Harry Shearer
Biography
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 Nig…
Known For
The Truman Show
Mike Michaelson
The Simpsons
Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice)
Jaws
Crowd Voices (uncredited)
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)
This Is Spinal Tap
Derek Smalls
Casper
Radio announcer (uncredited)
The Fisher King
Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)
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Filmography
Acting (159)
Movies (109)
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025as Derek Smalls
The Session Man
2025as Self
From Darkness to Light
2025as Self
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024as Mr. Burns (voice)
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
2021
Easy Does It
2020as 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
2019as Self
Satan & Adam
2018as Self
Father Figures
2017as Gene
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017as Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)
XTC: This Is Pop
2017as Self
The Clown
2016as Self
Mascots
2016as Competition Announcer (voice)
The Last Laugh
2016as Self
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016as Self
Love & Taxes
2015as Sean Boykin/Agent
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
2012as Self
Flood Streets
2011as Dr. Keeley
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009as Self
My Suicide
2009as Caress Moscowitz
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009as Derek Smalls
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009as Derek Smalls
The Simpsons Movie
2007as 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!
2007as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007as Self
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007as Self
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007as Marc Gavin
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006as Promo Announcer
For Your Consideration
2006as Victor Allan Miller
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006as Self
Chicken Little
2005as Dog Announcer (voice)
The Aristocrats
2005as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004as Derek Smalls
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004
A Mighty Wind
2003as Mark Shubb
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003as Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003as Self
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003as (archive footage)
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003as Self
Haunted Castle
2001as Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001as Joey Lavin
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000as The General (voice)
CyberWorld
2000as Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000as Derek Smalls
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999as Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)
Dick
1999as G. Gordon Liddy
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999as Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
The Truman Show
1998as Mike Michaelson
Godzilla
1998as Charles Caiman
Small Soldiers
1998as Punch-It (voice)
Almost Heroes
1998as Narrator (voice)
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998as Mike Michaelson
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997as Narrator
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997as Jonathan P.E. Rice
Casper
1995as Radio announcer (uncredited)
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995as Mr. Blackwell
Little Giants
1994as Announcer
Speechless
1994as Chuck
I'll Do Anything
1994as Audience Research Captain
Wayne's World 2
1993as Handsome Dan
A League of Their Own
1992as Newsreel Announcer
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992as Fairy #3 (voice)
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992as Derek Smalls
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992as Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb
The Fisher King
1991as Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Oscar
1991as Guido Finucci
Pure Luck
1991as Monosoff
Blood and Concrete
1991as Sammy Rhodes
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991as Derek Smalls
Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990as Radio Announcer (voice)
The Jackie Bison Show
1990as (voice)
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990 Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990as Self
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988as Carl Sagan (voice)
Plain Clothes
1988as Simon Feck
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988as Al Silvers
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988as Johnny Carson (Voice)
Down and Out with Donald Duck
1987as Additional Voices (voice)
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987as Various Roles
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986as Rabbi
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986as Various Roles
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986as Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap]
The History of White People in America
1985as Rabbi
This Is Spinal Tap
1984as Derek Smalls
The Right Stuff
1983as NASA Recruiter
Flicks
1983as Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)
The Million Dollar Infield
1982as Jack Savage
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981as Derek Smalls
One Trick Pony
1980as Bernie Wepner
Animalympics
1980as Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice)
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979as Jeffrey Marx
Real Life
1979as Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979as Murray Sports
Loose Shoes
1978as Narrator (voice)
American Raspberry
1977as Trucker's Friend
Cracking Up
1977
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976as Hippy
Jaws
1975as Crowd Voices (uncredited)
Sick
1975as Dr. Jerry Shuster
The Egyptian
1954as Boy
The Robe
1953as David (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953as Second Boy (uncredited)
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
as Derek Smalls
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon
Television (50)
The History of Comedy
2017as Self
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014as Self
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014as Self
The Kumars
2014as Self
The Last Leg
2013as Self
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013as Panellist
Playhouse Presents
2012as Richard Nixon
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self
Would I Lie to You?
2007as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Derek Smalls
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003 HypaSpace
2002as Self
The Agency
2001as The President
The Secret Rulers of the World
2001as Self – Comedian
Where Are They Now?
1999as Self
The Early Show
1999as Derek Smalls
Jack & Jill
1999
Dawson's Creek
1998as Principal Peskin
Style & Substance
1998
The View
1997as Self
Just Shoot Me!
1997as Larry Fenwick
George & Leo
1997
The Visitor
1997as Louis Faraday
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996as Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995as Harry (voice)
Friends
1994as Dr. Baldharar
ER
1994as John Smythe
Chicago Hope
1994as Nowhere Man
Ellen
1994as Ted Layton
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
Animaniacs
1993as Ned Flat (voice)
Dinosaurs
1991as Narrator (voice)
Have I Got News for You
1990as Self
Dream On
1990as Steve
The Simpsons
1989as Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice)
L.A. Law
1986as Gordon Huyck
The Golden Girls
1985as George Bush (voice)
Jeopardy!
1984as Self
Miami Vice
1984as FBI Agent Timothy Anderson
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979as Self
Just Friends
1979
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
1975as Dr. Joseph Shuster (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Street Kid
General Electric Theater
1953as Timmy
Omnibus
1952as Johnny
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
Crew (28)
Movies (23)
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025Characters
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025Producer
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025Writer
The Big Uneasy
2010Director
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001Director
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001Executive Producer
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001Music Supervisor
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001Writer
Funny Is Money
1999Writer
Waiting for Guffman
1997Lyricist
Waiting for Guffman
1997Original Music Composer
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992Producer
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992Writer
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988Director
Club Paradise
1986Story
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986Director
The History of White People in America
1985Director
This Is Spinal Tap
1984Original Music Composer
This Is Spinal Tap
1984Writer
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981Writer
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979Writer
Disco Beaver from Outer Space
1979Writer
Real Life
1979Writer
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