<Li> Curious George (voiced by Frank Welker): A tailless monkey (Barbary macaque) who is the protagonist of the show . He is excessively curious and often causes unintentional problems . He is used as the "teachable" character in the show, and he is the one to whom new concepts are explained in detail by the other characters . He is written as having the mind of a young child . </Li> <Ul> <Li> The Man with the Yellow Hat (voiced by Jeff Bennett): The man who first befriended George and also acts as his primary teacher and mentor . He does not wear his hat at home but wears it when going in public . the Man often has bad luck and makes mistakes (such as constantly losing his hat, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, tasting something terrible with a sour reaction, etc .). He is also absent - minded, and a bit awkward . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Man with the Yellow Hat (voiced by Jeff Bennett): The man who first befriended George and also acts as his primary teacher and mentor . He does not wear his hat at home but wears it when going in public . the Man often has bad luck and makes mistakes (such as constantly losing his hat, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, tasting something terrible with a sour reaction, etc .). He is also absent - minded, and a bit awkward . </Li> <P> The setting for most episodes is either the city, where George lives in an apartment building with The Man in the Yellow Hat or the country, where they share a small house near a lake called Lake Wanasinklake . This allows George to mirror the experiences of kids who live in an urban environment and those who live on farms and in suburbs . A few episodes take place in alternate but familiar settings, like an airport or a train station . </P>

Who plays the man in the yellow hat in curious george