Harry Shearer
Acting
- Born:
- 1943-12-23
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life (1979) with Albert Brooks and worked as a writer on Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night. Shearer was a cast member on Saturday Night Live between 1979 and 1980, and 1984 and 1985. Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984), a hit satirical rockumentary. In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, providing voices for characters including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Lenny Leonard, Kang, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, Scratchy, and formerly Dr. Hibbert. Shearer has appeared in films including The Truman Show (1998) and A Mighty Wind (2003), and has directed two, Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002) and The Big Uneasy (2010). Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program Le Show, incorporating satire, music, and sketch comedy. He has written three books. Shearer has won a Primetime Emmy Award and has received several other Emmy and Grammy Award nominations. He has been married to singer-songwriter Judith Owen since 1993. He became an artist in residence at Loyola University, New Orleans in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Shearer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream
Yellow Mirror
Simpsley
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
The Session Man
From Darkness to Light
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
Easy Does It
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
Satan & Adam
Father Figures
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
XTC: This Is Pop
The History of Comedy
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Mascots
The Last Laugh
The Clown
Love & Taxes
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
The Kumars
Have You Been Paying Attention?
The Last Leg
Playhouse Presents
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
Flood Streets
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
My Suicide
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
The Simpsons Movie
Would I Lie to You?
Fired!
The Graham Norton Show
What the Pythons Did Next...
For Your Consideration
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Chicken Little
The Colbert Report
The Aristocrats
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Celebrity Mastermind
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
The Simpsons: Christmas
Anderson Cooper 360°
Realizing The Right Stuff
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
A Mighty Wind
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
There's Only One Paul McCartney
HypaSpace
The Agency
Teddy Bears' Picnic
The Secret Rulers of the World
Haunted Castle
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
CyberWorld
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
The Early Show
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jack & Jill
Dick
Where Are They Now?
Encounter in the Third Dimension
EDtv
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
Small Soldiers
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
The Truman Show
Almost Heroes
Godzilla
Dawson's Creek
Style & Substance
Bravo Profiles
The Visitor
George & Leo
The View
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
My Best Friend's Wedding
Just Shoot Me!
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Casper
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
Speechless
Little Giants
Friends
ER
Chicago Hope
Ellen
I'll Do Anything
Wayne's World 2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Animaniacs
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
A League of Their Own
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Amnesty International's Big 30
The Fisher King
Blood and Concrete
Pure Luck
Oscar
Dinosaurs
Have I Got News for You
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Hometown Boy Makes Good
Dream On
The Jackie Bison Show
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
The Simpsons
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Portrait of a White Marriage
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
Plain Clothes
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
Down and Out with Donald Duck
L.A. Law
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
The History of White People in America: Volume II
The Golden Girls
The History of White People in America
Miami Vice
Jeopardy!
This Is Spinal Tap
The Right Stuff
Flicks
The Million Dollar Infield
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
Likely Stories Vol. 1
One Trick Pony
Animalympics
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
The Concorde... Airport '79
The T.V. Show
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
Just Friends
Real Life
CBS News Sunday Morning
Loose Shoes
American Raspberry
Cracking Up
Serpico: The Deadly Game
Laverne & Shirley
Sick
Saturday Night Live
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Egyptian
The Robe
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
General Electric Theater
Omnibus
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
Have I Got a Bit More News for You