Harry Shearer: movies and TV shows
Harry Shearer has 207 credits in the archive: 143 films and 64 TV series, from 1952 to 2026. Highest rated: Friends (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1952 – 2026 · busiest year: 1979 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Simpsley | Seymour Skinner (voice) | Film | — | 82 |
| 2026 | Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition | Lenny Leonard (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 82 |
| 2026 | Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition | Ned Flanders (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 82 |
| 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Derek Smalls | Film | 6.2 | 81 |
| 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Film | 6.2 | 81 | |
| 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Film | 6.2 | 81 | |
| 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Film | 6.2 | 81 | |
| 2025 | From Darkness to Light | Self | Film | 6.7 | 81 |
| 2025 | The Session Man | Self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2024 | The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful | Mr. Burns (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 2023 | A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2021 | The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders | Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Mr. Burns (voice) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2021 | The Simpsons | Balenciaga | Film | 5.5 | 77 | |
| 2020 | Easy Does It | 'Breezy' Bob Mckee (voice) | Film | 3.3 | 76 |
| 2019 | Joe Frank: Somewhere Out There | Self | Film | 9.0 | 75 |
| 2018 | Satan & Adam | Self | Film | 7.3 | 74 |
| 2017 | The History of Comedy | Self | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Gene | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 2017 | XTC: This Is Pop | Self | Film | 7.9 | 73 |
| 2017 | Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Jebediah Springfield / Lenny Leonard / Mr. Burns (voice) | Film | 8.4 | 73 |
| 2016 | The Last Laugh | Self | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2016 | Mascots | Competition Announcer (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 72 |
| 2016 | Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2016 | The Clown | Self | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2015 | Love & Taxes | Sean Boykin/Agent | Film | 4.0 | 71 |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | Self | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2014 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Self | TV | 2.0 | 70 |
| 2014 | The Kumars | Self | TV | 5.0 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 69 |
| 2013 | Have You Been Paying Attention? | Panellist | TV | 7.9 | 69 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Richard Nixon | TV | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2012 | Pay Up Cheaters: The Story of the Beat Farmers | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2011 | Flood Streets | Dr. Keeley | Film | 8.5 | 67 |
| 2010 | The Big Uneasy | Film | 6.8 | 66 | |
| 2009 | My Suicide | Caress Moscowitz | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2009 | Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place | Derek Smalls | Film | — | 65 |
| 2009 | Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead | Derek Smalls | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2009 | Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer | Self | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 63 |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Scratchy / Mr. Burns / Rev. Lovejoy / Ned Flanders / Lenny / Skull / President Arnold Schwarzenegger / Kent Brockman / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Smithers / Toll Booth Man / Guard / Otto / Kang (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2007 | Fired! | Self | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2007 | What the Pythons Did Next... | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2007 | A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser | Marc Gavin | Film | — | 63 |
| 2006 | For Your Consideration | Victor Allan Miller | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Promo Announcer | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2006 | Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self - Guest | TV | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2005 | Chicken Little | Dog Announcer (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Self | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found | Self | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2004 | The Simpsons: Christmas 2 | Film | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 2004 | The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition | Derek Smalls | Film | — | 60 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Derek Smalls - Guest/Musical Guest | TV | 5.3 | 59 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 59 |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° | TV | 5.4 | 59 | |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind | TV | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Christmas | (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Mark Shubb | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Mr. Burns / Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kang / Skinner (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2003 | Realizing The Right Stuff | Self | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 2003 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | Self | Film | 8.4 | 59 |
| 2002 | HypaSpace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2002 | There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2001 | The Agency | The President | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Joey Lavin | Film | 4.0 | 57 |
| 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Film | 4.0 | 57 | |
| 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Film | 4.0 | 57 | |
| 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Film | 4.0 | 57 | |
| 2001 | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Film | 4.0 | 57 | |
| 2001 | Haunted Castle | Mr. D / Mephisto (voice) | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 2001 | The Secret Rulers of the World | Self – Comedian | TV | 8.3 | 57 |
| 2000 | CyberWorld | Ned Flanders / Dr. Julius Hibbert / Rev. Timothy Lovejoy (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2000 | Catching Up with Marty DiBergi | Derek Smalls | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2000 | Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big | The General (voice) | Film | — | 56 |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Self | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1999 | Jack & Jill | Dr. Wilfred Madison | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Derek Smalls | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1999 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Voice of Scratchy (voice) (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1999 | EDtv | Moderator | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | Funny Is Money | Film | 10.0 | 55 | |
| 1999 | Dick | G. Gordon Liddy | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV | Film | 7.1 | 55 | |
| 1999 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1998 | Dawson's Creek | Principal Peskin | TV | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Mike Michaelson | Film | 8.2 | 54 |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Punch-It (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Charles Caiman | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1998 | Tru-Talk | Mike Michaelson | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1998 | Style & Substance | TV | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1998 | Bravo Profiles | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 1998 | Almost Heroes | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 53 |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Larry Fenwick | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Jonathan P.E. Rice | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1997 | George & Leo | TV | 10.0 | 53 | |
| 1997 | The Visitor | Louis Faraday | TV | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1997 | Waiting for Guffman | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1997 | Waiting for Guffman | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1997 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | Narrator | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Harry (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | TV | 7.9 | 51 | |
| 1995 | Casper | Radio announcer (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1995 | The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show | Mr. Blackwell | Film | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1994 | Friends | Dr. Baldharar | TV | 8.4 | 50 |
| 1994 | ER | John Smythe | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Nowhere Man | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1994 | Ellen | Ted Layton | TV | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Audience Research Captain | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1994 | Speechless | Chuck | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1994 | Little Giants | Announcer | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1993 | Animaniacs | Ned Flat (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Handsome Dan | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1992 | A League of Their Own | Newsreel Announcer | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Fairy #3 (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica | Derek Smalls | Film | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1991 | Oscar | Guido Finucci | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Sitcom Actor Ben Starr | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Sammy Rhodes | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1991 | Pure Luck | Julius Monosoff | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30 | Derek Smalls | Film | 4.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1990 | Dream On | Steve | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1990 | Hometown Boy Makes Good | Radio Announcer (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1990 | The Jackie Bison Show | (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1990 | Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous | Self | Film | — | 46 |
| 1990 | The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Mr. Burns | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Derek Smalls (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | TV | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1988 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | Carl Sagan (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1988 | Plain Clothes | Simon Feck | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1988 | Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show | Johnny Carson (Voice) | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Al Silvers | Film | 3.7 | 44 |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Film | 3.7 | 44 | |
| 1987 | Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards | Various Roles | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1987 | Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio | Robin Leach / Ronald Reagan / Nancy Reagan (voices) | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1987 | Down and Out with Donald Duck | Additional Voices (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Gordon Huyck | TV | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Film | 5.2 | 42 | |
| 1986 | Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House | Various Roles | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1986 | The Hear 'n Aid Sessions | Derek Smalls [Spinal Tap] | Film | — | 42 |
| 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Rabbi | Film | 8.3 | 42 |
| 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Film | 8.3 | 42 | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | George Bush (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1985 | The History of White People in America | Rabbi | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1985 | The History of White People in America | Film | 6.4 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! | Self | TV | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | FBI Agent Timothy Anderson | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Derek Smalls | Film | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Film | 7.4 | 40 | |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Film | 7.4 | 40 | |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | NASA Recruiter | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1983 | Flicks | Narrator / Voice of Philip Alien / Voice of George Blik (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1982 | The Million Dollar Infield | Jack Savage | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1981 | Likely Stories Vol. 1 | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1981 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Derek Smalls | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1981 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1980 | Animalympics | Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1980 | One Trick Pony | Bernie Wepner | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Jeffrey Marx | Film | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Murray Sports | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1979 | The T.V. Show | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1979 | The T.V. Show | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1979 | The T.V. Show | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1979 | The T.V. Show | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1979 | Just Friends | TV | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1979 | Real Life | Pete - Cameraman / Radio Announcer | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1979 | Real Life | Film | 6.6 | 35 | |
| 1979 | Disco Beaver from Outer Space | Film | 4.8 | 35 | |
| 1979 | The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1979 | The Chevy Chase National Humor Test | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1978 | America 2-Night | TV | 8.3 | 34 | |
| 1978 | Loose Shoes | Narrator (voice) | Film | 3.9 | 34 |
| 1977 | American Raspberry | Trucker's Friend | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1977 | Cracking Up | Film | 4.0 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | TV | 7.1 | 32 | |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | TV | 7.1 | 32 | |
| 1976 | Serpico: The Deadly Game | Hippy | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Dr. Joseph Shuster (voice) (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Narrator / Emcee (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Franklin Roosevelt / Joe Garagiloa / Various (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Various (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Various Characters | TV | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Derek Smalls (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | TV | 6.9 | 31 | |
| 1975 | Jaws | Film | 7.7 | 31 | |
| 1975 | Sick | Dr. Jerry Shuster | Film | — | 31 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Street Kid | TV | 7.8 | 11 |
| 1954 | The Egyptian | Boy | Film | 6.5 | 10 |
| 1953 | The Robe | David (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 9 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Timmy | TV | 6.8 | 9 |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Second Boy (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 9 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Johnny | TV | 6.3 | 8 |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Panellist | TV | 7.1 | — | |
| Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale | Derek Smalls | Film | — | — | |
| You Don't Know Dick: The Comedy Mind of Richard M. Nixon | Film | — | — |