Director

Harry Shearer

Acting

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1.7

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 19

TMDB ID: 6008

IMDb ID: nm0733427

Known for: Acting

Born: December 23, 1943

Age: 82

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 2025

Years active: 74

Average TMDB rating: 6.62

Wikidata: Q345325

Also known as

Harry Julius Shearer

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Director (5)Writer (9)Additional Writing (1)Lyricist (1)Original Music Composer (1)Producer (1)Story (1)

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Biography

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.

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Directed Movies

Movies directed by Harry Shearer.

6.8

The Big Uneasy

Director

2010 Movie

2.3

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Director

2001 Movie

3.0

Portrait of a White Marriage

Director

1988 Movie

7.7

The History of White People in America: Volume II

Director

1986 Movie

6.0

The History of White People in America

Director

1985 Movie

Movies

Top Rated Movies

Highest rated movies linked with Harry Shearer.

8.2

The Truman Show

as Mike Michaelson

1998 Movie

7.7

Jaws

as Crowd Voices (uncredited)

1975 Movie

7.4

This Is Spinal Tap

Original Music Composer

1984 Movie

7.4

The Right Stuff

as NASA Recruiter

1983 Movie

7.3

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

as Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)

1999 Movie

7.3

The Fisher King

as Sitcom Actor Ben Starr

1991 Movie

7.2

A League of Their Own

as Newsreel Announcer

1992 Movie

7.0

The Simpsons Movie

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)

2007 Movie