1969-08-27 ( 55 years old ) in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Reeson Wayne Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is a British actor, comedian, writer and magician. He was a member of The League of Gentlemen, with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson. Jointly with Pemberton, he created, wrote and starred in the sitcom Psychoville and the dark comedy anthology series Inside No. 9. He had notable roles in Spaced and The World's End.
Shearsmith was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He attended Andrew Marvell High School and then Bretton Hall College of Education, where he met Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton, fellow actors and comedians
The League of Gentlemen began as a stage act in 1995, transferred to Radio 4 as On the Town with The League of Gentlemen in 1997, and arrived on television on BBC Two in 1999. The last saw Shearsmith and his colleagues awarded a British Academy Television Award, a Royal Television Society Award and the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux. Following The League of Gentlemen, Shearsmith appeared in comedy programmes including Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere as well as playing villain Tony in the Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer comedy Catterick. He appeared in two episodes of the award-winning pop-culture comedy Spaced as Robot Wars-obsessed TA soldier Dexter, and played neurotic Doctor Flynn in hospital sitcom TLC alongside Alexander Armstrong.
In 2014, Shearsmith and Pemberton returned to BBC2 with a new dark comedy series called Inside No. 9. Each episode of the anthology series takes place in a different 'No. 9' location. Shearsmith and Pemberton play various characters in the series and have also directed two of the episodes.[16] Also in 2014, he starred as Malcolm Webster in ITV drama series, based on a true story, The Widower.
Movies
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024-12-22
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024-12-18
Saltburn
2023-11-16
A Brush With Comedy
2023-04-19
See How They Run
2022-09-09
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021-09-30
In the Earth
2021-04-16
Investigating the Ladykillers
2020-11-09
Tales of the Uncanny
2020-10-31
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018-11-19
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018-11-19
Inside No. 9: Dead Line
2018-10-28
Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room
2018-01-09
Zanzibar
2018-01-02
Borley Rectory
2017-06-06
The Man You're Not
2017-04-28
Private View
2017-03-21
Diddle Diddle Dumpling
2017-03-14
Empty Orchestra
2017-03-07
The Riddle of the Sphinx
2017-02-28
The Bill
2017-02-21
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016-12-26
The Devil of Christmas
2016-12-26
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015-12-24
High-Rise
2015-11-22
Nana's Party
2015-04-23
Cold Comfort
2015-04-16
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015-04-09
The 12 Days of Christine
2015-04-02
Seance Time
2015-03-29
La Couchette
2015-02-26
A Quiet Night In
2014-12-02
The Case of the High Foot
2014-06-01
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014-05-24
The Understudy
2014-03-05
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014-02-24
Tom and Gerri
2014-02-19
Inside No. 9: Sardines
2014-02-13
The Harrowing
2014-02-12
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013-11-21
The World's End
2013-07-18
A Field in England
2013-07-05
Bad Sugar
2012-08-26
Him Indoors
2012-05-30
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011-01-01
Eric & Ernie
2011-01-01
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010-10-31
Burke & Hare
2010-10-29
The First Men in the Moon
2010-10-19
Peacock Season
2010-08-12
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009-12-24
The Cottage
2008-02-07
Christmas at the Riviera
2007-12-23
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006-11-20
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!
2006-11-20
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005-06-03
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005-04-28
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004-04-12
Shaun of the Dead
2004-04-09
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001-11-19
Birthday Girl
2001-09-06
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
2000-12-27
This Year's Love
1999-02-19
Auton 2: Sentinel
1998-01-01
Auton
1997-01-01
Ghosts of Winterborne
1996-10-31
The Devil of Winterborne
1995-08-01
Highgate House of Horror
1995-01-01
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