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
Complete Filmography
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
as Derek Smalls
Spinal Tap, England's loudest and most punctual band, reunite following a 15-year hiatus for one final concert.
The Simpsons: Yellow Planet
2025
The Simpsons become the protagonists of a National Geographic-style mockumentary, showing daily life and human behavior from a wild and natural perspe...
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews wi...
The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious
2025
as Mr. Burns /Waylon Smithers /Lenny Leonard /Ned Flanders (Voice)
All the plants have disappeared, and Lisa is trying to restore the ecosystem. Through EMDR stimulation, she travels to 1923. There, she is in the body...
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024
as Mr. Burns (voice)
The residents of Springfield search for Christmas cheer.
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023
Raymond Anthony Myles was the electrifying Gospel Genius of New Orleans. Like a comet shooting across the sky, he was here one minute – brilliant, inc...
Easy Does It
2020
as 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)
When best friends, Jack and Scottie, get a once in a lifetime shot at hidden loot, they take off on a cross-country adventure turned crime spree. With...
Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There
2019
as Self
JOE FRANK - SOMEWHERE OUT THERE is a feature length film that explores the life of award-winning audio artist Joe Frank whose career on radio and on-...
Satan & Adam
2018
as Self
One was a demon on guitar; the other was fresh out of school and no slouch on harmonica. SATAN & ADAM is a celebration of friendship and the blues com...
Father Figures
2017
as Gene
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in or...
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017
as Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)
In honor of Homer's journey to the Hall of Fame, MLB all-stars and Springfield locals look back at the greatest corporate softball game ever played.
XTC: This Is Pop
2017
as Self
A journey into the world of one of Britain's best-loved and most influential bands of modern times, XTC. Through a mixture of animation, archive and ...
Love & Taxes
2017
as Sean Boykin/Agent
Love & Taxes is a riveting comic tale of seven years of tax avoidance. Following the possibly real-life exploits of Josh Kornbluth, an autobiograp...
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
as Self
This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some no...
Mascots
2016
as Competition Announcer (voice)
Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, an...
The Clown
2016
as Self
A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".
Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers
2012
as Self
A documentary about legendary San Diego-based, roots rock band, THE BEAT FARMERS featuring interviews with members Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, Buddy Blu...
The Big Uneasy
2010
Director
Almost five years ago, a disaster struck New Orleans. The media said it was a natural disaster primarily affecting poor black people. On both counts, ...
Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
2009
as Self
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer perform songs from their films and other projects before a live audience in a concert that took pl...
Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place
2009
as Derek Smalls
Spinal Tap, having put Stonehenge on the map in their legendary song about the world heritage site, pay their first visit to the monument. As if drawn...
Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead
2009
as Derek Smalls
The concept of Back from the Dead is that Spinal Tap has reunited in honor of the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, and have launched an "unwigg...
My Suicide
2009
as Caress Moscowitz
After declaring that he's going to film himself committing suicide for a school project, Archie videotapes his surprising interactions with worried fa...
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie ...
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007
as Marc Gavin
"A COUPLE OF WHITE CHICKS AT THE HAIRDRESSER" is a Dramady about two very different women who develop an unexpected friendship that is sometimes poign...
The Simpsons Movie
2007
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)
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitive...
Fired!
2007
as Self
When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being downsized by a cultural icon. Turning...
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self
A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying...
For Your Consideration
2006
as Victor Allan Miller
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star ...
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
as Self
Buckle your seat belts and hang on for a rowdy ride with this stellar compilation of outstanding routines from many of today's most talented comedians...
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Promo Announcer
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on...
Chicken Little
2005
as Dog Announcer (voice)
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chic...
The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
The Simpsons: Christmas 2
2004
A collection of five different Simpson holiday specials: "Homer vs. Dignity", "Skinner's Sense of Snow", "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" and "'Tis the Fifte...
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
as Derek Smalls
Compilation of all the best musical performances from Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball series. All the brilliant moments from the orig...
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
as Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice)
Includes the following episodes from the Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V, Treehouse of Horror VI, Treehouse of Horror VII, and Treehouse of Horror XII...
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003
A collection of five different Simpson holiday specials; Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, Mr. Plow, Miracle on Evergreen Terrace, Grift of the Magi,...
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
2003
as Self
John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—wou...
A Mighty Wind
2003
as Mark Shubb
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion co...
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
as Joey Lavin
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual ...
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual ...
Haunted Castle
2001
as Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)
A young musician and singer named Johnny has been notified by a law firm that his mother, an aging rock star whom Johnny hasn't seen or heard from sin...
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000
as The General (voice)
Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up big fibs. But one day, he tells such a humdinger that the army, the air force and the dog catcher are ...
CyberWorld
2000
as Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice)
A collaboration of computer-animated films which features new characters and old friends from the award-winning Fox network television series, "The Si...
Catching Up with Marty DiBergi
2000
as Derek Smalls
Produced for the "This is Spinal Tap" Special Edition DVD.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
as Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage)
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Funny Is Money
1999
Writer
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of th...
Dick
1999
as G. Gordon Liddy
Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nix...
Encounter in the Third Dimension
1999
as Narrator (voice)
The Professor, helped by his flying robot M.A.X., tries to show us the history of 3-D film, and his newest innovation, Real-O-Vision (ride films). But...
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
A collection of episodes that was released on 1 October 1999 on VHS and on 8 September 2003 at DVD as part of the series The Simpsons Classics.
Small Soldiers
1998
as Punch-It (voice)
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
The Truman Show
1998
as Mike Michaelson
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, ...
Almost Heroes
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before L...
Godzilla
1998
as Charles Caiman
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, includin...
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
as Mike Michaelson
A promotional featurette for 1998's 'The Truman Show', 'TruTalk' is a "60 Minutes"-style mockumentary taking place inside the film's universe.
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
1997
as Narrator
How to create the imagination of movement for fun parks is the theme of this documentary. Although engineers try and try to create machines that shake...
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
as Jonathan P.E. Rice
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...
Waiting for Guffman
1996
Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn tha...
Casper
1995
as Radio announcer (uncredited)
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow ...
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995
as Mr. Blackwell
Late night, sketch/variety comedy special starring comedian Martin Short. It features most of Marty's classic characters: Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr...
Speechless
1994
as Chuck
In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for cand...
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1994
as Derek Smalls
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, makes another final reunion. After all, it's rock'n'roll. This is actually a demo reel that Rob Reiner cre...
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1994
Writer
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, makes another final reunion. After all, it's rock'n'roll. This is actually a demo reel that Rob Reiner cre...
Little Giants
1994
as Announcer
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag pla...
I'll Do Anything
1994
as Audience Research Captain
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter h...
Wayne's World 2
1993
as Handsome Dan
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headlin...
The Return of Spinal Tap
1992
as Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb
Spinal Tap is back in a whole new feature-length rockumentary. Go behind the scenes and find out where the somewhat-less-than-fab three are now -- and...
The Return of Spinal Tap
1992
Producer, Writer
Spinal Tap is back in a whole new feature-length rockumentary. Go behind the scenes and find out where the somewhat-less-than-fab three are now -- and...
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
as Derek Smalls
A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica is a two-part documentary about the process of making the Metallica album (or "The Black Album"), and the f...
A League of Their Own
1992
as Newsreel Announcer
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded ...
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
as Fairy #3 (voice)
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destr...
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Derek Smalls
In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversa...
The Fisher King
1991
as Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save the...
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Sammy Rhodes
A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new hor...
Pure Luck
1991
as Monosoff
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that ...
Oscar
1991
as Guido Finucci
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite ...
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Novice writers from a writers workshop wrote the show's sketches.
Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990
as Radio Announcer (voice)
A med school burnout returns to his small home town, but when he decides against telling his mother that he dropped out, complications ensue.
The Jackie Bison Show
1990
as (voice)
An animated show about a bison with his own talk show modeled after the Jack Benny Show.
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
as Self
A special examining America's fascination with celebrities. Based on the irreverent, satirical humor of "Spy Magazine." Comedian Jerry Seinfeld acts a...
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
as Carl Sagan (voice)
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She ...
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
as Al Silvers
Now a famous talk show host, Martin Mull takes his crew and cameras to Hawkins Falls, Ohio with the intent to give his erratic career a fresh start by...
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
Director
Now a famous talk show host, Martin Mull takes his crew and cameras to Hawkins Falls, Ohio with the intent to give his erratic career a fresh start by...
Plain Clothes
1988
as Simon Feck
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings...
Down and Out with Donald Duck
1987
as Additional Voices (voice)
This "duckumentary," done in the style of "60 Minutes," traces the life of Donald Duck. As Donald's fame grows, so does his ego. While hosting a varie...
Club Paradise
1986
Story
When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they...
The Hear 'n Aid Sessions
1986
as Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap]
Hear 'n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. A...
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
as Rabbi
In this daring follow-up to The History of White People in America, comedian Martin Mull takes us on an in-depth look at such topics as White Religion...
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986
Director
In this daring follow-up to The History of White People in America, comedian Martin Mull takes us on an in-depth look at such topics as White Religion...
The History of White People in America
1985
as Rabbi
In this parody of documentaries, host Martin Mull discusses the contributions that white people have made to the USA, visits the Institute of White St...
The History of White People in America
1985
Director
In this parody of documentaries, host Martin Mull discusses the contributions that white people have made to the USA, visits the Institute of White St...
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
as Derek Smalls
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its...
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
Original Music Composer, Writer
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its...
The Right Stuff
1983
as NASA Recruiter
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history b...
Flicks
1983
as Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)
A parody of Saturday afternoon matinees, including coming attractions and a cartoon.
The Million Dollar Infield
1982
as Jack Savage
Four wealthy Long Islanders play for an amateur softball team. All four men suffer from profound personal and professional problems, thus the weekly b...
Likely Stories Vol. 1
1981
Short Comedy Films, Video & Animation featuring the directing debuts of Rob Reiner, & Christopher Guest.
One Trick Pony
1980
as Bernie Wepner
An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's str...
Animalympics
1980
as Keen Hacksaw (voice)
Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North Am...
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
as Murray Sports
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winne...
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
as Jeffrey Marx
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alp...
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
1979 comedy special starring Chevy Chase in the vein of Saturday Night Live.
The Chevy Chase National Humor Test
1979
Writer
1979 comedy special starring Chevy Chase in the vein of Saturday Night Live.
Real Life
1979
as Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS...
Real Life
1979
Writer
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS...
Disco Beaver from Outer Space
1979
Writer
National Lampoons mockery of everything that is wrong with cable TV.
Loose Shoes
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from ...
American Raspberry
1977
as Trucker's Friend
Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless...
Cracking Up
1977
What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is ...
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976
as Hippy
This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police...
Sick
1975
as Dr. Jerry Shuster
Albert Brooks is sick and stuck in bed. Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 7
The Egyptian
1954
as Boy
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new ...
The Robe
1953
as David (uncredited)
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like h...
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
as Second Boy (uncredited)
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced ...
You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon
N/A
Harry Shearer plays b-roll footage of Richard Nixon while commenting on it. Copyright 1994 | Comedy Partners