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Reece Shearsmith
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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November 28th, 2025 | Vampires Forever | Self | TBD | |
August 24th, 2025 | Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys | Self | TBD | |
December 22nd, 2024 | Inside No. 9: The Party's Over | Self | 6.2 | |
December 18th, 2024 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Norbot (voice) | 7.5 | |
November 16th, 2023 | Saltburn | Professor Ware | 7 | |
April 19th, 2023 | A Brush with Comedy | Self | 8 | |
September 9th, 2022 | See How They Run | John Woolf | 6.3 | |
September 30th, 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Priest | 6.7 | |
April 16th, 2021 | In the Earth | Zach Whitehead | 5.6 | |
November 9th, 2020 | Investigating The Ladykillers | TBD | TBD | |
October 31st, 2020 | Tales of the Uncanny | Self | 7 | |
November 19th, 2018 | The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! | Various Characters | 9.5 | |
November 19th, 2018 | The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! | Various Characters | TBD | |
June 6th, 2017 | Borley Rectory | V.C Wall | 5.1 | |
April 28th, 2017 | The Man You're Not | Reece Shearsmith | TBD | |
December 27th, 2016 | The Devil of Christmas | TBD | TBD | |
December 26th, 2016 | Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand | TBD | 8.5 | |
December 24th, 2015 | Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny | Self | 7 | |
November 22nd, 2015 | High-Rise | Nathan Steele | 5.6 | |
November 9th, 2015 | House of Cards | Self | TBD | |
April 9th, 2015 | The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge | Mr Warren | TBD | |
April 2nd, 2015 | The 12 Days of Christine | Stranger | TBD | |
March 26th, 2015 | La Couchette | Maxwell | TBD | |
June 1st, 2014 | The Case of the High Foot | The Doctor | 5.5 | |
May 24th, 2014 | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Self | 8 | |
March 12th, 2014 | The Harrowing | Hector | TBD | |
March 5th, 2014 | The Understudy | Jim | TBD | |
February 24th, 2014 | Remembering 'Dead of Night' | TBD | 6.5 | |
February 19th, 2014 | Tom & Gerri | Tom | TBD | |
February 12th, 2014 | A Quiet Night In | Ray | TBD | |
February 7th, 2014 | Sardines | Stu | 9 | |
November 21st, 2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time | Patrick Troughton | 7.7 | |
July 18th, 2013 | The World's End | Collaborator | 6.8 | |
July 5th, 2013 | A Field in England | Whitehead | 6.2 | |
August 26th, 2012 | Bad Sugar | Greg | 6 | |
May 30th, 2012 | Him Indoors | Gregory Brewster | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 2011 | Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 2011 | Eric & Ernie | Harry Wiseman | 6.7 | |
October 31st, 2010 | Psychoville Halloween Special | Various | TBD | |
October 29th, 2010 | Burke & Hare | Sergeant Mackenzie | 6.1 | |
October 19th, 2010 | The First Men in the Moon | Moon | 5.8 | |
August 12th, 2010 | Peacock Season | Stoaty | 7 | |
December 24th, 2009 | Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas | TBD | 4 | |
February 7th, 2008 | The Cottage | Peter | 6 | |
December 23rd, 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera | Ashley | 4.2 | |
November 20th, 2006 | The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You | Benjamin Denton / Papa Lazarou / Pamela Doove / Ross Gaines / Cathy Carter-Smith / Ollie Plimsoles / Vinnie Whytenshawe / Mr Lisgoe / Bernice Woodall / Dean Tavalouris / Edward Tattsyrup / Geoff Tipps / Judee Levinson | 7.6 | |
September 5th, 2005 | 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' | Self - The League of Gentlemen | TBD | |
June 3rd, 2005 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Various Characters | 6.2 | |
April 28th, 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Additional Vogon Voices | 6.7 | |
April 12th, 2004 | Spaced: Skip to the End | Self | 6.3 | |
April 9th, 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Mark | 7.5 | |
December 13th, 2002 | Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe | Viking (voice) | 5.4 | |
September 6th, 2001 | Birthday Girl | Porter | 5.9 | |
TBD | Rogue Trooper | Bagman (voice) | TBD | |
January 1st, 2002 | Tales from Behind the Crypt | Self | TBD | |
November 19th, 2001 | The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane | various | 7.8 | |
February 19th, 1999 | This Year's Love | Tourist | 5.4 | |
January 1st, 1997 | Auton | Dr. Daniel Matthews | 5 | |
October 31st, 1996 | PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne | Andrew Powell | 5.9 | |
August 1st, 1995 | PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne | Andrew Powell | 8.4 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Highgate House of Horror | Mr Dandridge | 8 | |
TBD | Ladies and Gentlemen | Freddie | TBD |