
Harry Shearer
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Shearer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

The Truman Show (1998)
as Mike Michaelson

Small Soldiers (1998)
as Punch-It (voice)

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)

Casper (1995)
as Radio announcer (uncredited)

Godzilla (1998)
as Charles Caiman

My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
as Carl Sagan (voice)

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition (2026)
as Lenny Leonard (voice)

A League of Their Own (1992)
as Newsreel Announcer

FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
as Fairy #3 (voice)

The Fisher King (1991)
as Sitcom Actor Ben Starr

The Robe (1953)
as David (uncredited)

The Right Stuff (1983)
as NASA Recruiter

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
as Jonathan P.E. Rice

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
as Derek Smalls

Oscar (1991)
as Guido Finucci

The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
as Jeffrey Marx

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
as Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)

Father Figures (2017)
as Gene

Wayne's World 2 (1993)
as Handsome Dan

Dick (1999)
as G. Gordon Liddy

EDtv (1999)
as Moderator

Little Giants (1994)
as Announcer

Pure Luck (1991)
as Julius Monosoff

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful (2024)
as Mr. Burns (voice)

A Mighty Wind (2003)
as Mark Shubb

Almost Heroes (1998)
as Narrator (voice)

The Egyptian (1954)
as Boy

The Aristocrats (2005)
as Self

Speechless (1994)
as Chuck

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)
as Derek Smalls

Real Life (1979)
as Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer

For Your Consideration (2006)
as Victor Allan Miller

My Suicide (2009)
as Caress Moscowitz

CyberWorld (2000)
as Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)

Plain Clothes (1988)
as Simon Feck

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
as Promo Announcer

Loose Shoes (1978)
as Narrator (voice)

Animalympics (1980)
as Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice)

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
as Self

One Trick Pony (1980)
as Bernie Wepner

Mascots (2016)
as Competition Announcer (voice)

I'll Do Anything (1994)
as Audience Research Captain

Tru-Talk (1998)
as Mike Michaelson

The Clown (2016)
as Self

From Darkness to Light (2025)
as Self

The History of White People in America (1985)
as Rabbi

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
as Murray Sports

The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self

Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
as Derek Smalls

Fired! (2007)
as Self

Cracking Up (1977)
Actor

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
as Second Boy (uncredited)

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson (2017)
as Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)

Easy Does It (2020)
as 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)

Teddy Bears' Picnic (2001)
as Joey Lavin

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found (2005)
as Self

Blood and Concrete (1991)
as Sammy Rhodes

Haunted Castle (2001)
as Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)

The History of White People in America: Volume II (1986)
as Rabbi

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992)
as Derek Smalls

Satan & Adam (2018)
as Self

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992)
as Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2003)
as Self

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV (1999)
Actor

The Simpsons | Balenciaga (2021)
Actor

What the Pythons Did Next... (2007)
as Self
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches (2016)
as Self

Encounter in the Third Dimension (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show (1995)
as Mr. Blackwell

Love & Taxes (2015)
as Sean Boykin/Agent

The Million Dollar Infield (1982)
as Jack Savage

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 (2006)
as Self

There's Only One Paul McCartney (2002)
as Self

The Simpsons: Christmas (2003)
as (archive footage)

American Raspberry (1977)
as Trucker's Friend

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
as Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)

Portrait of a White Marriage (1988)
as Al Silvers

Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards (1987)
as Various Roles

Hometown Boy Makes Good (1990)
as Radio Announcer (voice)

Flicks (1983)
as Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)

Serpico: The Deadly Game (1976)
as Hippy

Realizing The Right Stuff (2003)
as Self

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981)
as Derek Smalls

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi (2000)
as Derek Smalls

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale (—)
as Derek Smalls

The Jackie Bison Show (1990)
as (voice)

The Simpsons: Christmas 2 (2004)
Actor

Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer (2009)
as Self

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)
Actor

The Session Man (2025)
as Self

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show (1988)
as Johnny Carson (Voice)

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead (2009)
as Derek Smalls

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition (2004)
as Derek Smalls

XTC: This Is Pop (2017)
as Self

The Hear 'n Aid Sessions (1986)
as Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap]

Down and Out with Donald Duck (1987)
as Additional Voices (voice)

Likely Stories Vol. 1 (1981)
Actor
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place (2009)
as Derek Smalls

Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House (1986)
as Various Roles

A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles (2023)
Actor
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test (1979)
Actor

Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers (2012)
as Self

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987)
as Robin Leach / Ronald Reagan / Nancy Reagan (voices)

A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser (2007)
as Marc Gavin

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (2000)
as The General (voice)

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (1997)
as Narrator
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous (1990)
as Self
Flood Streets (2011)
as Dr. Keeley

Sick (1975)
as Dr. Jerry Shuster

Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There (2019)
as Self

The T.V. Show (1979)
Actor

The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders (2021)
as Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Mr. Burns (voice)
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon (—)
Actor





