Harry Shearer
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.
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Movies (122)
The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream
2026 · (voice)
Yellow Mirror: La realidad paralela de Homero
2026 · Lenny Leonard (voice)
Los Simpson: Simpsley
2026 · Seymour Skinner (voice)
Los Simpson: Extreme Makeover: Edición Homero
2026 · Lenny Leonard (voice), Ned Flanders (voice)
Spinal Tap II: El final continúa
2025 · Derek Smalls, Writer, Characters, Producer
The Session Man
2025 · Self
From Darkness to Light
2025 · Self
Los Simpson: Santa Homero
2024 · Mr. Burns (voice)
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
2021
Easy Does It
2020 · 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
2019 · Self
Satan & Adam
2018 · Self
¿Quién @#*%$ es papá?
2017 · Gene
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017 · Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)
XTC: This Is Pop
2017 · Self
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016 · Self
Mascots
2016 · Competition Announcer (voice)
The Last Laugh
2016 · Self
The Clown
2016 · Self
Love & Taxes
2015 · Sean Boykin/Agent
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
2012 · Self
Flood Streets
2011 · Dr. Keeley
The Big Uneasy
2010 · Director
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009 · Self
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009 · Derek Smalls
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009 · Derek Smalls
Mi suicidio
2009 · Caress Moscowitz
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · Self
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007 · Marc Gavin
Los Simpson: La película
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)
Fired!
2007 · Self
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007 · Self
For Your Consideration
2006 · Victor Allan Miller
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006 · Self
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Promo Announcer
Chicken Little
2005 · Dog Announcer (voice)
The Aristocrats
2005 · Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005 · Self
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004 · Derek Smalls
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003 · Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003 · (archive footage)
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003 · Self
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003 · Self
A Mighty Wind
2003 · Mark Shubb
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002 · Self
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001 · Joey Lavin, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Music Supervisor
Haunted Castle
2001 · Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000 · The General (voice)
CyberWorld
2000 · Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000 · Derek Smalls
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)
Funny Is Money
1999 · Writer
Dick
1999 · G. Gordon Liddy
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999 · Narrator (voice)
EDtv
1999 · Moderator
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
Small Soldiers
1998 · Punch-It (voice)
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998 · Mike Michaelson
The Truman Show
1998 · Mike Michaelson
Almost Heroes
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Godzilla
1998 · Charles Caiman
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997 · Narrator
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Jonathan P.E. Rice
Waiting for Guffman
1997 · Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Casper
1995 · Radio announcer (uncredited)
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995 · Mr. Blackwell
Speechless
1994 · Chuck
Little Giants
1994 · Announcer
I'll Do Anything
1994 · Audience Research Captain
Wayne's World 2
1993 · Handsome Dan
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992 · Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb, Producer, Writer
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992 · Derek Smalls
A League of Their Own
1992 · Newsreel Announcer
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992 · Fairy #3 (voice)
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991 · Derek Smalls
The Fisher King
1991 · Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Blood and Concrete
1991 · Sammy Rhodes
Pure Luck
1991 · Julius Monosoff
Oscar
1991 · Guido Finucci
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990 · Radio Announcer (voice)
The Jackie Bison Show
1990 · (voice)
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990 · Self
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988 · Carl Sagan (voice)
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988 · Al Silvers, Director
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988 · Johnny Carson (Voice)
Plain Clothes
1988 · Simon Feck
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987 · Robin Leach / Ronald Reagan / Nancy Reagan (voices)
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987 · Various Roles
Down and Out with Donald Duck
1987 · Additional Voices (voice)
Club Paradise
1986 · Story
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986 · Various Roles
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986 · Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap]
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986 · Rabbi, Director
The History of White People in America
1985 · Rabbi, Director
This Is Spinal Tap
1984 · Derek Smalls, Original Music Composer, Writer
The Right Stuff
1983 · NASA Recruiter
Flicks
1983 · Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)
The Million Dollar Infield
1982 · Jack Savage
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981 · Derek Smalls, Writer
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
One Trick Pony
1980 · Bernie Wepner
Animalympics
1980 · Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Murray Sports
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979 · Jeffrey Marx
The T.V. Show
1979 · Writer, Producer, Musician
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979 · Writer
Real Life
1979 · Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer, Writer
Disco Beaver from Outer Space
1979 · Writer
Loose Shoes
1978 · Narrator (voice)
American Raspberry
1977 · Trucker's Friend
Cracking Up
1977
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976 · Hippy
Sick
1975 · Dr. Jerry Shuster
Jaws
1975 · ADR & Dubbing
The Egyptian
1954 · Boy
The Robe
1953 · David (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953 · Second Boy (uncredited)
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
· Derek Smalls
TV shows (52)
The History of Comedy
2017 · Self
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014 · Self
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · Self
The Kumars
2014 · Self
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013 · Self - Panellist
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Richard Nixon
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
The Colbert Report
2005 · Self - Guest
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Derek Smalls - Guest/Musical Guest, Self - Guest
HypaSpace
2002 · Self
The Agency
2001 · The President
The Secret Rulers of the World
2001 · Self – Comedian
The Early Show
1999 · Derek Smalls
Jack & Jill
1999 · Dr. Wilfred Madison
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
Dawson's Creek
1998 · Principal Peskin
Style & Substance
1998
Bravo Profiles
1998 · Self
The Visitor
1997 · Louis Faraday
George & Leo
1997
The View
1997 · Self
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Larry Fenwick
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · Harry (voice), Additional Writing
Friends
1994 · Dr. Baldharar
ER
1994 · John Smythe
Chicago Hope
1994 · Nowhere Man
Ellen
1994 · Ted Layton
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Animaniacs
1993 · Ned Flat (voice)
Dinosaurs
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
Dream On
1990 · Steve
Los Simpson
1989 · Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Principal Skinner / Lenny Leonard (voice), Writer
L.A. Law
1986 · Gordon Huyck
The Golden Girls
1985 · George Bush (voice)
Miami Vice
1984 · FBI Agent Timothy Anderson
Jeopardy!
1984 · Self
Just Friends
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Self
America 2-Night
1978 · Writer
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · Interviewer, Announcer (voice), Harold, Max Shotz (voice), Writer
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Dr. Joseph Shuster (voice) (uncredited), Narrator / Emcee (uncredited), Franklin Roosevelt / Joe Garagiloa / Various (uncredited), Various (uncredited), Self - Various Characters, Derek Smalls (uncredited), Writer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Street Kid
General Electric Theater
1953 · Timmy
Omnibus
1952 · Johnny
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
· Self - Panellist