Harry Shearer
Known for: Acting
Born: December 22, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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
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The Simpsons Movie
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
Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Casper
Radio announcer (uncredited)
Godzilla
Charles Caiman
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
Self
This Is Spinal Tap
Derek Smalls
Small Soldiers
Punch-It (voice)
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)
Oscar
Guido Finucci
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Carl Sagan (voice)
Wayne's World 2
Handsome Dan
Chicken Little
Dog Announcer (voice)
A Mighty Wind
Mark Shubb
The Jackie Bison Show
(voice)
For Your Consideration
Victor Allan Miller
Speechless
Chuck
The Aristocrats
Self
Loose Shoes
Narrator (voice)
Dick
G. Gordon Liddy
Pure Luck
Monosoff
Animalympics
Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice)
Little Giants
Announcer
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Murray Sports
Haunted Castle
Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)