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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From Darkness to Light | Self | 2025-04-20 |
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Derek Smalls | 2025-09-12 |
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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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Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice) | 2017-10-20 |
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XTC: This Is Pop | Self | 2017-10-07 |
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The Last Laugh | Self | 2016-04-18 |
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Mascots | Competition Announcer (voice) | 2016-09-10 |
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches | Self | 2016-12-31 |
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Der Clown | Self | 2016-02-03 |
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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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Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead | Derek Smalls | 2009-06-16 |
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Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer | Self | 2009-09-01 |
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Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place | Derek Smalls | 2009-08-25 |
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My Suicide | Caress Moscowitz | 2009-02-07 |
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What the Pythons Did Next... | Self | 2007-01-01 |
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
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Fired! | Self | 2007-06-05 |
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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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A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser | Marc Gavin | 2007-09-16 |
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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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Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 | Self | 2006-10-10 |
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found | Self | 2005-04-15 |
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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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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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Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Self | 2003-05-23 |
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A Mighty Wind | Mark Shubb | 2003-04-16 |
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The Simpsons: Christmas | (archive footage) | 2003-10-14 |
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Realizing The Right Stuff | Self | 2003-06-10 |
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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice) | 2003-10-31 |
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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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Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big | The General (voice) | 2000-11-17 |
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CyberWorld | Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice) | 2000-10-06 |
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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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EDtv | Moderator | 1999-03-26 |
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Dick | G. Gordon Liddy | 1999-08-04 |
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Godzilla | Charles Caiman | 1998-05-20 |
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Almost Heroes | Narrator (voice) | 1998-05-29 |
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The Truman Show: Tru-Talk | Mike Michaelson | 1998-06-20 |
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The Truman Show | Mike Michaelson | 1998-06-04 |
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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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FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Fairy #3 (voice) | 1992-04-10 |
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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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A League of Their Own | Newsreel Announcer | 1992-07-01 |
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Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica | Derek Smalls | 1992-08-12 |
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Oscar | Guido Finucci | 1991-04-26 |
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Pure Luck | Julius Monosoff | 1991-08-09 |
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Amnesty International's Big 30 | Derek Smalls | 1991-12-28 |
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Blood and Concrete | Sammy Rhodes | 1991-09-13 |
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The Fisher King | Sitcom Actor Ben Starr | 1991-09-20 |
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The Jackie Bison Show | (voice) | 1990-07-02 |
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Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous | Self | 1990-01-01 |
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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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Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show | Johnny Carson (Voice) | 1988-04-17 |
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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 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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Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio | Robin Leach / Ronald Reagan / Nancy Reagan (voices) | 1987-08-15 |
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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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Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House | Various Roles | 1986-06-06 |
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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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Animalympics | Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice) | 1980-04-11 |
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One Trick Pony | Bernie Wepner | 1980-10-03 |
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The Concorde... Airport '79 | Jeffrey Marx | 1979-08-17 |
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The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | 1979-05-10 | |
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Real Life | Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer | 1979-03-02 |
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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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Cracking Up | 1977-07-01 | |
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American Raspberry | Trucker's Friend | 1977-09-12 |
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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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The Robe | David (uncredited) | 1953-09-16 |
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Second Boy (uncredited) | 1953-04-06 |
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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 |
