About
Harry Shearer
Overview
Harry Julius Shearer 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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful | Actor | Mr. Burns (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2024 | From Darkness to Light | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2023 | A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2020 | Easy Does It | Actor | 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Satan & Adam | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Actor | Gene | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Actor | Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | XTC: This Is Pop | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Love & Taxes | Actor | Sean Boykin/Agent | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The History of Comedy | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2016 | Mascots | Actor | Competition Announcer (voice) | 57 Average |
| 2016 | The Last Laugh | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Clown | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | My Suicide | Actor | Caress Moscowitz | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place | Actor | Derek Smalls | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead | Actor | Derek Smalls | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser | Actor | Marc Gavin | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Actor | 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) | 69 Fair |
| 2007 | Fired! | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | What the Pythons Did Next... | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | For Your Consideration | Actor | Victor Allan Miller | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Actor | Promo Announcer | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Chicken Little | Actor | Dog Announcer (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2004 | The Simpsons: Christmas 2 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2004 | The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition | Actor | Derek Smalls | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Actor | Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Christmas | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2003 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Actor | Mark Shubb | 61 Fair |
| 2002 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2002 | HypaSpace | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
| 2002 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Actor | Joey Lavin | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Haunted Castle | Actor | Mr. D / Mephisto (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big | Actor | The General (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | CyberWorld | Actor | Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | Actor | Derek Smalls | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Actor | Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage) | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | Dick | Actor | G. Gordon Liddy | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Actor | Punch-It (voice) | 64 Fair |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Actor | Mike Michaelson | 80 Very good |
| 1998 | Almost Heroes | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 57 Average |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Actor | Charles Caiman | 56 Average |
| 1998 | The Truman Show: Tru-Talk | Actor | Mike Michaelson | 59 Average |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Actor | Jonathan P.E. Rice | 64 Fair |
| 1995 | Casper | Actor | Radio announcer (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1995 | The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show | Actor | Mr. Blackwell | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Speechless | Actor | Chuck | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Actor | Derek Smalls | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Little Giants | Actor | Announcer | 61 Fair |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Actor | Audience Research Captain | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Actor | Handsome Dan | 60 Fair |
| 1993 | Treehouse of Horror IV | Actor | Evil Laugh / Fashion Show Announcer / Lenny / Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Judge / Richard Nixon / Principal Skinner / Otto / Kang / Kent Brockman / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Vampires | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | The Return of Spinal Tap | Actor | Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Treehouse of Horror II | Actor | Montgomery Burns / Waylon Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Principal Skinner / Otto / Kang / Jasper / Eddie / Dr. Marvin Monroe | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Metallica: A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica | Actor | Derek Smalls | 59 Average |
| 1992 | A League of Their Own | Actor | Newsreel Announcer | 68 Fair |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Actor | Fairy 3 | 61 Fair |
| 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Actor | Derek Smalls | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Treehouse of Horror | Actor | Evil Laugh / The House / Kang | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Actor | Sitcom Actor Ben Starr | 69 Fair |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Actor | Sammy Rhodes | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Pure Luck | Actor | Monosoff | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Oscar | Actor | Guido Finucci | 60 Fair |
| 1990 | Do the Bartman | Actor | Principal Skinner (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Bart Simpson: Do the Bartman | Actor | Principal Skinner (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1990 | Hometown Boy Makes Good | Actor | Radio Announcer (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | The Jackie Bison Show | Actor | (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous | Actor | himself | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Actor | Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice) | 80 Very good |
| 1988 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | Actor | Carl Sagan (voice) | 57 Average |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Actor | Al Silvers | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Plain Clothes | Actor | Simon Feck | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Down and Out with Donald Duck | Actor | Additional Voices (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Actor | Rabbi | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The Hear 'n Aid Sessions | Actor | Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap] | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | The History of White People in America | Actor | Rabbi | 58 Average |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Actor | Derek Smalls | 70 Good |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Actor | NASA Recruiter | 68 Fair |
| 1983 | Flicks | Actor | Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1982 | The Million Dollar Infield | Actor | Jack Savage | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Likely Stories Vol. 1 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1980 | One Trick Pony | Actor | Bernie Wepner | 58 Average |
| 1980 | Animalympics | Actor | Keen Hacksaw (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Actor | Murray Sports | 58 Average |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Actor | Jeffrey Marx | 55 Average |
| 1979 | The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1979 | Real Life | Actor | Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Loose Shoes | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1977 | American Raspberry | Actor | Trucker's Friend | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Cracking Up | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1976 | Serpico: The Deadly Game | Actor | Hippy | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | Sick | Actor | Dr. Jerry Shuster | N/A N/A |
| 1954 | The Egyptian | Actor | Boy | 59 Average |
| 1953 | The Robe | Actor | David (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Actor | Second Boy (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| Spinal Tap II | Actor | Derek Smalls | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2010 | The Big Uneasy | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1985 | The History of White People in America | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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| 2002 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Funny Is Money | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Waiting for Guffman | Writing | Lyricist | 62 Fair |
| 1994 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 1992 | The Return of Spinal Tap | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Writing | Story | 57 Average |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Writing | Writer | 70 Good |
| 1979 | The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Real Life | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Disco Beaver from Outer Space | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 1978 | America 2-Night | Writing | Writer | 70 Good |
Production |
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| 2002 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 1992 | The Return of Spinal Tap | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
Sound |
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| 2002 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Sound | Music Supervisor | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Waiting for Guffman | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Sound | Original Music Composer | 70 Good |