Mr. Burns
Fictional character from The Simpsons franchise
Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber "Monty" Burns, usually referred to as Mr. Burns or C. Montgomery Burns, is a character in the Fox animated television series The Simpsons, voiced initially by Christopher Collins and by Harry Shearer in later episodes. He is the evil, reviled, greedy, and wealthy owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and boss of Homer Simpson. He is assisted at almost all times by Waylon Smithers, his loyal and sycophantic aide, adviser, confidant, and secret admirer. He is around 156 years old, though sometimes it is implied he is much older. His place of birth is Pangea, revealed in the season 17 episode "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story".
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