Harry Shearer

Known for ActingBorn 1943-12-23 (age 82)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Funny Is Money

George & Leo

The Million Dollar Infield

Just Friends

Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There

Realizing The Right Stuff

Hometown Boy Makes Good

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

Serpico: The Deadly Game

Flood Streets

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

Simpsley

Friends

Yellow Mirror

The Secret Rulers of the World

XTC: This Is Pop

The Clown

The Truman Show

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

America 2-Night

The History of White People in America: Volume II

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

There's Only One Paul McCartney

Style & Substance

Animaniacs

The Simpsons

Would I Lie to You?

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

Likely Stories Vol. 1

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

ER

Dinosaurs

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

Jack & Jill

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

Satan & Adam

Jaws

The Golden Girls

Have You Been Paying Attention?

The Jackie Bison Show

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Graham Norton Show

Encounter in the Third Dimension