1969-08-27 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Reeson Wayne Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is a British actor, comedian, writer and magician. He was a member of The League of Gentlemen, with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson. Jointly with Pemberton, he created, wrote and starred in the sitcom Psychoville and the dark comedy anthology series Inside No. 9. He had notable roles in Spaced and The World's End. Shearsmith was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He attended Andrew Marvell High School and then Bretton Hall College of Education, where he met Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton, fellow actors and comedians The League of Gentlemen began as a stage act in 1995, transferred to Radio 4 as On the Town with The League of Gentlemen in 1997, and arrived on television on BBC Two in 1999. The last saw Shearsmith and his colleagues awarded a British Academy Television Award, a Royal Television Society Award and the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux. Following The League of Gentlemen, Shearsmith appeared in comedy programmes including Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere as well as playing villain Tony in the Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer comedy Catterick. He appeared in two episodes of the award-winning pop-culture comedy Spaced as Robot Wars-obsessed TA soldier Dexter, and played neurotic Doctor Flynn in hospital sitcom TLC alongside Alexander Armstrong. In 2014, Shearsmith and Pemberton returned to BBC2 with a new dark comedy series called Inside No. 9. Each episode of the anthology series takes place in a different 'No. 9' location. Shearsmith and Pemberton play various characters in the series and have also directed two of the episodes.[16] Also in 2014, he starred as Malcolm Webster in ITV drama series, based on a true story, The Widower.
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Norbot (voice) | 2024-12-18 |
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Inside No. 9: The Party's Over | Self | 2024-12-22 |
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Saltburn | Professor Ware | 2023-11-16 |
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A Brush With Comedy | Self | 2023-04-19 |
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See How They Run | John Woolf | 2022-09-09 |
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Priest | 2021-09-30 |
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In the Earth | Zach Whitehead | 2021-04-16 |
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Tales of the Uncanny | Self | 2020-10-31 |
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Investigating the Ladykillers | 2020-11-09 | |
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Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room | Tommy Drake | 2018-01-09 |
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The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! | Various Characters | 2018-11-19 |
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Zanzibar | Henry | 2018-01-02 |
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Inside No. 9: Dead Line | Reverend Neil / Reece | 2018-10-28 |
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The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! | Various Characters | 2018-11-19 |
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Borley Rectory | V.C Wall | 2017-06-06 |
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Diddle Diddle Dumpling | David | 2017-03-14 |
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Private View | Maurice | 2017-03-21 |
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Empty Orchestra | Greg | 2017-03-07 |
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The Riddle of the Sphinx | Tyler | 2017-02-28 |
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The Bill | Archie | 2017-02-21 |
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The Man You're Not | Reece Shearsmith | 2017-04-28 |
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The Devil of Christmas | Klaus | 2016-12-26 |
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Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand | 2016-12-26 | |
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Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny | Self | 2015-12-24 |
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Seance Time | Terry | 2015-03-29 |
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The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge | Mr Warren | 2015-04-09 |
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Nana's Party | Pat | 2015-04-23 |
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High-Rise | Nathan Steele | 2015-11-22 |
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La Couchette | Maxwell | 2015-02-26 |
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The 12 Days of Christine | Stranger | 2015-04-02 |
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Cold Comfort | George | 2015-04-16 |
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Inside No. 9: Sardines | Stu | 2014-02-13 |
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A Quiet Night In | Ray | 2014-12-02 |
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The Harrowing | Hector | 2014-02-12 |
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The Understudy | Jim | 2014-03-05 |
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Tom and Gerri | Tom | 2014-02-19 |
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The Case of the High Foot | The Doctor | 2014-06-01 |
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Remembering 'Dead of Night' | 2014-02-24 | |
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Self | 2014-05-24 |
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A Field in England | Whitehead | 2013-07-05 |
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An Adventure in Space and Time | Patrick Troughton | 2013-11-21 |
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The World's End | Collaborator | 2013-07-18 |
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Him Indoors | Gregory Brewster | 2012-05-30 |
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Bad Sugar | Greg | 2012-08-26 |
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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes | Self | 2011-01-01 |
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Eric & Ernie | Harry Wiseman | 2011-01-01 |
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The First Men in the Moon | Moon | 2010-10-19 |
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Burke & Hare | Sergeant Mackenzie | 2010-10-29 |
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Psychoville Halloween Special | Various | 2010-10-31 |
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Peacock Season | Stoaty | 2010-08-12 |
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Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas | 2009-12-24 | |
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The Cottage | Peter | 2008-02-07 |
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Christmas at the Riviera | Ashley | 2007-12-23 |
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The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You | Benjamin Denton / Papa Lazarou / Pamela Doove / Ross Gaines / Cathy Carter-Smith / Ollie Plimsoles / Vinnie Whytenshawe / Mr Lisgoe / Bernice Woodall / Dean Tavalouris / Edward Tattsyrup / Geoff Tipps / Judee Levinson | 2006-11-20 |
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The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! | 2006-11-20 | |
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The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Various Characters | 2005-06-03 |
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Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self - The League of Gentlemen | 2005-09-05 |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Additional Vogon Voices | 2005-04-28 |
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Spaced: Skip to the End | Self | 2004-04-12 |
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Shaun of the Dead | Mark | 2004-04-09 |
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Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe | Viking (voice) | 2002-12-13 |
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The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane | various | 2001-11-19 |
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Birthday Girl | Porter | 2001-09-06 |
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The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! | 2000-12-27 | |
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This Year's Love | Tourist | 1999-02-19 |
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Auton 2: Sentinel | Dr Dan Matthews | 1998-01-01 |
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Auton | Dr. Daniel Matthews | 1997-01-01 |
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Ghosts of Winterborne | Andrew Powell | 1996-10-31 |
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The Devil of Winterborne | Andrew Powell | 1995-08-01 |
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Highgate House of Horror | Mr Dandridge | 1995-01-01 |
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Sardines | Stu | |
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Rogue Trooper | Bagman (voice) |
