Production staff cameos

Matt Groening in "The Boy Who Knew Too Much".

This is a List of staff members who have appeared in The Simpsons. Various writers, animators and producers have been inserted into shows as background characters. While these are often minor and non-vocal, there are a few instances where these characters have lines, such as in "The Front" and "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show". Matt Groening and James L. Brooks have both voiced themselves in episodes.

Cameos[edit]

This list is a work in progress.

Writers[edit]

Image	Writer	Voiced by
	Richard Appel	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Donick Cary	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	David S. Cohen	Harry Shearer
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Jonathan Collier	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Ned Goldreyer	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Dan Greaney	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Ron Hauge	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Al Jean	Harry Shearer
"The Front": He is one of the many writers that worked for Roger Meyers, Jr. writing The Itchy & Scratchy Show. Meyers fired every one of his writers, including Jean, after hiring Abraham Simpson. Jean also attended the Annual Cartoon Awards that took place at the Springfield Civic Center. When Abe Simpson won the prize, Jean said he was tired of cartoons, and that he was going to write a sitcom about a sassy robot.
	Ken Keeler	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Jeff Martin	None
"The Front": He is one of the many writers that worked for Roger Meyers, Jr. writing The Itchy & Scratchy Show. Meyers fired every one of his writers, including Martin, after hiring Abraham Simpson. Martin also attended the Annual Cartoon Awards that took place at the Springfield Civic Center.
	Ian Maxtone-Graham	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy. The design of the Ian is based on him.
	Dan McGrath	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	George Meyer	Harry Shearer
"The Front": is one of the many writers that worked for Roger Meyers, Jr. writing The Itchy & Scratchy Show. Meyers fired every one of his writers, including Meyer, after hiring Abraham Simpson. "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of Itchy and Scratchy's writing staff and gets fired. "Realty Bites": He appears behind Kirk Van Houten at the unemployment office. "Special Edna": He is one of the men Bart thinks of that would be good for his teacher to date. "Jazzy and the Pussycats": He is passed by Bart on the street.
	David Mirkin	None
"Marge on the Lam": He is one of the two cowboys that confront Marge and Ruth Powers in the bar.
	Bill Oakley	Hank Azaria
"22 Short Films About Springfield": He and Josh Weinstein are part of the crowd that laughs at Nelson. "The Homer They Fall": A poster in Moe's office says "Szyslak vs. Oakley" and has a picture of Bill Oakley's head. "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He and Josh Weinstein appear as part of the writing staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	Mike Reiss	Unknown
"The Front": He is one of the many writers that worked for Roger Meyers, Jr. writing The Itchy & Scratchy Show. Meyers fired every one of his writers, including Reiss, after hiring Abraham Simpson. Reiss also attended the Annual Cartoon Awards that took place at the Springfield Civic Center. "The Yellow Lotus": Mike and Denise Reiss attended a timeshare presentation held by Nick Callahan.
	Mike Scully	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy. "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"": He appears with his family running away from a rhino at the zoo. "Simpsons Bible Stories": Mike's children can be seen in a crowd at one point. "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation": He is one of the men in line for the bathroom at the concert.
	Julie Thacker	None
"Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"": She appears with Mike Scully and her family running away from a rhino at the zoo.
	Steve Tompkins	None
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is part of the staff for Itchy and Scratchy.
	John Swartzwelder	None
"The Front": He appears among the The Itchy & Scratchy Show writers. "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily": A statue of him appears outside the courthouse. "Bart the Fink": He appears at Krusty's fake funeral. "The Day the Violence Died": He is one of Lionel Hutz's surprise witnesses. "Bart After Dark": He is seen sitting in front when Homer first looks in the main stage area. "Hurricane Neddy": He is one of the people the family passes while walking through the mental hospital.
	Jon Vitti	Unknown
"The Front": He is one of the many writers that worked for Roger Meyers, Jr. writing The Itchy & Scratchy Show. Confident that his Harvard education qualified him for the job, Vitti was stunned when Meyers rejected his script. Meyers eventually fired all his writers, including Vitti.
	Josh Weinstein	Dan Castellaneta
"22 Short Films About Springfield": He and Bill Oakley are part of the crowd that laughs at Nelson. "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He and Bill Oakley appear as part of the writing staff for Itchy and Scratchy.

Directors[edit]

Image	Writer	Voiced by
	Neil Affleck
"Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo": He is one of the Canadians being covered in scorpions.
	Bob Anderson	None
"Hurricane Neddy"
	Wes Archer	None
"Marge vs. the Monorail": He is one of the people that falls off the Escalator to Nowhere. "The Front": He is an animator for The Itchy & Scratchy Show. To make Itchy and Scratchy as authentic as possible, he studies real cats and mice. (deleted scene)
	Rich Moore	None
"Marge vs. the Monorail": He is one of the people that falls off the Escalator to Nowhere. "The Front": He is an animator for The Itchy & Scratchy Show. To make Itchy and Scratchy as authentic as possible, he studies real cats and mice. (deleted scene)
	Jim Reardon	None
"Lisa's Substitute": He was seen in Springfield Station when Lisa tried to prevent Mr. Bergstrom to leave. "Homer Alone": He was seen again when Homer and the kids go to pick up Marge when she returns from Rancho Relaxo. "The Front": He is an animator for The Itchy & Scratchy Show. To make Itchy and Scratchy as authentic as possible, he studies real cats and mice. (deleted scene) "Burns, Baby Burns": He was passing by behind Mr. Burns and Smithers in New Haven where they traveled to watch a Yale vs. Harvard football match.
	David Silverman
He often appears as a background character in the early seasons, along with Wes Archer and Rich Moore "Marge vs. the Monorail": He is one of the people that falls off the "Escalator to Nowhere". "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": He is the sketch artist who draws out the first sketch of Poochie. "Blazed and Confused": Appeared at Blazing Guy playing a flaming tuba, which he actually did at Burning Man. He also voiced himself.

Producers[edit]

Image	Writer	Voiced by
	Richard Sakai	Dan Castellaneta
"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish": The character "Richie Sakai" is based on him. "Sideshow Bob Roberts": He's one of the prisoners seen escaping during Sideshow Bob's political ad. "Simpson Tide": One of the bystanders watching Krusty and Skinner play Russian roulette
	Sam Simon	None
"The Front": He is one of the many writers that worked for Roger Meyers, Jr. writing The Itchy & Scratchy Show. Meyers fired every one of his writers, including Simon, after hiring Abraham Simpson "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular": He is an executive producer of The Simpsons. He has long nails and long white hair, like Howard Hughes. An image of "Sam Simon" appears in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular". The design was based on Howard Hughes, not Simon.

Other[edit]

Conan O'Brien[edit]

Conan O'Brien

"Bart Gets Famous": Conan guest stars as himself, and Bart appears on his talk show.
"Radioactive Man": When Homer is flipping through channels, he passes Conan's show.

James L. Brooks[edit]

"The Front": attended the Annual Cartoon Awards that took place at the Springfield Civic Center.
"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)": He appears as a hobo when Grampa and Jasper are walking down the street. This hobo caricature also appears in "Homer Loves Flanders" in the homeless shelter and in "You Only Move Twice" during the Cypress Creek information video.
In the disc holder artwork for The Complete Tenth Season, James appears in a crashed studio lot cart.
He guest stars as himself in "A Star Is Born Again".

Dan Castellaneta[edit]

"I Am Furious (Yellow)": He is voice actor who plays Angry Dad.
"Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife": The studio cart passes him in the Fox Studio.
"He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs": Is in a play.

Matt Groening[edit]

"The Front": He can bee seen in the audience during the award show.
"The Boy Who Knew Too Much": He appears as the courtroom artist.
"My Big Fat Geek Wedding": He guest stars as himself at the sci-fi convention.
"22 Short Films About Springfield": He is one of the people laughing at Nelson when his pants are pulled down.
"Treehouse of Horror X": He is one of the celebrities captured by The Collector.
In the couch gag for "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" that has Matt Groening's autograph on the floor and Marge cleans only to have Matt rewrite it.
"Worst Episode Ever": His picture is on the wall of people who are banned from Comic Book Guy's store.
In the couch gag for "Blame It on Lisa" that has the family as puppets, Matt is revealed to be the operator of them.
The couch gag for "Don't Fear the Roofer" Matt yells woo hoo after Homer's hand finishes a puzzle.
In the disc holder artwork for The Complete Tenth Season, Matt appears in a crashed studio lot cart.
He appears as a boss in The Simpsons Game.

Julie Kavner[edit]

"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase": She appears on a poster for Rhoda in the Museum of TV and Television.

Tress MacNeille[edit]

"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase": The character Betty is a cariciture of herself. Betty is also played by her.

Character designs based on staff[edit]

Image	Character	Based on	Voiced by	Episode(s)
	Mr. Bergstrom	Mike Reiss	Dustin Hoffman	"Lisa's Substitute"
	Ian	Ian Maxtone-Graham	Harry Shearer	"22 Short Films About Springfield"

Gallery[edit]

John Swartzwelder in "Hurricane Neddy".
James L. Brooks as a hobo
John Swartzwelder at the Mason Derrière
Matt Groening in "My Big Fat Geek Wedding".
John Swartzwelder, George Meyer and Al Jean
Several staff members in the audience
Al Jean and Mike Reiss
Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley and George Meyer
A John Swartzwelder statue