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John DiMaggio
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His inspiration for Bender was
Slim Pickens
from "Blazing Saddles" and his friend from college, who would do improvisations of an old man who liked sausage.
Not related to
Joe DiMaggio
.
Is a very talented beatboxer, as seen by some of his work on Futurama.
Is the only one of two actors to play the same fictional character (Bender Bending Rodriguez) on both
The Simpsons (1989)
and
Futurama (1999)
the other is
Nancy Cartwright
who played Bart in both, although several people (including
Conan O'Brien
,
Leonard Nimoy
,
Nichelle Nichols
,
Stephen Hawking
and
Dick Clark
) have played themselves on both series.
Married to actress Kate Miller 10/2014.
Once performed stand-up comedy at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem.
Played
Steve Ballmer
in
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
.
Italian-American.
Grew up in North Plainfield, NJ.
He is a lifelong Democrat.
He and Kevin Michael Richardson have both voiced the Joker and Lobo from DC Comics.
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