Reece Shearsmith
Acting
Born 1969-08-27
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
112 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
50 credits
Doctor Who
Foundation
Taskmaster
Good Omens
3 Body Problem
Inside No. 9
Would I Lie to You?
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Adventures of Paddington
Saltburn
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Shaun of the Dead
The Hollow Crown
Playhouse Presents
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Celebrity Catchphrase
The World's End
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Galavant
Spaced
Psychoville
The League of Gentlemen
High-Rise
Psychobitches
Good Morning Britain
See How They Run
Birthday Girl
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Chasing Shadows
Comedy Showcase
The Witchfinder
The Widower
Diddy TV
tlc
Burke & Hare
You Have Been Watching
In the Red
House of Fools
La Couchette
The Harrowing
Sardines
An Adventure in Space and Time
In the Earth
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
The Understudy
Tom & Gerri
Borley Rectory
Other credits
9 credits
New Tricks
Horrible Histories
Catchphrase
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Peter Kay's Car Share
Gadget Man
Stag
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Original Comedy Shorts
Producing
8 credits
Writing
5 credits
Directing
1 credit
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