Harry Shearer

Known For: Acting
Born: December 23, 1943
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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, Scra…

Filmography

Simpsley

2026 · Seymour Skinner (voice)

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

2026 · Lenny Leonard (voice), Ned Flanders (voice)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025 · Derek Smalls, Writer, Characters, Producer

The Session Man

2025 · Self

From Darkness to Light

2025 · Self

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

2024 · Mr. Burns (voice)

A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles

2023

The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders

2021 · Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Mr. Burns (voice)

The Simpsons | Balenciaga

2021

Easy Does It

2020 · 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)

Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There

2019 · Self

Satan & Adam

2018 · Self

Father Figures

2017 · Gene

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

2017 · Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)

XTC: This Is Pop

2017 · Self

The History of Comedy

2017 · Self

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

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

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 · Panellist

The Last Leg

2013 · Self

Playhouse Presents

2012 · Richard Nixon

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

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

2009 · Derek Smalls

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

2009 · Derek Smalls

My Suicide

2009 · Caress Moscowitz

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007 · Self

A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser

2007 · Marc Gavin

The Simpsons Movie

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)

Would I Lie to You?

2007 · Self

Fired!

2007 · Self

The Graham Norton Show

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 Colbert Report

2005 · Self - Guest

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

Celebrity Mastermind

2003

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

2003 · Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)

The Simpsons: Christmas

2003 · (archive footage)

Anderson Cooper 360°

2003

Realizing The Right Stuff

2003 · Self

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

2003 · Self

A Mighty Wind

2003 · Mark Shubb

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 · Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Derek Smalls - Guest/Musical Guest, Self - Guest

There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002 · Self

HypaSpace

2002 · Self

The Agency

2001 · The President

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2001 · Joey Lavin, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Music Supervisor

The Secret Rulers of the World

2001 · Self – Comedian

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

The Early Show

1999 · Derek Smalls

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999 · Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)

Funny Is Money

1999 · Writer

Jack & Jill

1999 · Dr. Wilfred Madison

Dick

1999 · G. Gordon Liddy

Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

1999 · Self

Encounter in the Third Dimension

1999 · Narrator (voice)

EDtv

1999 · Moderator

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

1999

Small Soldiers

1998 · Punch-It (voice)

Tru-Talk

1998 · Mike Michaelson

The Truman Show

1998 · Mike Michaelson

Almost Heroes

1998 · Narrator (voice)

Godzilla

1998 · Charles Caiman

Dawson's Creek

1998 · Principal Peskin

Style & Substance

1998

The Visitor

1997 · Louis Faraday

George & Leo

1997

The View

1997 · Self

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

1997 · Narrator

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997 · Jonathan P.E. Rice

Just Shoot Me!

1997 · Larry Fenwick

Waiting for Guffman

1997 · Lyricist, Original Music Composer

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996 · Self

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

1995 · Harry (voice), Additional Writing

Casper

1995 · Radio announcer (uncredited)

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

1995 · Mr. Blackwell

Speechless

1994 · Chuck

Little Giants

1994 · Announcer

Friends

1994 · Dr. Baldharar

ER

1994 · John Smythe

Chicago Hope

1994 · Nowhere Man

Ellen

1994 · Ted Layton

I'll Do Anything

1994 · Audience Research Captain

Wayne's World 2

1993 · Handsome Dan

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

Animaniacs

1993 · Ned Flat (voice)

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

Dinosaurs

1991 · Narrator (voice)

Have I Got News for You

1990 · Self

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990

Hometown Boy Makes Good

1990 · Radio Announcer (voice)

Dream On

1990 · Steve

The Jackie Bison Show

1990 · (voice)

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

1990 · Self

The Simpsons

1989 · Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice), Writer

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)

L.A. Law

1986 · Gordon Huyck

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 Golden Girls

1985 · George Bush (voice)

The History of White People in America

1985 · Rabbi, Director

Miami Vice

1984 · FBI Agent Timothy Anderson

Jeopardy!

1984 · Self

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

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

1979 · , Writer

Just Friends

1979

Real Life

1979 · Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer, Writer

Disco Beaver from Outer Space

1979 · Writer

CBS News Sunday Morning

1979 · Self

Loose Shoes

1978 · Narrator (voice)

America 2-Night

1978 · Writer

American Raspberry

1977 · Trucker's Friend

Cracking Up

1977

Serpico: The Deadly Game

1976 · Hippy

Laverne & Shirley

1976 · , Writer

Sick

1975 · Dr. Jerry Shuster

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Dr. Joseph Shuster (voice) (uncredited), Narrator / Emcee (uncredited), Franklin Roosevelt / Joe Garagiloa / Various (uncredited), Self - Various Characters, Derek Smalls (uncredited), Writer

Jaws

1975 · ADR & Dubbing

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Street Kid

The Egyptian

1954 · Boy

The Robe

1953 · David (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953 · Second Boy (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

1953 · Timmy

Omnibus

1952 · Johnny

You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon

You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon

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Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

— · Derek Smalls

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

— · Self - Panellist

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