Harry Shearer
Actor

Harry Shearer

8 Movies
1 TV Shows
9 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 9
Birthday December 23, 1943 (82 years old)
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As Harry Julius Shearer
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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.

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Filmography (161)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues 2025
From Darkness to Light 2025
The Session Man 2025
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful 2024
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles 2023
The Simpsons | Balenciaga 2021
Easy Does It 2020
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There 2019
Satan & Adam 2018
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson 2017
Father Figures 2017
XTC: This Is Pop 2017
The History of Comedy 2017
The Last Laugh 2016
Mascots 2016
The Clown 2016
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches 2016
Love & Taxes 2015
The Kumars 2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) 2014
Have You Been Paying Attention? 2013
The Last Leg 2013
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers 2012
Playhouse Presents 2012
Flood Streets 2011
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer 2009
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place 2009
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead 2009
My Suicide 2009
The Simpsons Movie 2007
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser 2007
What the Pythons Did Next... 2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project 2007
Fired! 2007
Would I Lie to You? 2007
The Graham Norton Show 2007
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 2006
For Your Consideration 2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 2006
Chicken Little 2005
The Aristocrats 2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found 2005
The Colbert Report 2005
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition 2004
The Simpsons: Christmas 2 2004
A Mighty Wind 2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror 2003
The Simpsons: Christmas 2003
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) 2003
Realizing The Right Stuff 2003
Anderson Cooper 360Β° 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
Celebrity Mastermind 2003
There's Only One Paul McCartney 2002
HypaSpace 2002
Haunted Castle 2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic 2001
The Secret Rulers of the World 2001
The Agency 2001
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big 2000
CyberWorld 2000
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi 2000
Dick 1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999
Encounter in the Third Dimension 1999
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV 1999
EDtv 1999
Jack & Jill 1999
The Early Show 1999
Where Are They Now? 1999
Godzilla 1998
Small Soldiers 1998
The Truman Show 1998
Almost Heroes 1998
Tru-Talk 1998
Dawson's Creek 1998
Style & Substance 1998
My Best Friend's Wedding 1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun 1997
The View 1997
Just Shoot Me! 1997
The Visitor 1997
George & Leo 1997
Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1996
Casper 1995
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show 1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist 1995
Speechless 1994 Little Giants 1994
I'll Do Anything 1994
Friends 1994
Chicago Hope 1994
ER 1994
Ellen 1994
Wayne's World 2 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
Animaniacs 1993
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica 1992
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out 1992
FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992
A League of Their Own 1992
The Fisher King 1991
Oscar 1991
Pure Luck 1991
Blood and Concrete 1991
Amnesty International's Big 30 1991
Dinosaurs 1991
The Jackie Bison Show 1990
Hometown Boy Makes Good 1990
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? 1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous 1990
Dream On 1990
Have I Got News for You 1990
The Simpsons 1989
My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988
Plain Clothes 1988
Portrait of a White Marriage 1988
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show 1988
Down and Out with Donald Duck 1987
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards 1987
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio 1987
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions 1986
The History of White People in America: Volume II 1986
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House 1986
L.A. Law 1986
The History of White People in America 1985
The Golden Girls 1985
This Is Spinal Tap 1984
Miami Vice 1984
Jeopardy! 1984
The Right Stuff 1983
Flicks 1983
The Million Dollar Infield 1982
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour 1981
Likely Stories Vol. 1 1981
Animalympics 1980
One Trick Pony 1980
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 1979
The Concorde... Airport '79 1979
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test 1979
Real Life 1979
CBS News Sunday Morning 1979
Just Friends 1979
Loose Shoes 1978
Cracking Up 1977
American Raspberry 1977
Serpico: The Deadly Game 1976
Laverne & Shirley 1976
Sick 1975
Saturday Night Live 1975
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
The Egyptian 1954
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953
The Robe 1953
General Electric Theater 1953
Omnibus 1952
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