Harry Shearer
Known for Acting · 166 credits
- Born
- 1943-12-23 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Harry Julius Shearer
Biography
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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Known For
TV Shows (51)
The Simpsons
1989
as Mr. Burns / Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice) / Derek Smalls (voice)
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self
Friends
1994
as Dr. Baldharar
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Dr. Joseph Shuster (voice) (uncredited) / Narrator / Emcee (uncredited) / Franklin Roosevelt / Joe Garagiloa / Various (uncredited) / Self - Various Characters / Derek Smalls (uncredited)
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Derek Smalls - Guest/Musical Guest / Self - Guest
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
ER
1994
as John Smythe
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Miami Vice
1984
as FBI Agent Timothy Anderson
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Chicago Hope
1994
as Nowhere Man
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Dawson's Creek
1998
as Principal Peskin
Animaniacs
1993
as Ned Flat (voice)
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013
as Panellist
L.A. Law
1986
as Gordon Huyck
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self
Dinosaurs
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Golden Girls
1985
as George Bush (voice)
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Omnibus
1952
as Johnny
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Larry Fenwick
Ellen
1994
as Ted Layton
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Richard Nixon
The Agency
2001
as The President
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Street Kid
Dream On
1990
as Steve
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as Harry (voice)
Jack & Jill
1999
as Dr. Wilfred Madison
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
The Early Show
1999
as Derek Smalls
The History of Comedy
2017
as Self
George & Leo
1997
The Visitor
1997
as Louis Faraday
Style & Substance
1998
Bravo Profiles
1998
as Self
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Timmy
The Secret Rulers of the World
2001
as Self – Comedian
Just Friends
1979
The Kumars
2014
as Self
Movies (115)
Simpsley
2026
as Seymour Skinner (voice)
The Truman Show
1998
as Mike Michaelson
Chicken Little
2005
as Dog Announcer (voice)
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)
Small Soldiers
1998
as Punch-It (voice)
Godzilla
1998
as Charles Caiman
Casper
1995
as Radio announcer (uncredited)
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
2026
as Lenny Leonard (voice) / Ned Flanders (voice)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
as Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)
A League of Their Own
1992
as Newsreel Announcer
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
as Derek Smalls
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
as Carl Sagan (voice)
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
as Jonathan P.E. Rice
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024
as Mr. Burns (voice)
Oscar
1991
as Guido Finucci
Sick
1975
as Dr. Jerry Shuster
The Fisher King
1991
as Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
The Right Stuff
1983
as NASA Recruiter
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Sammy Rhodes
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
as Fairy #3 (voice)
Wayne's World 2
1993
as Handsome Dan
I'll Do Anything
1994
as Audience Research Captain
The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
2021
as Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Mr. Burns (voice)
Pure Luck
1991
as Julius Monosoff
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003
as (archive footage)
Easy Does It
2020
as 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)
The Robe
1953
as David (uncredited)
Speechless
1994
as Chuck
Little Giants
1994
as Announcer
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
as Derek Smalls
Tru-Talk
1998
as Mike Michaelson
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Plain Clothes
1988
as Simon Feck
CyberWorld
2000
as Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)
Father Figures
2017
as Gene
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
as Jeffrey Marx
My Suicide
2009
as Caress Moscowitz
American Raspberry
1977
as Trucker's Friend
Animalympics
1980
as Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
For Your Consideration
2006
as Victor Allan Miller
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
as Joey Lavin
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Promo Announcer
Haunted Castle
2001
as Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
as Murray Sports
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self
A Mighty Wind
2003
as Mark Shubb
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
as Derek Smalls
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988
as Johnny Carson (Voice)
The Egyptian
1954
as Boy
EDtv
1999
as Moderator
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
as Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb
Almost Heroes
1998
as Narrator (voice)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
as Self
Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990
as Radio Announcer (voice)
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self
Dick
1999
as G. Gordon Liddy
XTC: This Is Pop
2017
as Self
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
as Derek Smalls
The T.V. Show
1979
One Trick Pony
1980
as Bernie Wepner
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017
as Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
Cracking Up
1977
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986
as Various Roles
Mascots
2016
as Competition Announcer (voice)
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
2021
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995
as Mr. Blackwell
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987
as Various Roles
The Jackie Bison Show
1990
as (voice)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Flicks
1983
as Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)
Flood Streets
2011
as Dr. Keeley
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
as Al Silvers
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
as Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003
as Self
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
as Derek Smalls
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Derek Smalls
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
as Self
Real Life
1979
as Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
as Self
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003
as Self
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981
as Derek Smalls
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
as Narrator
Satan & Adam
2018
as Self
Loose Shoes
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Fired!
2007
as Self
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
The History of White People in America
1985
as Rabbi
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
as Derek Smalls
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
as Second Boy (uncredited)
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
as Derek Smalls
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986
as Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap]
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
as Rabbi
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976
as Hippy
The Session Man
2025
as Self
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987
as Robin Leach / Ronald Reagan / Nancy Reagan (voices)
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
as Derek Smalls
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
as Self
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
2012
as Self
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
as Self
Down and Out with Donald Duck
1987
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Clown
2016
as Self
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000
as The General (voice)
The Million Dollar Infield
1982
as Jack Savage
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon
Love & Taxes
2015
as Sean Boykin/Agent
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007
as Marc Gavin
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
2019
as Self
About Harry Shearer
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.… With 166 credits spanning from 1952 to 2026, Harry Shearer has appeared in 115 films and 51 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harry Shearer Movies
- Simpsley (2026) — as Seymour Skinner (voice)
- The Truman Show (1998) — as Mike Michaelson
- Chicken Little (2005) — as Dog Announcer (voice)
- 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)
- Small Soldiers (1998) — as Punch-It (voice)
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