10.0
10.0
Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990
as Radio Announcer (voice)
Harry Shearer
Also known as: Harry Julius Shearer
Nationality:United States
Education:University of California, Los Angeles, Harvard University, Los Angeles High School
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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.
Notable Works
The SimpsonsThis Is Spinal Tap
Filmography (90 movies)
9.0
9.0
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
2019
as Self
8.5
8.5
Flood Streets
2011
as Dr. Keeley
8.2
8.2
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003
as Self
8.2
8.2
The Truman Show
1998
as Mike Michaelson
8.2
8.2
Yellow Mirror
2026
as Lenny Leonard (voice)
8.0
8.0
The Clown
2016
as Self
8.0
8.0
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995
as Mr. Blackwell
7.9
7.9
XTC: This Is Pop
2017
as Self
7.9
7.9
Simpsley
2026
as Seymour Skinner (voice)
7.8
7.8
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
as Derek Smalls
7.7
7.7
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
Director
7.4
7.4
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
Writer
7.4
7.4
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
2026
as Lenny Leonard (voice)
7.3
7.3
The Fisher King
1991
as Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
7.3
7.3
Satan & Adam
2018
as Self
7.1
7.1
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
7.0
7.0
The Simpsons Movie
2007
as Scratchy / Mr. Burns / Rev. Lovejoy / Ned Flanders / Lenny / Skull / President Arnold Schwarzenegger / Kent Brockman / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Smithers / Toll Booth Man / Guard / Otto / Kang (voice)
6.9
6.9
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003
6.9
6.9
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024
as Mr. Burns (voice)
6.9
6.9
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self
6.8
6.8
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
as Narrator (voice)
6.8
6.8
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
Writer
6.8
6.8
The Big Uneasy
2010
Director
6.7
6.7
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004
6.7
6.7
A Mighty Wind
2003
as Mark Shubb
6.7
6.7
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self
6.7
6.7
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
as Mike Michaelson
6.6
6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
as Punch-It (voice)
6.5
6.5
Real Life
1979
Writer
6.5
6.5
Down and Out with Donald Duck
1987
as Additional Voices (voice)
6.3
6.3
Oscar
1991
as Guido Finucci
6.2
6.2
CyberWorld
2000
as Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)
6.1
6.1
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
Writer
6.1
6.1
Wayne's World 2
1993
as Handsome Dan
6.1
6.1
Animalympics
1980
as Keen Hacksaw (voice)
6.0
6.0
My Suicide
2009
as Caress Moscowitz
6.0
6.0
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
as Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)
6.0
6.0
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
as Derek Smalls
6.0
6.0
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
The History of White People in America
1985
Director
6.0
6.0
Fired!
2007
as Self
5.9
5.9
Dick
1999
as G. Gordon Liddy
5.9
5.9
Speechless
1994
as Chuck
5.9
5.9
Chicken Little
2005
as Dog Announcer (voice)
5.8
5.8
Plain Clothes
1988
as Simon Feck
5.8
5.8
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Promo Announcer
5.8
5.8
Father Figures
2017
as Gene
5.8
5.8
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1994
Writer
5.7
5.7
For Your Consideration
2006
as Victor Allan Miller
5.7
5.7
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
as Carl Sagan (voice)
5.6
5.6
Godzilla
1998
as Charles Caiman
5.6
5.6
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Sammy Rhodes
5.5
5.5
Pure Luck
1991
as Monosoff
5.5
5.5
Mascots
2016
as Competition Announcer (voice)
5.4
5.4
Almost Heroes
1998
as Narrator (voice)
5.3
5.3
Haunted Castle
2001
as Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)
5.1
5.1
American Raspberry
1977
as Trucker's Friend
5.1
5.1
One Trick Pony
1980
as Bernie Wepner
5.0
5.0
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
as Derek Smalls
5.0
5.0
Flicks
1983
as Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)
5.0
5.0
The Jackie Bison Show
1990
as (voice)
4.0
4.0
Love & Taxes
2015
as Sean Boykin/Agent
3.7
3.7
Loose Shoes
1978
as Narrator (voice)
3.6
3.6
Easy Does It
2020
as 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)
3.3
3.3
Disco Beaver from Outer Space
1979
Writer
3.0
3.0
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
Director
2.3
2.3
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
Executive Producer
1.0
1.0
Cracking Up
1977
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007
as Marc Gavin
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976
as Hippy
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000
as The General (voice)
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
The Session Man
2025
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
as Derek Smalls
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon
TBA
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
2021
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
TBA
as Derek Smalls
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
as Self
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
as Self
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
Writer
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
as Derek Smalls
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self
Sick
1975
as Dr. Jerry Shuster
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
2012
as Self
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
as Self
Funny Is Money
1999
Writer
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