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.
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Derek Smalls | 2025-09-12 |
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From Darkness to Light | Self | 2025-04-20 |
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The Session Man | Self | 2025-05-29 |
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The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful | Mr. Burns (voice) | 2024-12-16 |
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A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles | 2023-09-09 | |
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The Simpsons | Balenciaga | 2021-10-02 | |
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Easy Does It | 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice) | 2020-06-05 |
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Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There | Self | 2019-08-16 |
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Satan & Adam | Self | 2018-04-20 |
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Father Figures | Gene | 2017-12-21 |
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XTC: This Is Pop | Self | 2017-10-07 |
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Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice) | 2017-10-20 |
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Der Clown | Self | 2016-02-03 |
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The Last Laugh | Self | 2016-04-18 |
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches | Self | 2016-12-31 |
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Mascots | Competition Announcer (voice) | 2016-09-10 |
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Love & Taxes | Sean Boykin/Agent | 2015-07-29 |
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Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers | Self | 2012-01-01 |
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Flood Streets | Dr. Keeley | 2011-04-11 |
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Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer | Self | 2009-09-01 |
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Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead | Derek Smalls | 2009-06-16 |
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My Suicide | Caress Moscowitz | 2009-02-07 |
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Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place | Derek Smalls | 2009-08-25 |
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The Simpsons Movie | Scratchy / Mr. Burns / Rev. Lovejoy / Ned Flanders / Lenny / Skull / President Arnold Schwarzenegger / Kent Brockman / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Smithers / Toll Booth Man / Guard / Otto / Kang (voice) | 2007-07-25 |
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Fired! | Self | 2007-06-05 |
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
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What the Pythons Did Next... | Self | 2007-01-01 |
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A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser | Marc Gavin | 2007-09-16 |
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Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 | Self | 2006-10-10 |
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For Your Consideration | Victor Allan Miller | 2006-11-17 |
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Promo Announcer | 2006-01-12 |
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The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
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Chicken Little | Dog Announcer (voice) | 2005-11-04 |
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found | Self | 2005-04-15 |
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition | Derek Smalls | 2004-09-20 |
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The Simpsons: Christmas 2 | 2004-11-02 | |
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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice) | 2003-10-31 |
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The Simpsons: Christmas | (archive footage) | 2003-10-14 |
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Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Self | 2003-05-23 |
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Realizing The Right Stuff | Self | 2003-06-10 |
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A Mighty Wind | Mark Shubb | 2003-04-16 |
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Teddy Bears' Picnic | Joey Lavin | 2001-04-30 |
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Haunted Castle | Mr. D / Mephisto (voice) | 2001-02-23 |
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CyberWorld | Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice) | 2000-10-06 |
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Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big | The General (voice) | 2000-11-17 |
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Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | Derek Smalls | 2000-09-12 |
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Encounter in the Third Dimension | Narrator (voice) | 1999-03-31 |
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The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV | 1999-03-08 | |
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage) | 1999-10-06 |
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Dick | G. Gordon Liddy | 1999-08-04 |
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Almost Heroes | Narrator (voice) | 1998-05-29 |
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The Truman Show: Tru-Talk | Mike Michaelson | 1998-01-01 |
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The Truman Show | Mike Michaelson | 1998-06-04 |
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Godzilla | Charles Caiman | 1998-05-20 |
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Small Soldiers | Punch-It (voice) | 1998-07-10 |
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Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | Narrator | 1997-07-11 |
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My Best Friend's Wedding | Jonathan P.E. Rice | 1997-06-19 |
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Casper | Radio announcer (uncredited) | 1995-05-26 |
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The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show | Mr. Blackwell | 1995-05-20 |
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Speechless | Chuck | 1994-12-16 |
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I'll Do Anything | Audience Research Captain | 1994-02-04 |
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Little Giants | Announcer | 1994-10-14 |
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Wayne's World 2 | Handsome Dan | 1993-12-10 |
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A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb | 1992-12-31 |
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Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica | Derek Smalls | 1992-08-12 |
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Fairy #3 (voice) | 1992-04-10 |
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A League of Their Own | Newsreel Announcer | 1992-07-01 |
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Blood and Concrete | Sammy Rhodes | 1991-09-13 |
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Pure Luck | Monosoff | 1991-08-09 |
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Oscar | Guido Finucci | 1991-04-26 |
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The Fisher King | Sitcom Actor Ben Starr | 1991-09-20 |
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Amnesty International's Big 30 | Derek Smalls | 1991-12-28 |
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Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous | Self | 1990-01-01 |
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The Jackie Bison Show | (voice) | 1990-07-02 |
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The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | 1990-08-31 | |
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Hometown Boy Makes Good | Radio Announcer (voice) | 1990-08-02 |
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Plain Clothes | Simon Feck | 1988-04-15 |
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My Stepmother Is an Alien | Carl Sagan (voice) | 1988-12-09 |
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Portrait of a White Marriage | Al Silvers | 1988-08-27 |
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Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show | Johnny Carson (Voice) | 1988-04-17 |
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Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards | Various Roles | 1987-04-04 |
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Down and Out with Donald Duck | Additional Voices (voice) | 1987-03-25 |
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Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House | Various Roles | 1986-06-06 |
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The Hear 'n Aid Sessions | Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap] | 1986-01-01 |
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The History of White People in America: Volume II | Rabbi | 1986-01-01 |
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The History of White People in America | Rabbi | 1985-06-04 |
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This Is Spinal Tap | Derek Smalls | 1984-03-02 |
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Flicks | Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice) | 1983-08-26 |
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The Right Stuff | NASA Recruiter | 1983-10-20 |
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The Million Dollar Infield | Jack Savage | 1982-02-02 |
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Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Derek Smalls | 1981-01-01 |
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Likely Stories Vol. 1 | 1981-01-01 | |
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One Trick Pony | Bernie Wepner | 1980-10-03 |
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Animalympics | Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice) | 1980-04-11 |
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The Concorde... Airport '79 | Jeffrey Marx | 1979-08-17 |
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Real Life | Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer | 1979-03-02 |
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The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | 1979-05-10 | |
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Murray Sports | 1979-11-06 |
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Loose Shoes | Narrator (voice) | 1978-09-01 |
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American Raspberry | Trucker's Friend | 1977-09-12 |
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Cracking Up | 1977-07-01 | |
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Serpico: The Deadly Game | Hippy | 1976-04-24 |
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Sick | Dr. Jerry Shuster | 1975-12-13 |
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Jaws | Crowd Voices (uncredited) | 1975-06-20 |
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The Egyptian | Boy | 1954-08-25 |
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Second Boy (uncredited) | 1953-04-06 |
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The Robe | David (uncredited) | 1953-09-16 |
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You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon | ||
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Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale | Derek Smalls |
