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Harry Shearer
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Gender: Male
Job: Voice actor
Birth date: December 23, 1943 (1943-12-23) (age 80)
Status:
Active
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "The Ned-Liest Catch"


Harry Julius Shearer is a starring voice actor on The Simpsons. He provides the voices of many characters, among them Charles Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders and Seymour Skinner -- to name only a few.

Biography

Harry Shearer began acting at the age of seven at the suggestion of his piano teacher-turned-agent. He made his film debut in the classic Abbott and Costello Go To Mars, and had a small role in the first Cinemascope movie The Robe.

He often appeared on The Jack Benny Show as well as GE Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and played the role of Eddie Haskell in the pilot episode of Leave It To Beaver.

Harry gained national recognition as one of the creators and stars of This Is Spinal Tap, where he portrayed heavy metalist Derek Smalls in the mock rockumentary.

Harry was a writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live
File:Shearer snl.jpg
Shearer on Saturday Night Live (minus subtitle)
 for two seasons. His on-screen performance as a NASA recruitment official in The Right Stuff shows that he can also support a convincing "establishment" persona as well. Harry's other film work includes Oscar, The Fisher King, Wayne's World II, and Pure Luck.

His television work has included Politically Incorrect, Martin Mull's Portrait of a White Marriage, HBO Comedy Hour Live: The Magic of Live, Fernwood 2 Night, Ellen, Friends, Murphy Brown, LA Law and The News Hole for which he won an Ace Award for Best Game Show ('95).

His characters include:

Credits

Starring

External links


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