Kipp Lennon

Kipp Lennon

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Voice actor Singer Birth date: March 12, 1960 (1960-03-12) Status: Inactive Character(s): Leon Kompowsky's singing voice Seasons active: Season 3, 4, 28, 29 First episode: "Stark Raving Dad" Most recent episode: "Mr. Lisa's Opus"

Christopher "Kipp" Lennon (born March 12, 1960) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter

He voiced Leon Kompowsky's singing voice, performing the songs "Billie Jean" and "Happy Birthday, Lisa" in the season 3 episode "Stark Raving Dad", although Michael Jackson, credited as "John Jay Smith", performed the speaking part of Leon Kompowsky, a character who thought he was Michael Jackson, Kipp Lennon sung the songs because Michael Jackson was only contracted to speak, not sing. He voiced Leon Kompowsky again in the season 29 episode "Mr. Lisa's Opus".

Other than his voice acting roles, Kipp Lennon has sung various songs for the show.

He also appeared in The Simpsons Take the Bowl where he sang "Happy Birthday, Lisa".

Credits

Also starring

• Episode – "Stark Raving Dad"

Vocal performance by

• Episode – "Duffless" ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head")

Starring

• Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl

Performed by

• Episode – "Springfield Splendor" ("Infatuation parody")

Special guest voice

• Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus"

Singer

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield

Uncredited performances

• Episode – "Flaming Moe's" ("Flaming Moe's")
• Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" ("Small Bang Hypothesis")

External links

• Kipp Lennon at the Internet Movie Database
• Kipp Lennon at Wikipedia

Cast

Starring Hank Azaria • Nancy Cartwright • Dan Castellaneta • Julie Kavner • Harry Shearer • Yeardley Smith Also starring Susan Blu • Albert Brooks • Kimberly Brooks • Michael Carrington • Christopher Collins • Grey DeLisle • Alex Désert • Robin Atkin Downes • Chris Edgerly • Marcia Mitzman Gaven • Brian George • Dana Gould • Doris Grau • Terry Greene • Jo Ann Harris • Pamela Hayden • John Kassir • Denice Kumagai • Dawnn Lewis • Jonathan Lipow • Eric Lopez • Tress MacNeille • Karen Maruyama • Cesar Mazariegos • Melanie Minichino • Christine Nangle • Kevin Michael Richardson • Renee Ridgeley • Tony Rodríguez • Maggie Roswell • James Sie • David Silverman • Russi Taylor • Frank Welker • Karl Wiedergott • Lona Williams • Marc Wilmore • Jenny Yokobori Special Guest Voices Albert Brooks • Glenn Close • Kelsey Grammer • Valerie Harper • Phil Hartman • Jan Hooks • Jane Kaczmarek • Maurice LaMarche • Jon Lovitz • Joe Mantegna • Jackie Mason • Kevin Michael Richardson • Marcia Wallace • Frank Welker One-time cast members Larina Jean Adamson • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Sunkrish Bala • Jim Beanz • Greg Berg • Gregg Berger • Rosalie Chiang • Joe Clabby • Christian Coffinet • Daryl Coley • Henry Corden • Jim Cummings • Juan Carlos Enriquez • Miriam Flynn • June Foray • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Jess Harnell • Montse Hernandez • Mario Jose • Brian J. Kaufman • Phil LaMarr • Jim Lau • Rob LaZebnik • Sang Am Lee • Kipp Lennon • Ken Levine • Kelly Macleod • Dima Malanitchev • Aron Michael Manderosian • Robert J. Manderosian • Ping Marshall • Paul McGuinness • Larry McKay • Sam McMurray • Mike Mitchell • Joey Miyashima • Jason Nash • Carolyn Omine • Jack Ong • Bill Plympton • Susie Smith • Eli Steele • Matthew Sweet • Diana Tanaka • Meher Tatna • Ron Taylor • David Turley • Joey Vieira • Gedde Watanabe • Paul Willson • Tim Yoon • Keone Young

Guest stars in season 29

Billy Boyd • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau • Alison Bechdel • Rachel Bloom • Roz Chast • Dan Harmon • Marjane Satrapi • Martin Short • Nick Fascitelli • Valerie Harper • Joe Mantegna • Mario Batali • Ben Daniels • William Friedkin • Neil Gaiman • Kat Dennings • Norman Lear • Kipp Lennon • Jon Lovitz • Kelsey Grammer • Shaquille O'Neal • John F. Kennedy* • Ed Sheeran • Maurice LaMarche • Bill Hader • Cecily Strong • John Baldessari • Kevin Pollak • J. K. Simmons • Andy Daly • Damian Kulash • Jackie Mason • Timothy Nordwind • Daniel Radcliffe • Jimmy O. Yang • Ray Liotta • Debi Mazar • Jonathan Schmock • Trombone Shorty • Glenn Close • Sidse Babett Knudsen

The Simpsons Take the Bowl performers
Hank Azaria • Nancy Cartwright • Beverly D'Angelo • Matt Groening • Chris Ledesma • Kipp Lennon • Jon Lovitz • Conan O'Brien • Yeardley Smith • "Weird Al" Yankovic • Hans Zimmer

Music crew

Composers Ryeland Allison • Ryan Baer • Lorne Balfe • Marc Baril • Jim Beanz • Belle and Sebastian • Michele Bertoldi • Bleeding Fingers Music • Sylvain Chomet • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Jemaine Clement • Ray Colcord • The Decemberists • Jack Dolgen • James Dooley • Clay Duncan • Ryan Elder • Danny Elfman • Juan Carlos Enriquez • Mark Ganus • Michael Giacchino • Mick Giacchino • Richard Gibbs • Norio Hanzawa • James Hebdon • Henry Jackman • Brian Langsbard • Ruggero Leoncavallo • Michael A. Levine • Alex Mauer • Maureen McElheron • Bret McKenzie • Mark Mothersbaugh • John E. Nordstrom • Eric Nunamaker • Laurence O'Keefe • Atli Örvarsson • Gregory Prechel • Kira Randolph • Arthur B. Rubinstein • Allen Simpson • Stephen Sondheim • Jon Spurney • Matthew Sweet • Asa Taccone • Kara Talve • Kingsley Thurber • Jeffrey Townsend • Christopher Tyng • Patrick Williams • Davin Wood • Hans Zimmer Music editors Bob Beecher • Stan Jones • Chris Ledesma • Daniel Pinder • Ryan Rubin • Jake Schaefer • Erich Stratmann • Derek Syverud • Tom Trafalski Music engineers Bryant Arnett • Thomas Broderick • Mark Chalecki • Richard Cottrell • Guy DeFazio • Robert Gatley • Paul Grupp • Mick Guzauski • Richard Joseph • Jesse Kanner • Acar S. Key • Judy Kirschner • Tod Lemkuhl • Bryan Loren • Scott Mabuchi • Tony Maserati • John Moyer • Ernie Rose • Pete Oso Snell • Geoff Sykes • Greg Vines • Matt Ward Music producers Bob Beecher • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Oliver Davis • David Dorn • Derek Dressler • Russell Emanuel • Robert L. Emmer • Alan Friedman • Greg Haver • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Steve Kofsky • Chris Ledesma • Bryan Loren • Mickey Petralia • Steven Schnur • Gary Stewart • Jai Winding • Hans Zimmer Orchestrators Steve Bartek • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Tim Davies • Brad Dechter • Elizabeth Finch • Bruce Fowler • Walt Fowler • Dell Hake • Andrew Kinney • Ken Kugler • Suzette Moriarty • Dana Niu • Gregory Prechel • Larry Rench • Brandon Roberts • Geoff Stradling • Marcus Trumpp Singers and vocalists Lisa Angelle • Kaylee Arellano • Baha Men • George Balmeseda • Tony Battaglia • Peter Beckett • Gerry Beckley • Josh Bedlion • Karen Bernod • Ben Bledsoe • Eric Bradley • Alexandra Brown • Jackson Browne • Rosemary Butler • Amick Byram • David Byrne • Marie Cain • James Campbell • Mark Campbell • Elin Carlson • Carmen Carter • Dawn Halloran Charouhas • Emily Charouhas • Patty Chayefsky • Alvin Chea • Alf Clausen • John Coggins • Deborah Cooper • Randy Crenshaw • J.C. 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