Dec 23, 1943 - Los Angeles, California, USA
Harry Julius Shearer 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.
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| Movie | 2007 | 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) | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Fisher King | Sitcom Actor Ben Starr | |
| Movie | 1995 | Casper | Radio announcer (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1998 | Godzilla | Charles Caiman | |
| Movie | 2006 | Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 | Self | |
| Movie | 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 1998 | Small Soldiers | Punch-It (voice) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice) | |
| Movie | 1991 | Oscar | Guido Finucci | |
| Movie | 1988 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | Carl Sagan (voice) | |
| Movie | 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Handsome Dan | |
| Movie | 2005 | Chicken Little | Dog Announcer (voice) | |
| Movie | 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Mark Shubb | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Jackie Bison Show | (voice) | |
| Movie | 2006 | For Your Consideration | Victor Allan Miller | |
| Movie | 1994 | Speechless | Chuck | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Aristocrats | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | Loose Shoes | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Dick | G. Gordon Liddy | |
| Movie | 1991 | Pure Luck | Monosoff | |
| Movie | 1980 | Animalympics | Keen Hacksaw (voice) | |
| Movie | 1994 | Little Giants | Announcer | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Murray Sports | |
| Movie | 2001 | Haunted Castle | Mr. D / Mephisto (voice) | |
| Movie | 1977 | Cracking Up | ||
| Movie | 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Jeffrey Marx | |
| Movie | 1992 | Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Joey Lavin | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Million Dollar Infield | Jack Savage | |
| Movie | 2023 | A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles | ||
| Movie | 2016 | The Last Laugh | Self | |
| Movie | 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Truman Show | Mike Michaelson | |
| Movie | 1990 | Hometown Boy Makes Good | Radio Announcer (voice) | |
| Movie | 2009 | Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 2009 | Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer | Self | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Hear 'n Aid Sessions | Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap] | |
| Movie | 1976 | Serpico: The Deadly Game | Hippy | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | The History of White People in America | Rabbi | |
| Movie | 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Sammy Rhodes | |
| Movie | 2007 | A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser | Marc Gavin | |
| Movie | 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 1983 | The Right Stuff | NASA Recruiter | |
| Movie | 1990 | The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | ||
| Movie | 2004 | The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 1988 | Plain Clothes | Simon Feck | |
| Movie | 1999 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Second Boy (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big | The General (voice) | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | ||
| Movie | 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Jonathan P.E. Rice | |
| Movie | 2016 | Mascots | Competition Announcer (voice) | |
| Movie | 1987 | Down and Out with Donald Duck | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Movie | 1983 | Flicks | Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice) | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Clown | Self | |
| Movie | 1977 | American Raspberry | Trucker's Friend | |
| Movie | 1990 | Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous | Self | |
| Movie | 1980 | One Trick Pony | Bernie Wepner | |
| Movie | 1994 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 1998 | Almost Heroes | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2007 | What the Pythons Did Next... | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches | Self | |
| Movie | 1954 | The Egyptian | Boy | |
| Movie | 2017 | Love & Taxes | Sean Boykin/Agent | |
| Movie | 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Al Silvers | |
| Movie | 2017 | Father Figures | Gene | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Simpsons: Christmas | ||
| Movie | 2004 | The Simpsons: Christmas 2 | ||
| Movie | 1995 | The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show | Mr. Blackwell | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Robe | David (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Rabbi | |
| Movie | 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Promo Announcer | |
| Movie | 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb | |
| Movie | 2009 | Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Truman Show: Tru-Talk | Mike Michaelson | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV | ||
| Movie | 2019 | Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There | Self | |
| Movie | 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Fairy #3 (voice) | |
| Movie | 1981 | Likely Stories Vol. 1 | ||
| Movie | 2003 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Self | |
| Movie | 1992 | A League of Their Own | Newsreel Announcer | |
| Movie | 2000 | CyberWorld | Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice) | |
| Movie | 1979 | Real Life | Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer | |
| Movie | 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Audience Research Captain | |
| Movie | 2007 | Fired! | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | My Suicide | Caress Moscowitz | |
| Movie | 2020 | Easy Does It | 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice) | |
| Movie | 2018 | Satan & Adam | Self | |
| Movie | 1975 | Sick | Dr. Jerry Shuster | |
| Movie | 2012 | Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers | Self | |
| Movie | 2000 | Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | Derek Smalls | |
| Movie | 2025 | From Darkness to Light | Self | |
| Movie | 2017 | XTC: This Is Pop | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful | Mr. Burns (voice) | |
| Movie | N/A | You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon | ||
| Movie | 1997 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | Narrator | |
| TV Show | 1986 | L.A. Law | Gordon Huyck | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Jack & Jill | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1994 | Friends | Dr. Baldharar | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Miami Vice | FBI Agent Timothy Anderson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Dawson's Creek | Principal Peskin | 2 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2002 | HypaSpace | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Jeopardy! | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | 5 | |
| TV Show | 1999 | The Early Show | Derek Smalls | 1 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | Timmy | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Colbert Report | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 3 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Larry Fenwick | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Chicago Hope | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1994 | ER | John Smythe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Street Kid | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Visitor | Louis Faraday | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Stockard Channing: In Just Friends | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Kumars | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | Mr. Burns | 0 |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dinosaurs | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | The History of Comedy | Self | 14 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | N/A | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Panellist | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice) | 787 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Secret Rulers of the World | Self – Comedian | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Dream On | Steve | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Style & Substance | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | George & Leo | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Golden Girls | George Bush (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1952 | Omnibus | Johnny | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Ellen | Ted Layton | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Have You Been Paying Attention? | Panellist | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Harry (voice) | 1 |
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| Movie | 1999 | Funny Is Money | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2010 | The Big Uneasy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1985 | The History of White People in America | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1994 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | Real Life | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Club Paradise | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | Disco Beaver from Outer Space | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Waiting for Guffman | Lyricist | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Music Supervisor | Sound |
| Movie | 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Waiting for Guffman | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Characters | Writing |
| TV Show | 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1978 | America 2-Night | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Additional Writing | Crew |
| TV Show | 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Creator | Creator |
