep Trouble" | Herself,Dan Castellaneta | |
| "Black or White" | Michael Jackson |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Simpsons Ride | Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson, various characters | Universal Studios Florida Orlando, FL |
| Universal Studios Hollywood Los Angeles, CA |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Timberwolf | Earl Squirrel | [89] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–present | Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright | Herself | Host |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa | Producer | Television film |
| 2016 | Holiday Joy | ||
| 2017 | In Search of Fellini | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Borrego | Producer |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Voice coach |
| Year | Award | Category | Role | Series | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons: "Separate Vocations" | Won | [43] |
| 1995 | Annie Award | Outstanding Voice Acting in the Field of Animation | The Simpsons | Won | [45] | |
| Drama-Logue Award | — | — | In Search of Fellini | Won | [25] | |
| 2004 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Rufus | Kim Possible | Nominated | [55] |
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons: "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" | Nominated | [93] |
| 2020 | The Simpsons: "Better Off Ned" | Nominated | [94] |
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