Harry Julius Shearer[1] (born December 23, 1943)[2] 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.[3]
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 satirical rockumentary, which became a hit. In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom The Simpsons; he provides voices for characters including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Lenny, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, 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.[4]
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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...
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directorial debut). The film stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and HarryShearer as members of the heavy metal band Spinal Tap, who are characterized...
this film, including Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Michael McKean, HarryShearer, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael...
to 1995, HarryShearer since 1995, Karl Wiedergott in "Chief of Hearts") and Louie (voiced by Dan Castellaneta in most episodes, HarryShearer in "Chief...
been criticized by Groening and by HarryShearer, who provides the voice of Skinner. In a 2001 interview, Shearer recalled that after reading the script...
had to be cut for time. Smithers is voiced by HarryShearer, who is also the voice of Mr. Burns. Shearer is often able to perform dialogue between the...
show hosted by satirist HarryShearer. The program is a hodgepodge of satirical news commentary, music, and sketch comedy. Shearer, an impressionist known...
Credibility Gap consisted of Beebe, Shearer and Lander. KRLA dropped The Credibility Gap's show in 1970, but Shearer found work as a disc jockey on freeform...
becoming the first person from the SNL band to become a cast member. HarryShearer joined the show as a featured cast member and was promoted to repertory...
fictional character in the animated sitcom The Simpsons, who is voiced by HarryShearer. He is the principal of Springfield Elementary School, which he struggles...
character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by HarryShearer and first appearing in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting...
characters in the animated television series The Simpsons. Kang is voiced by HarryShearer and Kodos by Dan Castellaneta. They are green, perpetually drooling...
additional albums. She is co-founder of Twanky Records with her husband, HarryShearer. Owen is the daughter of Welsh opera singer Handel Owen and is originally...
Derek Albion Smalls is a fictional character played by HarryShearer in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. He is the bassist for mock British...
"Birch" T. Barlow HarryShearer Radio talk show host; Fox News anchor. "Sideshow Bob Roberts" 1994-10-09 Jasper Beardly HarryShearer Grampa's closest...
comedy program The TV Show. Along with Martin Short, Billy Crystal, and HarryShearer, Guest was hired as a one-year-only cast member for the 1984–85 season...
Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played...
Gannon; in the episode "Mother Simpson", Gannon and Joe Friday (voiced by HarryShearer) are FBI agents trying to track down Homer's mother, who is a fugitive...
several original musical numbers written by Guest, Michael McKean, and HarryShearer. In the fictional small town of Blaine, Missouri, a few residents prepare...
to cancel it. In the middle of the season, HarryShearer left the show due to "creative differences". Shearer told the AP, "I was creative, and they were...
on American Dad! and is the current voice for Dr. Hibbert replacing HarryShearer on The Simpsons. His voice roles in 2011 included Panthro in the Thundercats...
1970-71, he also worked with college friends McKean and Lander (alongside HarryShearer) as a writer/guest performer on some early material by radio and LP...
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