Reece Shearsmith
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
150
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
Good Omens
Good Omens
Taskmaster
New Tricks
Inside No. 9
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Would I Lie to You?
3 Body Problem
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Horrible Histories
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Saltburn
The Adventures of Paddington
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Shaun of the Dead
The Hollow Crown
Celebrity Catchphrase
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Diddy TV
The World's End
Spaced
Galavant
See How They Run
A Field in England
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
A Brush With Comedy
The Cottage
Catchphrase
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
Burke & Hare
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Auton 2: Sentinel
Chasing Shadows
Good Morning Britain
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Auton
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Psychoville
The League of Gentlemen
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
Bad Sugar
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Psychoville Halloween Special
Comedy Showcase
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
Peacock Season
In the Earth
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
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'
Rogue Trooper
You Have Been Watching
The Witchfinder
High-Rise
Mash and Peas
Gadget Man
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Spaced: Skip to the End
Investigating The Ladykillers
Christmas at the Riviera
House of Fools
Peter Kay's Car Share
The Widower
Birthday Girl
An Adventure in Space and Time
In the Red
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Stag
Catterick
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
The Case of the High Foot
The Russell Brand Show
Original Comedy Shorts
Tales of the Uncanny
TLC
Downforce
Ladies and Gentlemen
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Him Indoors
Highgate House of Horror
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Prodigies
The First Men in the Moon
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
Borley Rectory
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Tales from Behind the Crypt
This Year's Love
Squeamish!
The Man You're Not
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Eric & Ernie
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
