Karl Wiedergott

{{Short description|American actor (born 1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Karl Wiedergott

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| birth_name = Karl Aloysious Treaton

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|2|8}}

| birth_place = Berlin, West Germany

| nationality = {{hlist|German|American

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1985–2010

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Karl Wiedergott (born Karl Aloysious Treaton; February 8, 1969) is an American retired actor. He is noted for his voice work on the sitcom The Simpsons from 1998 to 2010, voicing background characters and some celebrities such as John Travolta and Bill Clinton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thethings.com/major-simpsons-voice-actors-ranked-net-worth/|title=Here's Every Major Simpsons Voice Actor, Ranked By Net Worth|date=March 13, 2020|website=TheThings|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2020}} Wiedergott provided various voices on more than 200 episodes, his final appearance being in the season 22 episode "Donnie Fatso".{{Cite book |last1=Browning |first1=John Edgar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C&dq=Karl+Wiedergott&pg=PA166 |title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 |last2=Picart |first2=Caroline Joan (Kay) |date=2014-01-10 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6201-8 |language=en}}

In 2005, Wiedergott decided to take a break from auditioning and concentrate solely on his work for The Simpsons.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} After the episode "Donnie Fatso", he not only quit the series, but he also retired from acting in general.