Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.

Homer Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short “Good Night” on April 19, 1987.