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Acting

Harry Shearer

Career: Active from 1975 to 2026, busiest in 2026 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: This Is Spinal Tap
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 82 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Harry Shearer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.1, average 4.1
Tension
4.0, average 6.0
Crime
1.6, average 3.6
Melancholy
2.9, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Absurdist Humor 4
Mockumentary 4
Meta-Narrative 4
Comedy 3
Social Commentary 3
Cringe Comedy 3
Cult Classic 3
Pop Culture Parody 3
Cringe Humor 3
Political Satire 2
Satire 2
Showbiz 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

127

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

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1 title

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

as Derek Smalls

2020s

9 titles · average score 64

Yellow Mirror

71

as Lenny Leonard (voice)

Simpsley

73

as Seymour Skinner (voice)

Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition

64

as Lenny Leonard (voice) / Ned Flanders (voice)

The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream

as (voice)

Treehouse of Horror Presents: The Revengening

81

as Kent Brockman / Mr. Largo / Rainier Wolfcastle / Otto Mann / Lenny Leonard / Ned Flanders (voice)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

63

as Derek Smalls

The Simpson: Yellow Planet

61

as Principal Skinner / Kang / Lenny Leonard / Reverend Lovejoy / Rainier Wolfcastle / Ned Flanders

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

66

as Mr. Burns (voice)

Easy Does It

35

as 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice)

2010s

8 titles · average score 56

Father Figures

33

as Gene

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

as Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice)

Mascots

50

as Competition Announcer (voice)

Love & Taxes

as Sean Boykin/Agent

Have You Been Paying Attention?

77

TV show · as Panellist

Playhouse Presents

63

TV show · as Richard Nixon

as Dr. Keeley

The Big Uneasy

55

Director

2000s

21 titles · average score 55

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

as Derek Smalls

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

as Derek Smalls

The Simpsons Movie

78

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)

A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser

as Marc Gavin

For Your Consideration

59

as Victor Allan Miller

Chicken Little

48

as Dog Announcer (voice)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

48

TV show · as Self - Guest / Derek Smalls - Guest/Musical Guest

Anderson Cooper 360°

54

TV show

Haunted Castle

38

as Mr. D / Mephisto (voice)

Teddy Bears' Picnic

22

as Joey Lavin

The Agency

71

TV show · as The President

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

as The General (voice)

1990s

45 titles · average score 63

Encounter in the Third Dimension

68

as Narrator (voice)

Godzilla

36

as Charles Caiman

The Truman Show

88

as Mike Michaelson

Dawson's Creek

67

TV show · as Principal Peskin

Waiting for Guffman

79

Original Music Composer, Lyricist

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

as Narrator

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

81

TV show · as Harry (voice)

Friends

79

TV show · as Dr. Baldharar

79

TV show · as John Smythe

Animaniacs

78

TV show · as Ned Flat (voice)

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

63

as Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb

Pure Luck

37

as Julius Monosoff

1980s

23 titles · average score 69

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Principal Skinner / Lenny Leonard (voice)

Portrait of a White Marriage

as Al Silvers

Club Paradise

38

Story

The History of White People in America: Volume II

as Rabbi

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Gordon Huyck

The History of White People in America

65

as Rabbi

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as George Bush (voice)

This Is Spinal Tap

87

as Derek Smalls

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as FBI Agent Timothy Anderson

Flicks

as Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice)

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

67

as Derek Smalls

Animalympics

71

as Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice)

1970s

14 titles · average score 57

Real Life

74

as Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer

Disco Beaver from Outer Space

50

Writer

The T.V. Show

Musician, Writer

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

Writer

The Concorde... Airport '79

33

as Jeffrey Marx

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

42

as Murray Sports

Just Friends

TV show

Loose Shoes

34

as Narrator (voice)

American Raspberry

53

as Trucker's Friend

Laverne & Shirley

71

TV show · as Interviewer / Announcer (voice)

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Derek Smalls (uncredited) / Franklin Roosevelt / Joe Garagiloa / Various (uncredited)

Jaws

87

ADR & Dubbing

1950s

6 titles · average score 67

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Street Kid

The Egyptian

63

as Boy

The Robe

70

as David (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Timmy

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

42

as Second Boy (uncredited)

Omnibus

75

TV show · as Johnny