Harry Shearer

Acting · 1.4 popularity

Age

Movies

115

Born: December 23, 1943
From: 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.

Works

115 films

The Truman Show

19988.2

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

20267.3

The Simpsons Movie

20077.0

Chicken Little

20055.9

Godzilla

19985.7

Small Soldiers

19986.6

Casper

19956.3

Simpsley

20267.9

A League of Their Own

19927.2

My Stepmother Is an Alien

19885.8

My Best Friend's Wedding

19976.6

The Fisher King

19917.3

The Right Stuff

19837.4

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

19997.3

The Robe

19536.8

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

19926.4

Wayne's World 2

19936.1

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

20247.0

This Is Spinal Tap

19847.4

Oscar

19916.4

Father Figures

20175.8

Pure Luck

19915.6

Little Giants

19946.5

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

20256.1

The Concorde... Airport '79

19794.7

The Egyptian

19546.5

The Aristocrats

20055.9

Encounter in the Third Dimension

19997.3

EDtv

19996.0

Dick

19996.0

Speechless

19945.9

Almost Heroes

19985.4

For Your Consideration

20065.8

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

19986.7

A Mighty Wind

20036.8

Animalympics

19806.1

Amnesty International's Big 30

19914.0

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

20076.8

Mascots

20165.4

Plain Clothes

19885.8

I'll Do Anything

19945.6

There's Only One Paul McCartney

20028.0

The Last Laugh

20167.0

Sick

1975

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi

20005.0

Real Life

19796.6

My Suicide

20096.1

Haunted Castle

20015.6

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

20065.9

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

19888.0

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

20036.0

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

20038.4

Blood and Concrete

19915.7

The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders

202110.0

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

19876.0

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

19535.4

The Simpsons | Balenciaga

20215.5

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

19795.6

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

20058.0

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

2026

From Darkness to Light

20256.7

What the Pythons Did Next...

2007

One Trick Pony

19805.5

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

2000

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

19997.1

Teddy Bears' Picnic

20014.0

Portrait of a White Marriage

19883.7

CyberWorld

20006.6

Easy Does It

20203.3

The Simpsons: Christmas

20036.9

XTC: This Is Pop

20178.0

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

19869.0

Realizing The Right Stuff

20039.0

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

19926.2

Satan & Adam

20187.3

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

2009

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

19816.0

Loose Shoes

19783.8

Hometown Boy Makes Good

19909.0

Serpico: The Deadly Game

19769.0

The Million Dollar Infield

198210.0

The History of White People in America

19856.4

The Simpsons: Christmas 2

20046.7

Fired!

20075.9

The T.V. Show

1979

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

20178.4

Likely Stories Vol. 1

19818.0

American Raspberry

19775.6

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

20096.0

Flood Streets

20118.5

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

19958.5

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1

2006

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

1990

Down and Out with Donald Duck

19876.5

Flicks

19835.5

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

19927.8

The History of White People in America: Volume II

19868.3

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

19798.0

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

19976.7

Cracking Up

19774.0

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004

Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers

2012

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions

1986

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

2016

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

19878.0

The Clown

20168.0

Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer

20098.0

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990

Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There

20199.0

Love & Taxes

20154.0

The Jackie Bison Show

19907.5

A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser

2007

The Session Man

2025

A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles

2023

You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon

2026