Harry Shearer
Acting
Born 1943-12-23
Los Angeles, California, USA
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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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The Simpsons
Friends
Jeopardy!
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
The Colbert Report
Real Time with Bill Maher
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Chicago Hope
ER
Miami Vice
Dawson's Creek
Have I Got News for You
L.A. Law
The Truman Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
The Simpsons Movie
Animaniacs
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Jaws
The Golden Girls
Just Shoot Me!
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Ellen
Dinosaurs
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Would I Lie to You?
Have You Been Paying Attention?
The Last Leg
Chicken Little
Laverne & Shirley
Anderson Cooper 360°
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
The Agency
Playhouse Presents
Dream On
Omnibus
Godzilla
Small Soldiers
Casper
Where Are They Now?
Celebrity Mastermind
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Jack & Jill
Simpsley
A League of Their Own
America 2-Night
My Stepmother Is an Alien
My Best Friend's Wedding
The Fisher King
The Right Stuff
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
The Robe
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Wayne's World 2
The Visitor
The History of Comedy
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