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.
113 movies · 50 shows
Simpsley
2026·7.9
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
2026·7.4
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025·6.2
The Session Man
2025·0.0
From Darkness to Light
2025·6.7
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024·7.0
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023·0.0
The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
2021·10.0
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
2021·5.5
Easy Does It
2020·3.3
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
2019·9.0
Satan & Adam
2018·7.3
Father Figures
2017·5.8
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017·8.4
XTC: This Is Pop
2017·7.9
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016·0.0
Mascots
2016·5.4
The Last Laugh
2016·7.0
The Clown
2016·8.0
Love & Taxes
2015·4.0
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
2012·0.0
Flood Streets
2011·8.5
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009·8.0
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009·0.0
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009·6.0
My Suicide
2009·6.1
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007·6.8
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007·0.0
The Simpsons Movie
2007·7.0
Fired!
2007·5.9
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007·0.0
For Your Consideration
2006·5.8
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006·0.0
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006·5.9
Chicken Little
2005·5.9
The Aristocrats
2005·6.0
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005·8.0
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004·6.7
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004·0.0
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003·6.0
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003·6.9
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003·9.0
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003·8.4
A Mighty Wind
2003·6.8
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002·8.0
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001·4.0
Haunted Castle
2001·5.6
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000·0.0
CyberWorld
2000·6.6
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000·5.0
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999·7.3
Dick
1999·6.0
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999·7.3
EDtv
1999·6.0
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999·7.1
Small Soldiers
1998·6.6
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998·6.7
The Truman Show
1998·8.2
Almost Heroes
1998·5.4
Godzilla
1998·5.7
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997·6.7
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997·6.6
Casper
1995·6.3
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995·8.5
Speechless
1994·5.9
Little Giants
1994·6.5
I'll Do Anything
1994·5.6
Wayne's World 2
1993·6.1
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992·6.2
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992·7.8
A League of Their Own
1992·7.2
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992·6.4
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991·4.0
The Fisher King
1991·7.3
Blood and Concrete
1991·5.7
Pure Luck
1991·5.6
Oscar
1991·6.4
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990·0.0
Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990·9.0
The Jackie Bison Show
1990·7.5
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990·0.0
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988·5.8
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988·3.7
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988·8.0
Plain Clothes
1988·5.8
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987·8.0
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987·6.0
Down and Out with Donald Duck
1987·6.5
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986·9.0
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986·0.0
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986·8.3
The History of White People in America
1985·6.4
This Is Spinal Tap
1984·7.4
The Right Stuff
1983·7.4
Flicks
1983·5.5
The Million Dollar Infield
1982·10.0
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981·6.0
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981·8.0
One Trick Pony
1980·5.5
Animalympics
1980·6.1
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979·5.6
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979·4.7
The T.V. Show
1979·0.0
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979·8.0
Real Life
1979·6.6
Loose Shoes
1978·3.8
American Raspberry
1977·5.6
Cracking Up
1977·4.0
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976·9.0
Sick
1975·0.0
The Egyptian
1954·6.5
The Robe
1953·6.8
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953·5.4