Reece Shearsmith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 27, 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 113
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
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021Movie
Priest
Shaun of the Dead
2004Movie
Mark
The World's End
2013Movie
Collaborator
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005Movie
Additional Vogon Voices
Doctor Who
2005TV
Rassmussen
Saltburn
2023Movie
Professor Ware
Filmography
Rogue Trooper
2026Movie
Bagman (voice)
Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
2025Movie
Self
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025Movie
Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024Movie
Self
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024Movie
Norbot (voice)
3 Body Problem
2024TV
Alan Turing
Saltburn
2023Movie
Professor Ware
A Brush with Comedy
2023Movie
Self
See How They Run
2022Movie
John Woolf
The Witchfinder
2022TV
Matthew Hopkins
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021Movie
Priest
Foundation
2021TV
Jerril
In the Earth
2021Movie
Zach Whitehead
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020TV
Self - Expert
Investigating The Ladykillers
2020Movie
Tales of the Uncanny
2020Movie
Self
The Adventures of Paddington
2019TV
Містер Каррі (голос)
Good Omens
2019TV
Furfur, William Shakespeare
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018Movie
Multiple Characters
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018TV
Self - Contestant
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018TV
Self - Guest
Zanzibar
2018Movie
Henry
Borley Rectory
2017Movie
V.C Wall
The Man You're Not
2017Movie
Reece Shearsmith
The Riddle of the Sphinx
2017Movie
Tyler
The Devil of Christmas
2016Movie
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016Movie
Diddy TV
2016TV
Mr. Stockholm
Stag
2016TV
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015Movie
Self
High-Rise
2015Movie
Nathan Steele
House of Cards
2015Movie
Self
Taskmaster
2015TV
Self
Peter Kay's Car Share
2015TV
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015Movie
Mr Warren
The 12 Days of Christine
2015Movie
Stranger
La Couchette
2015Movie
Maxwell
Galavant
2015TV
Neo of Sporin
Chasing Shadows
2014TV
DS Sean Stone
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014TV
Self
The Case of the High Foot
2014Movie
The Doctor
Original Comedy Shorts
2014TV
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014Movie
Self
Good Morning Britain
2014TV
Self
The Widower
2014TV
Malcolm Webster
The Harrowing
2014Movie
Hector
The Understudy
2014Movie
Jim
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014Movie
Tom & Gerri
2014Movie
Tom
A Quiet Night In
2014Movie
Ray
Sardines
2014Movie
Stu
Inside No. 9
2014TV
James, Scaramouche, a Soldier, Simon Smethurst, Urban Bedford, Brian, Eric, Gerry, Damon, Jonah, Doug, Tommy, Henry, Maurice, Viktor, Clive, Max, Nick, Drew, Stu, Tom, Ray, Jim, Hector, Maxwell, Stranger, Brendan, Neville Griffin, Alex, Maureen / Mr Jelly, George, Mr Warren, Terry, Pat, S/PC Varney, Aidan, Self, Tyler, Archie, David, Greg, Laurence, Alan Curtis, Barnabus, Ronnie, Rudolph, Dominic, Norman, Edward, Pierce, Chas, Various, Gareth
House of Fools
2014TV
Martin
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013Movie
Patrick Troughton
The World's End
2013Movie
Collaborator
A Field in England
2013Movie
Whitehead
Psychobitches
2013TV
Old Mother Shipton, Princess Margaret
Catchphrase
2013TV
Gadget Man
2012TV
Bad Sugar
2012Movie
Greg
The Hollow Crown
2012TV
Davy
Him Indoors
2012Movie
Gregory Brewster
Playhouse Presents
2012TV
Old Mother Shipton
Squeamish!
2011TV
Narrator
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011Movie
Self
Eric & Ernie
2011Movie
Harry Wiseman
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
2010TV
Luka
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010TV
Jasper
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010Movie
Various
Burke & Hare
2010Movie
Sergeant Mackenzie
The First Men in the Moon
2010Movie
Moon
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
2010TV
Peacock Season
2010Movie
Stoaty
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009Movie
You Have Been Watching
2009TV
Self
Psychoville
2009TV
Maureen Sowerbutts / Various Characters
Horrible Histories
2009TV
The Cottage
2008Movie
Peter
Christmas at the Riviera
2007Movie
Ashley
Ladies and Gentlemen
2007Movie
Freddie
Comedy Showcase
2007TV
Freddy
Would I Lie to You?
2007TV
Self
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007TV
Himself
The Russell Brand Show
2006TV
Self
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006Movie
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
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'
2005Movie
Self - The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005Movie
Various Characters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005Movie
Additional Vogon Voices
Doctor Who
2005TV
Rassmussen
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004Movie
Self
Shaun of the Dead
2004Movie
Mark
Catterick
2004TV
Tony
New Tricks
2004TV
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002Movie
Viking (voice)
tlc
2002TV
Dr Laurence Flynn
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002Movie
Self
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001Movie
various
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self
Birthday Girl
2001Movie
Porter
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000TV
Spaced
1999TV
Dexter
This Year's Love
1999Movie
Tourist
The League of Gentlemen
1999TV
Various
In the Red
1998TV
Broadcast Journalist
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998TV
Auton
1997Movie
Dr. Daniel Matthews
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996Movie
Andrew Powell
Mash and Peas
1996TV
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995Movie
Andrew Powell
Highgate House of Horror
1995Movie
Mr Dandridge
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Doctor Who
TV
Rassmussen
Prodigies
TV