Harry Shearer
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Born | Harry Julius Shearer December 23, 1943 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) |
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Years active | 1951–present |
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Website | www |
Harry Julius Shearer[1] (born December 23, 1943)[2] is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life (1979) with Albert Brooks and worked as a writer on Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night.[3]
Shearer was a cast member on
Shearer has won a Primetime Emmy Award and has received several other Emmy and Grammy Award nominations. He has been married to singer-songwriter Judith Owen since 1993. He became an artist in residence at Loyola University, New Orleans in 2013.[4]
Early life and career
Shearer was born December 23, 1943,
In 1957, Shearer played the precursor to the Eddie Haskell character in the pilot episode of the television series Leave It to Beaver. After the filming, Shearer's parents said they did not want him to be a regular in a series. Instead they wanted him to just do occasional work so that he could have a normal childhood. Shearer and his parents made the decision not to accept the role in the series if it was picked up by a television network.[10]
In 1960, Shearer volunteered as a driver for the Democratic National Convention where he was regularly assigned trips to Disneyland.[12]
Shearer graduated from
From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of
In 1973, Shearer appeared as Jim Houseafire on How Time Flys, an album by The Firesign Theatre's David Ossman. The Credibility Gap broke up in 1976 when Lander and McKean left to perform in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley.[3] Shearer started working with Albert Brooks, producing one of Brooks' albums and co-writing the film Real Life (1979). Shearer also started writing for Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night.[3] In the mid-1970s, he started working with Rob Reiner on a pilot for ABC. The show, which starred Christopher Guest, Tom Leopold and McKean, was not picked up.[3]
Career
Saturday Night Live
Initial run under Lorne Michaels
In August 1979, Shearer was hired as a writer and cast member on
Shearer describes his experience on the show as a "living hell" and "not a real pleasant place to work."
Michaels left Saturday Night Live at the end of the fifth season, taking the entire cast with him.[21] Shearer told new executive producer Jean Doumanian that he was "not a fan of Lorne's" and offered to stay with the show if he was given the chance to overhaul the program and bring in experienced comedians, like Christopher Guest. However, Doumanian turned him down, so he decided to leave with the rest of the cast.[22]
Return in 1984 under Dick Ebersol
When I left, Dick [Ebersol] issued a press release, saying "creative differences." And the first person who called me for a comment on it read me that and I blurted out, "Yeah, I was creative and they were different."
—Harry Shearer[23]
In 1984, while promoting the film Guest also accepted the offer while McKean rejected it, although he would join the cast in 1994.
Dick Ebersol, who replaced Lorne Michaels as the show's producer, said that Shearer was "a gifted performer but a pain in the butt. He's just so demanding on the preciseness of things and he's very, very hard on the working people. He's just a nightmare-to-deal-with person."[25] In January 1985, Shearer left the show for good,[19] partially because he felt he was not being used enough.[23] Martin Short said Shearer "wanted to be creative and Dick [Ebersol] wanted something else. ... I think he felt his voice wasn't getting represented on the show. When he wouldn't get that chance, it made him very upset."[26]
Spinal Tap
Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in
Shearer said in an interview that "The animating impulse was to do rock 'n' roll right. The four of us had been around rock 'n' roll and we were just amazed by how relentlessly the movies got it wrong. Because we were funny people it was going to be a funny film, but we wanted to get it right."
Shearer, Guest and McKean have since worked on several projects as their Spinal Tap characters. They released three albums:
The Simpsons
Shearer is known for his work as a voice actor on The Simpsons. Matt Groening, the creator of the show, was a fan of Shearer's work, while Shearer was a fan of a column Groening used to write.[36] When approached by Groening to be in the series, Shearer was initially reluctant because he thought the recording sessions would be too much trouble.[36] He felt that voice acting was "not a lot of fun" as, traditionally, voice actors record their parts separately.[11] He was told that the actors would record their lines together,[11] and after three phone calls for executive producer James L. Brooks, Shearer was convinced to join the cast of The Simpsons.[5] Shearer's first impression of The Simpsons was that it was funny. He – who thought it was a "pretty cool" way to work – found it peculiar that his fellow cast members were adamant about not being known to the public as the people behind the voices.[10]
Shearer provides voices for
In 2004, Shearer criticized what he perceived as
Due to scheduling and availability conflicts, Shearer decided not to participate in The Simpsons Ride, which opened in 2008, so none of his characters have vocal parts and many do not appear in the ride at all.[48] In a 2010 interview on The Howard Stern Show, Shearer alluded that the reason he was not part of the ride was because he would not be getting paid for it.[49] Similarly, Shearer was unable to appear in the Family Guy crossover episode "The Simpsons Guy" due to further scheduling conflicts. Therefore, his characters are again mute. When asked about how he felt about the crossover, Shearer replied, "Matter and anti-matter."[50]
Until 1998, Shearer was paid $30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing for casting of new voices.[51] The dispute, however, was resolved and Shearer received $125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $360,000 an episode.[51] The dispute was resolved a month later,[52] and Shearer's pay rose to $250,000 per episode.[53] After salary re-negotiations in 2008, the voice actors received $400,000 per episode.[54] Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Shearer and the other cast members accepted a 30% pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.[55] On May 14, 2015, Shearer announced he was leaving the show. After the other voice actors signed a contract for the same pay, Shearer refused, stating it was not enough. Al Jean made a statement from the producers saying "the show must go on," but did not elaborate on what might happen to the characters Shearer voiced.[56] On July 7, 2015, Shearer agreed to continue with the show, on the same terms as the other voice actors.[57]
Le Show and radio work
Because I don't do stand-up, radio has always been my equivalent, a place to stay in connection with the public and force myself to write every week and come up with new characters. Plus it's a medium that – having grown up with it and putting myself to sleep with a radio under my pillow [as a kid] – I love. No matter what picture you want to create in the listener's mind, a few minutes of work gets it done.
—Harry Shearer[58]
Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program
Since encountering satellite news feeds when he worked on Saturday Night Live, Shearer has been fascinated with the contents of the video that does not air. Shearer refers to these clips as
In 2006 Shearer appeared with Brian Hayes in four episodes of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Not Today, Thank You, playing Nostrils, a man so ugly he cannot stand to be in his own presence.[72] He was originally scheduled to appear in all six episodes but had to withdraw from recording two due to a problem with his work permit.[73] On June 19, 2008, it was announced that Shearer would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the radio category.[74]
Further career
Shearer's first feature film as director, Teddy Bears' Picnic, which he also wrote, was released in 2002. The plot is based on Bohemian Grove, which hosts a three-week encampment of some of the most powerful men in the world. The film was not well received by critics. It garnered a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with all 19 reviews being determined as negative[75] and received a rating of 32 out of 100 (signifying "generally negative reviews") on Metacritic from 10 reviews.[76] In 2003, he co-wrote J. Edgar! The Musical with Tom Leopold, which spoofed J. Edgar Hoover's relationship with Clyde Tolson.[77] It premiered at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado and starred Kelsey Grammer and John Goodman.[78]
Shearer, Guest and McKean starred in the
Shearer has also worked as a columnist for the
Shearer has released five solo comedy albums: It Must Have Been Something I Said (1994), Dropping Anchors (2006), Songs Pointed and Pointless (2007), Songs of the Bushmen (2008) and Greed and Fear (2010).[84] His most recent CD, Greed and Fear is mainly about Wall Street economic issues, rather than politics like his previous albums. Shearer decided to make the album when he"started getting amused by the language of the economic meltdown – when 'toxic assets' suddenly became 'troubled assets,' going from something poisoning the system to just a bunch of delinquent youth with dirty faces that needed not removal from the system but just ... understanding."[85] In May 2006, Shearer received an honorary doctorate from Goucher College.[86]
The Big Uneasy
Shearer is the director of The Big Uneasy (2010), a documentary film about the impacts of
Personal life
Shearer married folk singer Penelope Nichols in 1974. They divorced in 1977.[93] He has been married to Welsh singer-songwriter Judith Owen since 1993.[5] In 2005, the couple launched their own record label called Courgette Records.[94] Shearer primarily resides in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, but has homes in Santa Monica, California and Notting Hill, London. He first went to New Orleans in 1988 and has attended every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival since.[95]
Shearer often speaks and writes about the failure of the Federal levee system which flooded New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, blasting the coverage of it in the mainstream media[96] and criticizing the role of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.[97][98] Prior to the DVD release of his film, The Big Uneasy, Shearer would hold screenings of the film at different venues and take questions from audience members.[87]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Boy | |
The Robe | David | ||
1977 | American Raspberry | Trucker's friend | |
Cracking Up | Various characters | Credited as part of "The Credibility Gap" | |
1979 | Real Life | Pete | Also co-writer |
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Murray Sports | ||
1980 | Loose Shoes | Narrator | Voice |
One Trick Pony | Bernie Wepner | ||
1983 | The Right Stuff | NASA Recruiter | |
1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Derek Smalls | Also co-writer, composer and musician |
1987 | Flicks | Narrator | Voice |
1988 | Plain Clothes | Simon Feck | |
My Stepmother Is an Alien | Carl Sagan | Voice | |
1990 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Announcer | Voice, short film |
1991 | Blood and Concrete | Sammy Rhodes | |
Oscar | Guido Finucci | ||
Pure Luck | Monosoff | ||
The Fisher King | Ben Starr | ||
1992 | A League of Their Own | Newsreel Announcer | Voice |
1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Handsome Dan | |
1994 | I'll Do Anything | Audience Research Captain | |
Little Giants | Announcer | ||
Speechless | Chuck | ||
1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Jonathan P.F. Rice | |
Waiting for Guffman | N/A | Composer | |
1998 | Godzilla | Charles Caiman | |
Almost Heroes | Narrator | Voice | |
The Truman Show | Mike Michaelson | ||
Small Soldiers | Punch-It | Voice | |
1999 | EDtv | Moderator | |
Encounter in the Third Dimension | Narrator | Voice | |
Dick | G. Gordon Liddy | ||
2000 | Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | Derek Smalls | Short film |
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big | Additional voice | ||
2001 | Haiku Tunnel | Orientation leader | |
Out There | Dr. Gerard | ||
Haunted Castle |
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2002 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Joey Lavin | Also writer, director and executive producer |
2003 | A Mighty Wind | Mark Shubb | |
2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
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Promo announcer | Voice |
Chicken Little | Don Bowowser | Voice | |
2006 | For Your Consideration | Victor Allan Miller | |
2007 | A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser | Marc Gavin | |
The Simpsons Movie | , Various characters | ||
2010 | The Big Uneasy | Narrator | Voice; also director and producer |
2011 | Flood Streets | Dr. Keeley | Also executive producer |
2015 | Love & Taxes | Sean Boykin/Agent | |
2016 | Mascots | Competition Announcer | Voice |
2017 | Father Figures | Gene Baxter | |
2019 | Easy Does It | "Breezy" Bob Mckee | Voice |
TBA | Spinal Tap II | Derek Smalls | Filming, also co-writer |
Television
Year | Series | Role | Notes |
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1953, 1955 | The Jack Benny Program | Young Jack Benny | 2 episodes |
1955 | The Donald O'Connor Show | Himself | Episode 1.7 |
It's a Great Life | Terry | Episode 2.4: "The Paper Drive" | |
Death Valley Days | Unnamed character | Episode 4.2: "The Valencia Cake" | |
1956 | Private Secretary | Chuckie Wills, shoeshine boy | Episode 4.16: "The Little Caesar of Bleecker Street" |
1957 | General Electric Theater | Timmy | Episode 5.28: "Cab Driver" |
Studio 57 | Frankie Bennett | Episode 3.26: "It's a Small World" (Pilot for the eventual series Leave It to Beaver, though never aired as part of that series.) | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Street Kid | Season 2 Episode 31: "The Night the World Ended" | |
1976 | Serpico | Hippy | TV film/Pilot: "The Deadly Game" |
1976–82 | Laverne & Shirley | Various characters | Appeared in six episodes; also co-wrote episode 1.12: "Hi, Neighbor" |
1977 | Fernwood 2 Night | Writer | |
1978 | America 2-Night | Writer | |
1979 | Stockard Channing in Just Friends
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Saul | Episode: "The Ziegenfuss Force" |
The T.V. Show | Various characters | Pilot; also writer, producer and composer | |
1979–80, 1984–85 | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | Appeared in 32 episodes; also co-wrote 39 episodes |
1980 | Animalympics | Keen Hacksaw/Mayor of Animal Olympic Island/Burnt Woody/Mark Spritz | Voice, TV film |
1981 | Likely Stories, Vol. 1 | Various characters | TV film; also co-wrote |
1982 | Million Dollar Infield | Jack Savage | TV film |
1985 | The History of White People in America | Rabbi | TV film; also director |
1986 | Viva Shaf Vegas | Rabbi | TV film; also director, writer and executive producer |
The History of White People in America: Volume II | Rabbi | TV film; also director | |
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House | Additional voice | Pilot/TV special | |
ALF | Larry / President | Voice, episode: "Pennsylvania 6-5000" | |
1987 | Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show | Additional voice | TV special |
Down and Out with Donald Duck | Additional voices | TV special | |
1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Unnamed character | TV film; also director |
Miami Vice | FBI Agent Timothy Anderson | Episode 4.12: "The Cows of October" | |
Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living | Unnamed character | TV special | |
1989-1990 | Not Necessarily the News | Various Characters | |
1989–present | The Simpsons | Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Dr. Hibbert (1990–2021),[99] Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Reverend Lovejoy, Various characters | Voice |
1990 | The Golden Girls | George H. W. Bush | Voice, episode: "The President's Coming! The President's Coming! Part 2" |
Hometown Boy Makes Good | Unnamed character | Voice, TV film | |
Murphy Brown | Chris Bishop | Episode 3.1: "The 390th Broadcast" | |
1991 | Sunday Best | Various characters | |
1993 | Dream On | Steve | Episode 4.6: "Home Sweet Homeboy" |
L.A. Law | Gordon Huyck | Episode 8.6: "Safe Sex" | |
Animaniacs | Ned Flat | Voice, episode: "Fair Game" | |
1994 | Ellen | Ted | Episode 2.9: "The Trainer" |
1995 | Friends | Dr. Baldharan | Episode 1.21: "The One with the Fake Monica" |
Sliders | Day Tripper | Voice, episode: "Pilot"; uncredited | |
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show | Mr. Blackwell
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TV special | |
1996 | State of the Union: Undressed | Newt Gingrich | TV special |
Chicago Hope | Nowhere man | Episode 3.7: "A Time to Kill" | |
1997 | Tracey Takes On... | Ronald Littleman | Episode 2.12: "Race Relations" |
ER | John Smythe | Episode 3.19: "Calling Dr. Hathaway" | |
The Visitor | Louis Faraday | Episode 1.1: "Fear of Flying" | |
1998 | George & Leo
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Unnamed character | Episode 1.17: "The Poker Game" |
1999 | Seven Days | Walter Landis | Episode 1.19: "EBE's" |
Just Shoot Me! | Larry Fenwick | Episode 4.1: "A Divorce to Remember" | |
1999–2001 | Jack & Jill | Dr. Wilfred Madison | 4 episodes |
2000–01 | Dawson's Creek | Principal Peskin | Episodes 4.8: "The Unusual Suspects" and 4.22: "The Graduate" |
2001 | That's Life | Dean | Episode 2.9: "Oh, Baby!" |
2002 | The Agency | The President | Episode 1.14: "The Gauntlet" |
2003 | MADtv
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Mark Shubb | Episode 8.21 |
2004 | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | Unnamed sheep | Episode: "No Girls Allowed" |
2008 | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | Series 4 Episode 1 |
2012 | Nixon's the One | Richard Nixon | TV special |
Have I Got News for You | Himself | Series 44 Episode 5 | |
2014 | Outnumbered | Mr Johnson | Episode: "Communication Skills" |
2016 | Would I Lie to You? | Himself | Series 10 Episode 3 |
2018 | The Last Leg | Himself | Series 14 Episode 2 |
2019 | Paul Shaffer Plus One | Derek Smalls | Episode: "Harry Shearer as Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap" |
2020 | The Salon | Marc Gavin/Marc | 4 episodes |
Video games
Year | Game | Role |
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1996 | The Simpsons Cartoon Studio
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Various characters |
1997 | Virtual Springfield
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Various characters |
2001 | The Simpsons Wrestling | Various characters |
The Simpsons: Road Rage | Various characters | |
2002 | The Simpsons Skateboarding | Various characters |
2003 | The Simpsons: Hit & Run | Various characters |
2005 | Chicken Little | Don Bowowser |
2007 | The Simpsons Game | Various characters |
2012 | The Simpsons: Tapped Out | Various characters |
Web
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Kevin Pollak's Chat Show
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Himself/Guest | Episode: "125" |
2021–present | Deutsche Eisenbahnmärchen | Hans, Jürgen Heisler | Voices |
Music video
Year | Song | Role | Artist |
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1990 | "Do the Bartman" | Seymour Skinner
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Nancy Cartwright |
Discography
Album | Release | Label |
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It Must Have Been Something I Said | 1994 | Rhino |
Dropping Anchors | 2006 | Courgette |
Songs Pointed and Pointless | 2007 | Courgette |
Songs of the Bushmen | 2008 | Courgette |
Greed and Fear | 2010 | Courgette |
Smalls Change[100] | 2018 | Twanky Records/BMG |
Bibliography
- Shearer, Harry (1993). Man Bites Town. St Martins Press. ISBN 0-312-08842-6.
- Shearer, Harry (1999). It's the Stupidity, Stupid: Why (Some) People Hate Clinton and Why the Rest of Us Have to Watch. ISBN 0-345-43401-3.
- Shearer, Harry (2006). Not Enough Indians. Justin, Charles and Company. ISBN 1-932112-46-4.
Awards
Shearer was the last of the six regular voice actors from The Simpsons to win the
Year | Award | Category | Series/album | Result | Ref. |
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1978 | Primetime Emmy Award
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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | America 2Night
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Nominated | [102] |
1980 | Primetime Emmy Award
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Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | [102] |
2008 | Grammy Award
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Best Comedy Album | Songs Pointed and Pointless | Nominated | [103] |
2009 | Grammy Award
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Best Comedy Album | Songs of the Bushmen | Nominated | [65] |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award
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Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | The Simpsons: "The Burns and the Bees" | Nominated | [104] |
2010 | Grammy Award
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Best Comedy Album | Back from the Dead (with Spinal Tap) | Nominated | [105] |
2014 | Primetime Emmy Award
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Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | The Simpsons: "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" | Won | [106] |
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- ISBN 0-316-78146-0.
External links
- Harry Shearer's official site
- Harry Shearer site at the Wayback Machine (archived December 17, 2006)
- Harry Shearer at IMDb
- Harry Shearer on Charlie Rose
- Harry Shearer at AllMusic
- Harry Shearer's blog Archived September 2, 2012, at the Huffington Post
- Harry Shearer Archived May 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at Voice Chasers Archived October 8, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- New Documentary, Shearer on Hurricane Katrina Archived September 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine – video interview by Democracy Now!
- Harry Shearer Interview Archived September 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine NAMM Oral History Library (2017)