Portrait of Reece Shearsmith

Acting

Reece Shearsmith

Career

Active from 1995 to 2024, busiest in 2014 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Reece Shearsmith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Romance
    2.2, average 3.8
  • Catharsis
    3.9, average 5.1
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Ensemble Cast 3
  • British Dark Comedy 3
  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Cringe Comedy 2
  • Dark Satirical Comedy 2
  • British Eccentricity 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Cringe Humor 2
  • Unsettling Atmosphere 2
  • Ben Wheatley 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Doctor Who
Doctor Who

TV show ยท as Rassmussen

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 69
Prodigies
Prodigies (2027)

TV show ยท as Marco

Rogue Trooper
Rogue Trooper (2026)

as Bagman (voice)

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
GoodWatch score 84

as Norbot (voice)

3 Body Problem
3 Body Problem (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Alan Turing

Saltburn
Saltburn (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

as Professor Ware

See How They Run
See How They Run (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

as John Woolf

The Witchfinder
The Witchfinder (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Matthew Hopkins

In the Earth
In the Earth (2021)
GoodWatch score 57

as Zach Whitehead

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
GoodWatch score 57

as Priest

Foundation
Foundation (2021)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Jerril

2010s

47 titles ยท average score 71
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! (2018)

as Multiple Characters

Borley Rectory
Borley Rectory (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as V.C Wall

The Riddle of the Sphinx
The Riddle of the Sphinx (2017)
GoodWatch score 82

as Tyler

High-Rise
High-Rise (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

as Nathan Steele

Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 (2014)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Brian / Hector

Chasing Shadows
Chasing Shadows (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as DS Sean Stone

The Harrowing
The Harrowing (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hector

The Widower
The Widower (2014)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Malcolm Webster

House of Fools
House of Fools (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Martin

A Field in England
A Field in England (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

as Whitehead

Him Indoors
Him Indoors (2012)
GoodWatch score 67

as Gregory Brewster

Psychoville Halloween Special
Psychoville Halloween Special (2010)
GoodWatch score 80

as Various

2000s

19 titles ยท average score 70
Psychoville
Psychoville (2009)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Maureen Sowerbutts / Various Characters

Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

The Cottage
The Cottage (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Peter

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

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's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

as Various Characters

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Rassmussen

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

as Additional Vogon Voices

Catterick
Catterick (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Tony

Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
GoodWatch score 82

as Mark

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

tlc
tlc (2002)

TV show ยท as Dr Laurence Flynn

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

as various

1990s

10 titles ยท average score 78
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen (1999)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show ยท as Various

Spaced
Spaced (1999)
GoodWatch score 93

TV show ยท as Dexter

This Year's Love
This Year's Love (1999)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tourist

In the Red
In the Red (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Broadcast Journalist

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998)

TV show

Auton
Auton (1997)

as Dr. Daniel Matthews

Mash and Peas
Mash and Peas (1996)

TV show

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne (1996)

as Andrew Powell

Highgate House of Horror
Highgate House of Horror (1995)

as Mr Dandridge

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne (1995)

as Andrew Powell

1970s

1 title ยท average score 63
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show