Harry Shearer
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.
160 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 160
The Simpsons
1989
Friends
1994
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
ER
1994
The Colbert Report
2005
Dawson's Creek
1998
Miami Vice
1984
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Chicago Hope
1994
Jeopardy!
1984
The Golden Girls
1985
L.A. Law
1986
Dinosaurs
1991
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Animaniacs
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Have I Got News for You
1990
Ellen
1994
The Last Leg
2013
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
The Truman Show
1998
Omnibus
1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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Would I Lie to You?
2007
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Jaws
1975
The Agency
2001
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013
Dream On
1990
Playhouse Presents
2012
Where Are They Now?
1999
Jack & Jill
1999
The Simpsons Movie
2007
Chicken Little
2005
Godzilla
1998
Casper
1995
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
George & Leo
1997
The Visitor
1997
The History of Comedy
2017
A League of Their Own
1992
Small Soldiers
1998
Oscar
1991
Style & Substance
1998
HypaSpace
2002
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
The Robe
1953
The Right Stuff
1983
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
General Electric Theater
1953
The Secret Rulers of the World
2001
EDtv
1999
The Fisher King
1991
The Early Show
1999
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024
Wayne's World 2
1993
Father Figures
2017
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
The Egyptian
1954
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Dick
1999
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
The Kumars
2014
For Your Consideration
2006
Little Giants
1994
The Aristocrats
2005
Pure Luck
1991
A Mighty Wind
2003
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017
Almost Heroes
1998
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
The Last Laugh
2016
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
I'll Do Anything
1994
Speechless
1994
CyberWorld
2000
Real Life
1979
Just Friends
1979
Mascots
2016
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
Animalympics
1980
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
The History of White People in America
1985
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
Plain Clothes
1988
Blood and Concrete
1991
Fired!
2007
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995
My Suicide
2009
Loose Shoes
1978
From Darkness to Light
2025
One Trick Pony
1980
The Million Dollar Infield
1982
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
Cracking Up
1977
Easy Does It
2020
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
The Session Man
2025
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
Haunted Castle
2001
Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
American Raspberry
1977
Flicks
1983
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
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The Clown
2016
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
2012
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
Flood Streets
2011
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Down and Out with Donald Duck
1987
Love & Taxes
2015
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
2021
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003
Satan & Adam
2018
Sick
1975
The Jackie Bison Show
1990
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
2019
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023
XTC: This Is Pop
2017
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon
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