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