Reece Shearsmith
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
151
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-08-27 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Reece Shearsmith
Biography
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.
Known For
Doctor Who
Foundation
3 Body Problem
Taskmaster
New Tricks
Would I Lie to You?
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Saltburn
Inside No. 9
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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Good Omens
Good Omens
Horrible Histories
The Adventures of Paddington
Shaun of the Dead
Birthday Girl
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Hollow Crown
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The World's End
Rogue Trooper
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Spaced
See How They Run
Celebrity Catchphrase
The Cottage
Catchphrase
Bad Sugar
Galavant
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
The League of Gentlemen
Burke & Hare
Borley Rectory
Psychoville
Auton
Good Morning Britain
In the Earth
Him Indoors
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Peacock Season
A Field in England
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
An Adventure in Space and Time
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
The Witchfinder
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Christmas Special: Yule Never Leave!
Psychoville Halloween Special
High-Rise
Gadget Man
Tales of the Uncanny
Chasing Shadows
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
Comedy Showcase
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
Christmas at the Riviera
House of Fools
The Widower
The First Men in the Moon
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
A Brush With Comedy
Stag
Spaced: Skip to the End
This Year's Love
Diddy TV
Ladies and Gentlemen
Peter Kay's Car Share
You Have Been Watching
In the Red
House of Cards
Investigating The Ladykillers
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Catterick
TLC
Mash and Peas
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Highgate House of Horror
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Original Comedy Shorts
The Russell Brand Show
The Case of the High Foot
Downforce
Prodigies
The Man You're Not
Tales from Behind the Crypt
The Devil of Christmas
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Squeamish!
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Eric & Ernie
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
