Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Real full name:	Harry Julius Shearer
Job:	Voice actor
Birth date:	December 23, 1943 (1943-12-23) (age 81)
Status:	Active
Number of episodes:	784
Seasons active:	Season 1 - Present
First episode:	"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode:	"The Last Man Expanding"

Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an award-winning American actor, voice actor, author, filmmaker, humorist, musician, radio host, and writer, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live (1979–1980, 1984–1985) and The Simpsons (1989–present). He voices many characters, including Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Julius Hibbert, Kang, Lenny Leonard, Timothy Lovejoy, Jr., Otto Mann, Seymour Skinner, Waylon Smithers and Rainier Wolfcastle. He is married to Welsh singer-songwriter Judith Owen who voiced herself in the season 13 episode "The Blunder Years".

Possible departure in Spring 2015

In May 2015, Harry Shearer told by twitter that he wouldn't be in the show anymore and that he hadn't signed the same deal as the rest of the cast had. Then, in July 7, he said he returned to the show and signed that deal.^[1]