Harry Shearer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Harry Shearer

American actor

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1943

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, musician, journalist, voice actor, radio personality, film producer, television actor, film actor, dub actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Harry Shearer

  • Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director 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 Night Live between 1979 and 1980, and 1984 and 1985.
  • Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984), a satirical rockumentary, which became a hit.
  • In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom The Simpsons; he provides voices for characters including Mr.
  • Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr.
  • Hibbert and more.
  • Shearer has appeared in films including The Truman Show (1998) and A Mighty Wind (2003), and has directed two, Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002) and The Big Uneasy (2010).
  • Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program Le Show, incorporating satire, music, and sketch comedy.
  • He has written three books. Shearer has won a Primetime Emmy Award and has received several other Emmy and Grammy Award nominations.
  • He has been married to singer-songwriter Judith Owen since 1993.
  • He became an artist in residence at Loyola University, New Orleans in 2013.

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