Biography
Reeson Wayne Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is a British actor, comedian, writer and magician. He was a member of The League of Gentlemen, with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson. Jointly with Pemberton, he created, wrote and starred in the sitcom Psychoville and the dark comedy anthology series Inside No. 9. He had notable roles in Spaced and The World's End. Shearsmith was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He attended Andrew Marvell High School and then Bretto...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
This documentary tells the story of one of TV's darkest and most celebrated comedies, featuring cast interviews and extensive candid moments with crea...
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
as Norbot (voice)
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop...
Saltburn
2023
as Professor Ware
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catt...
A Brush With Comedy
2023
as Self
Feature documentary from Louis Moir exploring the relationship between comedy and art, and the inner conflicts that lie within. Featuring the director...
See How They Run
2022
as John Woolf
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. ...
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Priest
After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cle...
In the Earth
2021
as Zach Whitehead
As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. Th...
Investigating the Ladykillers
2020
Program focuses on the lasting appeal and cinematic brilliance of The Ladykillers. Included in it are clips from interviews with broadcaster and autho...
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
as Various Characters
The League of Gentlemen return to the stage for their first UK tour in over 12 years with their live show, featuring all the familiar faces from Royst...
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
as Various Characters
The League of Gentlemen return to the stage for their first UK tour in over 12 years with their live show, featuring all the familiar faces from Royst...
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
Writer
The League of Gentlemen return to the stage for their first UK tour in over 12 years with their live show, featuring all the familiar faces from Royst...
Borley Rectory
2017
as V.C Wall
An animated documentary chronicling famed paranormal investigator Harry Price’s research at Borley Rectory, renowned as the ‘most haunted house in Eng...
The Man You're Not
2017
as Reece Shearsmith
Charlie is unlucky in love. After a string of failed relationships where he is told he is "too nice", his friends decide to take action. They sign him...
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016
Summer 2003 and Bob Monkhouse entertains a room full of comedians with stand-up, chat and a comedy masterclass. It proved to be his final gig. The nig...
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015
as Self
Documentary looking at the career to date of Peter Kay, from Bolton schoolboy to award-winning, record-breaking comic, actor, writer and director.
High-Rise
2015
as Nathan Steele
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Doctor Who: Sleep No More
2015
as Professor Gagan Rassmussen
The Le Verrier space station fell silent only a day ago. No-one really knows what happened. However, some footage of the attempted rescue mission was ...
The Case of the High Foot
2014
as The Doctor
Comedy short set in the 1930s in which Hilda Stolf (Sally Phillips) visits her doctor (Reece Shearsmith) complaining of a rare case of 'high foot'. Bu...
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
Retrospective documentary on the British horror anthology classic Dead of Night (1945).
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
as Patrick Troughton
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ...
The World's End
2013
as Collaborator
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
A Field in England
2013
as Whitehead
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an...
Bad Sugar
2012
as Greg
A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas, ...
Him Indoors
2012
as Gregory Brewster
Gregory Brewster is a serial killer, only problem is, he's agoraphobic! Facing an impending eviction from his family home, Gregory has a plan that wil...
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self
A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives.
Eric & Ernie
2011
as Harry Wiseman
Single drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years, from child stars to national treasures. 'Big head, short legs' is E...
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
as Various
Psychoville returns with a spooktacular hour-long Halloween special. Four tales of terror unfold as location manager Phil Walker investigates the aban...
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
Writer
Psychoville returns with a spooktacular hour-long Halloween special. Four tales of terror unfold as location manager Phil Walker investigates the aban...
Burke & Hare
2010
as Sergeant Mackenzie
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.
The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Moon
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land ...
Peacock Season
2010
as Stoaty
The Edinburgh Festival is a funny place to be... When you're not funny.
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
This is the time of year when friends and family gather round the television to exchange the traditional greeting -“Don’t bother, there’s nothing on”....
The Cottage
2008
as Peter
In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psych...
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Ashley
The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period.
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
as Benjamin Denton / Papa Lazarou / Pamela Doove / Ross Gaines / Cathy Carter-Smith / Ollie Plimsoles / Vinnie Whytenshawe / Mr Lisgoe / Bernice Woodall / Dean Tavalouris / Edward Tattsyrup / Geoff Tipps / Judee Levinson
The League of Gentlemen bring their dark but brilliant humour to the stage in this "alternative" pantomime... they're behind you!
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!
2006
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! is a pantomime-themed stage show by The League of Gentlemen. The whimsical, pantomime nature of the show was a...
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
Author
The League of Gentlemen bring their dark but brilliant humour to the stage in this "alternative" pantomime... they're behind you!
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!
2006
Writer
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! is a pantomime-themed stage show by The League of Gentlemen. The whimsical, pantomime nature of the show was a...
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Various Characters
The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way i...
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Writer, Executive Producer
The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way i...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Additional Vogon Voices
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
A feature documentary about the making of and influence of the British television series Spaced. It also features an epilogue to the series.
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Mark
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threa...
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
as Viking (voice)
Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil...
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
as various
The award-winning Black Comedy series takes to the stage of London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
Writer
The award-winning Black Comedy series takes to the stage of London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Birthday Girl
2001
as Porter
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russia...
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
2000
It's Christmas time in Royston Vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'You'll Never Leave'...
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
2000
Writer
It's Christmas time in Royston Vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'You'll Never Leave'...
This Year's Love
1999
as Tourist
The big-screen debut from Scottish stage director David Kane, This Year's Love is a comedy about the romantic misadventures of six young people in Cam...
Auton 2: Sentinel
1998
as Dr Dan Matthews
Two years have passed since the Nestene creature vanished from UNIT's top secret Warehouse... Suddenly and without warning the Nestene strikes, once ...
Auton
1997
as Dr. Daniel Matthews
In a top-secret UNIT warehouse Dr Sally Arnold is studying a Nestene energy unit with little success. Until she subjects it to cosmic signals that act...
Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
as Andrew Powell
The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by PROBE. But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of black magic spells...
The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Andrew Powell
When P.R.O.B.E. is summoned to investigate the savage murder of a retired headmaster, Liz Shaw is disturbed to find evidence of satanic rite near the ...
Highgate House of Horror
1995
as Mr Dandridge
Before they reached success, comedy team The League of Gentlemen made this home made comedy horror; Three horror stories all set in a flat in Highgate...
Highgate House of Horror
1995
Director
Before they reached success, comedy team The League of Gentlemen made this home made comedy horror; Three horror stories all set in a flat in Highgate...
Rogue Trooper
N/A
as Bagman (voice)
Rogue is a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically-engineered, blue-skinned, manufactured super soldier who, alongside his three comrades, is searching f...
Tales from Behind the Crypt
N/A
as Himself
From Beneath the Vault of Terror: a history of portmanteau horror movies