Reece Shearsmith
Acting
- Born:
- 1969-08-27
- Place of birth:
- Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Prodigies
Rogue Trooper
Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
3 Body Problem
Saltburn
A Brush with Comedy
See How They Run
The Witchfinder
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Foundation
In the Earth
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Investigating The Ladykillers
Tales of the Uncanny
The Adventures of Paddington
Good Omens
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Celebrity Catchphrase
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Zanzibar
Borley Rectory
The Man You're Not
The Riddle of the Sphinx
The Devil of Christmas
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
Diddy TV
Stag
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
High-Rise
House of Cards
Taskmaster
Peter Kay's Car Share
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
The 12 Days of Christine
La Couchette
Galavant
Chasing Shadows
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
The Case of the High Foot
Original Comedy Shorts
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Good Morning Britain
The Widower
The Harrowing
The Understudy
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Tom & Gerri
A Quiet Night In
Sardines
Inside No. 9
House of Fools
An Adventure in Space and Time
The World's End
A Field in England
Psychobitches
Catchphrase
Gadget Man
Bad Sugar
The Hollow Crown
Him Indoors
Playhouse Presents
Squeamish!
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Eric & Ernie
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Psychoville Halloween Special
Burke & Hare
The First Men in the Moon
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
Peacock Season
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
You Have Been Watching
Psychoville
Horrible Histories
The Cottage
Christmas at the Riviera
Ladies and Gentlemen
Comedy Showcase
Would I Lie to You?
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
The Russell Brand Show
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
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'
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Doctor Who
Spaced: Skip to the End
Shaun of the Dead
Catterick
New Tricks
Coming Up
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
tlc
Tales from Behind the Crypt
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Birthday Girl
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Spaced
This Year's Love
The League of Gentlemen
In the Red
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Auton
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Mash and Peas
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Highgate House of Horror
The South Bank Show
Doctor Who