10.0
10.0
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016
Reece Shearsmith
Acting
Born:August 27, 1969(age 57)
Birthplace:Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Bretton Hall College, Andrew Marvell College
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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.
Filmography (48 movies)
9.5
9.5
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
as Various Characters
9.0
9.0
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
2000
Writer
8.8
8.8
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Andrew Powell
8.0
8.0
Highgate House of Horror
1995
Director
8.0
8.0
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
8.0
8.0
A Brush With Comedy
2023
as Self
7.9
7.9
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
Writer
7.7
7.7
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
as Patrick Troughton
7.6
7.6
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
as Benjamin Denton / Papa Lazarou / Pamela Doove / Ross Gaines / Cathy Carter-Smith / Ollie Plimsoles / Vinnie Whytenshawe / Mr Lisgoe / Bernice Woodall / Dean Tavalouris / Edward Tattsyrup / Geoff Tipps / Judee Levinson
7.5
7.5
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Mark
7.5
7.5
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
as Norbot (voice)
7.0
7.0
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015
as Self
7.0
7.0
Peacock Season
2010
as Stoaty
7.0
7.0
Saltburn
2023
as Professor Ware
6.8
6.8
The World's End
2013
as Collaborator
6.7
6.7
Eric & Ernie
2011
as Harry Wiseman
6.5
6.5
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
6.4
6.4
See How They Run
2022
as John Woolf
6.3
6.3
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
A Field in England
2013
as Whitehead
6.1
6.1
Him Indoors
2012
as Gregory Brewster
6.1
6.1
Burke & Hare
2010
as Sergeant Mackenzie
6.0
6.0
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
6.0
6.0
Bad Sugar
2012
as Greg
5.9
5.9
The Cottage
2008
as Peter
5.9
5.9
Birthday Girl
2001
as Porter
5.6
5.6
In the Earth
2021
as Zach Whitehead
5.6
5.6
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
as Andrew Powell
5.6
5.6
High-Rise
2015
as Nathan Steele
5.6
5.6
The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Moon
5.5
5.5
The Case of the High Foot
2014
as The Doctor
5.3
5.3
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
as Viking (voice)
5.1
5.1
Borley Rectory
2017
as V.C Wall
5.0
5.0
This Year's Love
1999
as Tourist
4.5
4.5
Auton 2: Sentinel
1998
as Dr Dan Matthews
4.0
4.0
Auton
1997
as Dr. Daniel Matthews
3.8
3.8
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Ashley
Rogue Trooper
TBA
as Bagman (voice)
House of Cards
2015
as Self
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
Writer
Investigating The Ladykillers
2020
The Man You're Not
2017
as Reece Shearsmith
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
Writer
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
as Self
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025
as Self
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
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
Ladies and Gentlemen
TBA
as Freddie
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