Harry Shearer

Birthday: 23 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Harry Julius Shearer

Height: 169 cm

Harry Shearer was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. His film debut was with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), followed by The Robe (1953). Probably best known for his Saturday Night Live (1975) gigs, his NPR satire program "Le Show" and The Simpsons (1989), where he plays 21 characters. His best film may be This Is Spinal Tap (1984), where he played bass player Derek Smalls. There was also an episode on The Simpsons (1989) where he reprised this role. His film work includes Godzilla (1998), in which "Simpsons" cast members Hank Azaria and Nancy Cartwright also appeared. Shearer has also directed a film, Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002), in which he also stars. Show less «

[criticizing the decline in quality of The Simpsons (1989)] I rate the last three seasons as among t...Show more »

[criticizing the decline in quality of The Simpsons (1989)] I rate the last three seasons as among the worst, so Season 4 looks very good to me now. Show less «

[asked how many characters on The Simpsons (1989) he voices] I think I do about 12 regular character...Show more »

[asked how many characters on The Simpsons (1989) he voices] I think I do about 12 regular characters but I've been able to pad the resume with God, The Devil and Hitler. Show less «

I write about broadcast indecency with something of a pedigree. Although it's not widely known - sin...Show more »

I write about broadcast indecency with something of a pedigree. Although it's not widely known - since the comedy group I was part of was not widely known - I was party to the first broadcast utterance of the word 'twat.' Show less «

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

[on Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson] There are two towering figures in British music by the name...Show more »

[on Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson] There are two towering figures in British music by the name of Thompson. Neither of them twins (The Thompson Twins). Show less «

[on which character in The Simpsons (1989) is hardest to voice] Burns requires lots of tea and honey...Show more »

[on which character in The Simpsons (1989) is hardest to voice] Burns requires lots of tea and honey. Show less «

I have to say about [The Simpsons]: Something that I've learned from my six years of psychoanalysis,...Show more »

I have to say about [The Simpsons]: Something that I've learned from my six years of psychoanalysis, which is one mark of adulthood is that you can hold two conflicting emotions about the same thing at the same time, two things can be true at the same time. So it is true that, as an actor on an insanely successful TV series, I am, by any standard of the human species, obscenely overpaid. It is also true that, as an actor on one of the most insanely successful television series of all time, I am getting royally screwed. Both things are true! [...] It's nobody's fault, it's what happens when you think you know what you want and you are determined to get it. Show less «

Harry Shearer

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