
Harry Shearer
Born December 23, 1943 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Truman Show

The Simpsons Movie

Chicken Little

Godzilla

Small Soldiers

Casper

Yellow Mirror

A League of Their Own

The Fisher King

My Stepmother Is an Alien

The Right Stuff

Father Figures

My Best Friend's Wedding

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

This Is Spinal Tap

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

Wayne's World 2

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

I'll Do Anything

Simpsley

The Concorde... Airport '79

Little Giants

The Robe

EDtv

The Egyptian

Oscar

The Aristocrats

Pure Luck

Dick

Almost Heroes

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

Speechless

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

A Mighty Wind

For Your Consideration

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

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

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

The Last Laugh

Animalympics

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

From Darkness to Light
TV Shows

Jeopardy!

The Colbert Report

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Graham Norton Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

ER

CBS News Sunday Morning

Chicago Hope

L.A. Law

Miami Vice

Have I Got News for You

Anderson Cooper 360°

Dawson's Creek

The Golden Girls

Animaniacs

The Last Leg

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Dinosaurs

Would I Lie to You?

Ellen

Just Shoot Me!

Omnibus

Laverne & Shirley

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Have You Been Paying Attention?

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

The Agency

Celebrity Mastermind

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Dream On

Playhouse Presents

Jack & Jill

The Early Show

George & Leo

The Visitor

The History of Comedy

Style & Substance

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

Just Friends

General Electric Theater

The Secret Rulers of the World

Bravo Profiles
More Movies

Mascots

Plain Clothes

The History of White People in America

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Blood and Concrete

The Million Dollar Infield

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

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

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Real Life

What the Pythons Did Next...

Amnesty International's Big 30

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

Portrait of a White Marriage

The Simpson: Yellow Planet

Haunted Castle

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

There's Only One Paul McCartney

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

Realizing The Right Stuff

My Suicide

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

CyberWorld

Likely Stories Vol. 1

Satan & Adam

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

The History of White People in America: Volume II

Easy Does It

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1

Serpico: The Deadly Game

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

Hometown Boy Makes Good

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

One Trick Pony

The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream

The Simpsons: Christmas

XTC: This Is Pop

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi

Teddy Bears' Picnic

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions

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

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

American Raspberry

Flicks

The T.V. Show

The Simpsons: Christmas 2

The Jackie Bison Show

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

Sick

Down and Out with Donald Duck

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

Fired!

Encounter in the Third Dimension

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers

Loose Shoes

The Simpsons | Balenciaga

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

The Clown

Cracking Up

A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser

The Session Man

Love & Taxes




