Reece Shearsmith
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.
110 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 110
Doctor Who
2005
Foundation
2021
Good Omens
2019
3 Body Problem
2024
New Tricks
2004
Taskmaster
2015
Inside No. 9
2014
Horrible Histories
2009
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Playhouse Presents
2012
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
The Hollow Crown
2012
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
Galavant
2015
Shaun of the Dead
2004
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
The Adventures of Paddington
2019
Saltburn
2023
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018
Spaced
1999
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
The World's End
2013
Catchphrase
2013
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
Psychoville
2009
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
The League of Gentlemen
1999
Psychobitches
2013
Comedy Showcase
2007
Gadget Man
2012
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
Diddy TV
2016
The Witchfinder
2022
Good Morning Britain
2014
You Have Been Watching
2009
tlc
2002
In the Red
1998
High-Rise
2015
Chasing Shadows
2014
See How They Run
2022
The Widower
2014
Stag
2016
Burke & Hare
2010
House of Fools
2014
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'
2005
Mash and Peas
1996
A Field in England
2013
Birthday Girl
2001
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
In the Earth
2021
Peter Kay's Car Share
2015
Rogue Trooper
—
Catterick
2004
The Russell Brand Show
2006
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
Prodigies
—
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
The Cottage
2008
Squeamish!
2011
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
This Year's Love
1999
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Doctor Who
—
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
The First Men in the Moon
2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
Vampires Forever
2025
Eric & Ernie
2011
Bad Sugar
2012
La Couchette
2015
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
2010
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
The 12 Days of Christine
2015
Borley Rectory
2017
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
A Brush with Comedy
2023
The Harrowing
2014
Peacock Season
2010
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
Auton
1997
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
The Devil of Christmas
2016
The Case of the High Foot
2014
Investigating The Ladykillers
2020
Ladies and Gentlemen
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Sardines
2014
Tom & Gerri
2014
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
Highgate House of Horror
1995
Him Indoors
2012
A Quiet Night In
2014
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
House of Cards
2015
The Understudy
2014
The Man You're Not
2017
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014