Harry Shearer
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Harry Shearer

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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.

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Films Featuring Harry Shearer

The Simpsons Movie

20077.0

The Fisher King

19917.3

Casper

19956.3

Godzilla

19985.7

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1

2006

This Is Spinal Tap

19847.4

Small Soldiers

19986.6

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

20178.4

Oscar

19916.3

My Stepmother Is an Alien

19885.8

Wayne's World 2

19936.1

Chicken Little

20055.9

A Mighty Wind

20036.8

The Jackie Bison Show

19907.5

For Your Consideration

20065.8

Speechless

19945.9

The Aristocrats

20055.9

Loose Shoes

19783.9

Dick

19996.0

Pure Luck

19915.6

Animalympics

19806.1

Little Giants

19946.5

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

19795.6

Haunted Castle

20015.6

Cracking Up

19774.0

The Concorde... Airport '79

19794.7

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

19927.8

Teddy Bears' Picnic

20014.0

The Million Dollar Infield

198210.0

A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles

2023

The Last Laugh

20167.0

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

20256.2

The Truman Show

19988.2

Hometown Boy Makes Good

19909.0

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

2009

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

20098.0

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions

1986

Serpico: The Deadly Game

19769.0

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

20036.0

The History of White People in America

19856.4

Blood and Concrete

19915.7

A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser

2007

Amnesty International's Big 30

19914.0

The Right Stuff

19837.4

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004

Plain Clothes

19885.8

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

19997.3

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

19535.4

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

2000

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

19798.0

My Best Friend's Wedding

19976.6

Mascots

20165.4

Down and Out with Donald Duck

19876.5

Flicks

19835.5

The Clown

20168.0

American Raspberry

19775.6

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

1990

One Trick Pony

19805.5

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

19816.0

Almost Heroes

19985.4

Encounter in the Third Dimension

19997.3

What the Pythons Did Next...

2007

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

2016

The Egyptian

19546.5

Love & Taxes

20154.0

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

20076.8

Portrait of a White Marriage

19883.7

Father Figures

20175.8

The Simpsons: Christmas

20036.9

The Simpsons: Christmas 2

20046.7

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

19958.5

The Robe

19536.8

The History of White People in America: Volume II

19868.3

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

20065.9

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

19926.1

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

20096.0

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

19986.7

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

19997.1

Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There

20199.0

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

19926.4

Likely Stories Vol. 1

19818.0

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

20038.4

A League of Their Own

19927.2

CyberWorld

20006.6

Real Life

19796.6

I'll Do Anything

19945.6

Fired!

20075.7

My Suicide

20096.1

Easy Does It

20203.3

Satan & Adam

20187.3

Sick

1975

Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers

2012

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi

20005.0

From Darkness to Light

20256.7

XTC: This Is Pop

20178.0

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

20247.0

You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon

You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

19976.7

The Simpsons | Balenciaga

20215.5

The Session Man

2025

Flood Streets

Flood Streets

20118.5

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

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

20058.0

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House

19869.0

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards

19876.0

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

19888.0

Realizing The Right Stuff

20039.0

EDtv

19996.0

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

19878.0

There's Only One Paul McCartney

20028.0

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

20267.2

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

20267.2

The T.V. Show

1979

The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders

202110.0

Simpsley

20267.9