Harry Shearer

Personal Info

Birthday

December 23, 1943

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Harry Julius Shearer

Harry Shearer

Biography

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Friends

Miami Vice

Dinosaurs

The Golden Girls

Dawson's Creek

The Truman Show

Filmography

2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
as Derek Smalls
From Darkness to Light
as Self
2024
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
as Mr. Burns (voice)
2020
Easy Does It
as 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)
2019
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
as Self
2018
Satan & Adam
as Self
2017
Father Figures
as Gene
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
as Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)
XTC: This Is Pop
as Self
Love & Taxes
as Sean Boykin/Agent
2016
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
as Self
Mascots
as Competition Announcer (voice)
The Last Laugh
as Self
The Clown
as Self
2012
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
as Self
2009
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
as Self
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
as Derek Smalls
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
as Derek Smalls
My Suicide
as Caress Moscowitz
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
as Marc Gavin
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)
Fired!
as Self
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self
2006
For Your Consideration
as Victor Allan Miller
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
as Self
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Promo Announcer
2005
Chicken Little
as Dog Announcer (voice)
The Aristocrats
as Self
2004
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
as Derek Smalls
2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
as Self
A Mighty Wind
as Mark Shubb
2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic
as Joey Lavin
Haunted Castle
as Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)
2000
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
as The General (voice)
CyberWorld
as Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
as Derek Smalls
1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)
Dick
as G. Gordon Liddy
Encounter in the Third Dimension
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Small Soldiers
as Punch-It (voice)
The Truman Show
as Mike Michaelson
Almost Heroes
as Narrator (voice)
Godzilla
as Charles Caiman
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
as Mike Michaelson
1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
as Narrator
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Jonathan P.E. Rice
1995
Casper
as Radio announcer (uncredited)
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
as Mr. Blackwell
1994
Speechless
as Chuck
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
as Derek Smalls
Little Giants
as Announcer
I'll Do Anything
as Audience Research Captain
1993
Wayne's World 2
as Handsome Dan
1992
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
as Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
as Derek Smalls
A League of Their Own
as Newsreel Announcer
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
as Fairy #3 (voice)
1991
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Derek Smalls
The Fisher King
as Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Blood and Concrete
as Sammy Rhodes
Pure Luck
as Monosoff
Oscar
as Guido Finucci
1990
Hometown Boy Makes Good
as Radio Announcer (voice)
The Jackie Bison Show
as (voice)
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
as Self
1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien
as Carl Sagan (voice)
Portrait of a White Marriage
as Al Silvers
Plain Clothes
as Simon Feck
1987
Down and Out with Donald Duck
as Additional Voices (voice)
1986
The History of White People in America: Volume II
as Rabbi
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
as Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap]
1985
The History of White People in America
as Rabbi
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
as Derek Smalls
1983
The Right Stuff
as NASA Recruiter
Flicks
as Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)
1982
The Million Dollar Infield
as Jack Savage
1980
One Trick Pony
as Bernie Wepner
Animalympics
as Keen Hacksaw (voice)
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Murray Sports
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Jeffrey Marx
Real Life
as Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer
1978
Loose Shoes
as Narrator (voice)
1977
American Raspberry
as Trucker's Friend
1976
Serpico: The Deadly Game
as Hippy
1975
Sick
as Dr. Jerry Shuster
1954
The Egyptian
as Boy
1953
The Robe
as David (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Second Boy (uncredited)