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