Harry Shearer

Birthday: 23 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Harry Julius Shearer

Height: 169 cm

Harry Shearer was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. His film debut was with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), followed by The Robe (1953). Probably best know ...Show More

[on Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson] There are two towering figures in British music by the name Show more [on Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson] There are two towering figures in British music by the name of Thompson. Neither of them twins (The Thompson Twins). Hide

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

I write about broadcast indecency with something of a pedigree. Although it's not widely known - sin Show more I write about broadcast indecency with something of a pedigree. Although it's not widely known - since the comedy group I was part of was not widely known - I was party to the first broadcast utterance of the word 'twat.' Hide

[criticizing the decline in quality of The Simpsons (1989)] I rate the last three seasons as among t Show more [criticizing the decline in quality of The Simpsons (1989)] I rate the last three seasons as among the worst, so Season 4 looks very good to me now. Hide

[on which character in The Simpsons (1989) is hardest to voice] Burns requires lots of tea and honey Show more [on which character in The Simpsons (1989) is hardest to voice] Burns requires lots of tea and honey. Hide

I have to say about [The Simpsons]: Something that I've learned from my six years of psychoanalysis, Show more I have to say about [The Simpsons]: Something that I've learned from my six years of psychoanalysis, which is one mark of adulthood is that you can hold two conflicting emotions about the same thing at the same time, two things can be true at the same time. So it is true that, as an actor on an insanely successful TV series, I am, by any standard of the human species, obscenely overpaid. It is also true that, as an actor on one of the most insanely successful television series of all time, I am getting royally screwed. Both things are true! [...] It's nobody's fault, it's what happens when you think you know what you want and you are determined to get it. Hide

[asked how many characters on The Simpsons (1989) he voices] I think I do about 12 regular character Show more [asked how many characters on The Simpsons (1989) he voices] I think I do about 12 regular characters but I've been able to pad the resume with God, The Devil and Hitler. Hide

Harry Shearer's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (352) as Creator (1)

Oscar (1991)

The Graham Norton Show - Season 23

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Friends - Season 7

The Last Leg - Season 21

Archie's Final Project

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 16

The Golden Girls - Season 7

Just Shoot Me - Season 6

Father Figures

The Graham Norton Show - Season 1

Dream On - Season 3

The Last Leg - Season 11

The Truman Show

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

The Simpsons - Season 25

Saturday Night Live - Season 44

The Last Leg - Season 19

Saturday Night Live - Season 43

Laverne and Shirley - Season 1

The Robe

L.A. Law - Season 3

ER - Season 3

Saturday Night Live - Season 5

The Fisher King

The Simpsons - Season 17

Harry Shearer'S roles

Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Lenny, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Otto, Montgomery Burns, Reverend Lovejoy...

Charles Caiman

Larry

Principal Peskin

Captain Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach

Mark Shubb

Punch-It

Principal Skinner

Handsome Dan

Eddie