Harry Shearer
Highest Rated: 98% The Last Laugh (2016)
Lowest Rated: 0% Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002)
Birthday: Dec 23, 1943
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Having been the voice of 21 characters on the long-running animated sitcom "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1989- ), actor and comedian Harry Shearer was known by millions without most even recognizing his face. A child actor who segued into comedy, Shearer first emerged as an adult in Rob Reiner's beloved mockumentary, "This is Spinal Tap" (1984), while earning laughs on "Not Necessarily the News" (HBO, 1983-1990) and as a writer-performer on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ). After later appearing in big budget movies like "Godzilla" (1998) and "The Truman Show" (1998), he tapped into his more political side to portray Watergate criminal G. Gordon Liddy in the comedy "Dick" (1999). In the following decade, Shearer joined friend Christopher Guest for the director's improvisational satires, "A Mighty Wind" (2003) and "For Your Consideration" (2006). But it was being one of the more versatile voices on "The Simpsons" that proved to be his most valuable contributions, with such noted characters as Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert and Mr. Burns being among fan favorites. In addition to appearing on and off the screen, Shearer hosted a popular political satire radio program while contributing to numerous publications and websites, including The Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post. A masterful jack of all trades, Shearer made an indelible mark on entertainment in a wide variety of mediums.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 83% | 86% | Satan & Adam | Himself (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 17% | 25% | Father Figures | Gene (Character) | $16.8M | 2017 |
| 49% | 36% | Mascots | Competition Announcer (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 98% | 75% | The Last Laugh | Himself (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flood Streets | Dr. Keeley (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 71% | 57% | The Big Uneasy |
Director, Screen Story |
- | 2009 |
| 87% | 77% | The Simpsons Movie |
Mr. Burns/ |
$183.1M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser | Marc Gavin (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 52% | 43% | For Your Consideration | Victor Allan Miller (Character) | $5.5M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Harry Smith Project Live | Mark Schubb (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 37% | 47% | Chicken Little | Dog Announcer (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| 87% | 75% | A Mighty Wind | Mark Shubb (Character) | $17.5M | 2003 |
| 0% | 39% | Teddy Bears' Picnic |
Joey Lavin (Character), Director, Writer, Executive Producer |
$28K | 2002 |
| 25% | 47% | Haunted Castle |
Mr. D/ |
$13.7M | 2001 |
| 71% | 53% | Dick | G. Gordon Liddy (Character) | $6.2M | 1999 |
| 15% | 28% | Godzilla | Charles Caiman, WIDF Anchor (Character) | $136.1M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | Narrator | $18.8M | 1997 |
| 91% | 91% | Waiting for Guffman | Original Music | $2.9M | 1996 |
| 60% | 63% | Wayne's World 2 | Handsome Dan (Character) | $46.2M | 1993 |
| 12% | 63% | Oscar | Guido Finucci (Character) | $23.5M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Blood & Concrete: A Love Story | Sammy Rhodes (Character) | $2.2K | 1991 |
| 9% | 60% | Pure Luck | Monosoff (Character) | $21.3M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hometown Boy Makes Good | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Plain Clothes | Simon Feck (Character) | $222.7K | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a White Marriage | Director | - | 1988 |
| 95% | 92% | This Is Spinal Tap |
Derek Smalls (Bass, vocals) (Character), Writer, Original Music |
$188.8K | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Likely Stories | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | One-Trick Pony | Bernie Wepner (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 81% | 82% | Real Life | Pete (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Animalympics | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cracking Up | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Serpico: The Deadly Game | Hippy (Character) | - | 1976 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons |
Principal Seymour Skinner/ |
1989-2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paul Shaffer Plus One | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Leg | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Would I Lie to You? | Contestant | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nixon's the One | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gayle King Show | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That's Life | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 6% | No Score Yet | Bob Patterson | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Dawson's Creek | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Shoot Me | Larry Fenwick (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 7 Days | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Style & Substance | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Visitor | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | ER | John Smythe (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 78% | 95% | Friends | Dr. Baldharar (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellen | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | George Bush (Guest Voice) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tracey Ullman Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| 72% | No Score Yet | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | ALF | Larry (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 1984 1979-1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 1978 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
QUOTES FROM Harry Shearer CHARACTERS
Derek Smalls says: Rock and roll!!!
Ned Flanders says: boys don't forget to thank The Lord for this valuable... (Bart slams on to window naked) PENIS!
Ned Flanders says: Boys don't forget to thank The Lord for this valuable... [Bart slams on to window naked] PENIS!
President Arnold Schwarzenegger says: It's like Christmas at the Kennedy Compound!
President Arnold Schwarzenegger says: Urgh! I hate this job. Every week is crisis this & end of the world that. Nobody comes up with a joke, I miss Danny DeVito.
President Arnold Schwarzenegger says: I was elected to lead. Not to read.
Marty DiBergi says: Do you feel that playing rock and roll music keeps you a child... that is, keeps you in a state of arrested development?
Derek Smalls says: No, no, no. I feel it's like, it's more like going, going to a national park or something, and there's... you know, they preserve the moose. And that's my childhood up there on stage is that moose, you know.
Marty DiBergi says: So when you're playing, you feel like a preserved moose onstage?
Derek Smalls says: Yeah.
President Arnold Schwarzenegger says: "I was elected to lead, not to read. Number 3!"
President Arnold Schwarzenegger says: I was elected to lead, not to read. Number 3!
Newsreel Announcer says: And how about Marla Hooch? What a hitter!
Skull says: Evil!
President Arnold Schwarzenegger says: I was elected to lead not to read.
President Arnold Schwarzenegger says: I was elected to lead, not to read.
Ned Flanders says: Homer I don't mean to be a Nervous Pervis or anything but if your boy falls wouldn't that make him a parapleg-erino?
Ned Flanders says: Uh, Homer? I don't mean to be a nervous Pervis, but if he falls, couldn't that make your boy a parapleg-erino?
Ned Flanders says: Look at that, you can see the four states that border Springfield: Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky!