Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 27, 1969
Place of Birth
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
112 titles
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
Filmography
Rogue Trooper
Bagman (voice)
Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
Self
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Norbot (voice)
3 Body Problem
Alan Turing
Saltburn
Professor Ware
A Brush with Comedy
Self
See How They Run
John Woolf
The Witchfinder
Matthew Hopkins
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Priest
Foundation
Jerril
In the Earth
Zach Whitehead
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert
Investigating The Ladykillers
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
The Adventures of Paddington
Містер Каррі (голос)
Good Omens
Furfur
Celebrity Catchphrase
Self - Contestant
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
Zanzibar
Henry
Borley Rectory
V.C Wall
The Man You're Not
Reece Shearsmith
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Tyler
The Devil of Christmas
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
Diddy TV
Mr. Stockholm
Stag
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
Self
High-Rise
Nathan Steele
House of Cards
Self
Taskmaster
Self
Peter Kay's Car Share
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
Mr Warren
The 12 Days of Christine
Stranger
La Couchette
Maxwell
Galavant
Neo of Sporin
Chasing Shadows
DS Sean Stone
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
Original Comedy Shorts
The Case of the High Foot
The Doctor
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
Good Morning Britain
Self
The Widower
Malcolm Webster
The Harrowing
Hector
The Understudy
Jim
Last Gasp
Writer
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Tom & Gerri
Tom
A Quiet Night In
Ray