List of recurring characters from The Simpsons

This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions.

Gil

Gil (Voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a perpetual loser, a nervous, middle-aged man with the inability to hold a steady job, due to strings of misfortunes that tend to hit him at the worst times. He has been seen holding any number of usually menial jobs, first as a real estate salesman, but also as a used car salesman, doorbell salesman, Coleco computer salesman, newspaper subscription salesman, and even corn farmer. Since the departure of Lionel Hutz from the series, Gil has been used as a cheap replacement lawyer in court scenes.

Related Topics:
Dan Castellaneta - Coleco - Lionel Hutz

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Gil is married, or probably at this point, was married; he once mentioned that his wife would leave him if he didn't start "bringing in the green." This has most certainly happened by now; in fact, he overhears his wife carousing with 'Fred', another man, over the phone in one episode. She even has the gall to ask Gil if he would like to speak to Fred.

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As seen in the episode "Tis The Fifteenth Season," you can see a brief scene where Gil is committing suicide (by hanging himself with Christmas lights), possibly because his life is a wreck. But you can later see him in the same exact episode scatting at Homer's house with the Christmas lights around his neck, suggesting that the lights snapped when he let himself hang.

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The character is based on Jack Lemmon's portrayal of salesman Shelley "The Machine" Levene in the 1992 movie adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross.

Related Topics:
Jack Lemmon - 1992 - David Mamet - Pulitzer prize - Glengarry Glen Ross

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