Acting
Harry Shearer
1943-12-23 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
The Truman Show
Jaws
The Simpsons
Friends
The Simpsons Movie
Casper
Godzilla
Chicken Little
My Best Friend's Wedding
Small Soldiers
This Is Spinal Tap
A League of Their Own
The Fisher King
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Wayne's World 2
Dinosaurs
Movie credits · 123
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
The Simpson: Yellow Planet
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
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Mascots
The Last Laugh
The Clown
Love & Taxes
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
Flood Streets
The Big Uneasy
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
Fired!
What the Pythons Did Next...
For Your Consideration
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Chicken Little
The Aristocrats
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
TV credits · 52
The History of Comedy
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
The Kumars
Have You Been Paying Attention?
The Last Leg
Playhouse Presents
Would I Lie to You?
The Graham Norton Show
The Colbert Report
Celebrity Mastermind
Anderson Cooper 360°
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
HypaSpace
The Agency
The Secret Rulers of the World
The Early Show
Jack & Jill
Where Are They Now?
Dawson's Creek
Style & Substance
Bravo Profiles
The Visitor
George & Leo
The View
Just Shoot Me!
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Friends
ER
Chicago Hope
Ellen
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Animaniacs
Dinosaurs
Have I Got News for You
Dream On
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
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