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.
Porsonal Info
5.9
Birthday Girl
2001-09-06
7.5
Shaun of the Dead
2004-04-09
9.0
The League of Gentlemen's Christmas Special: Yule Never Leave!
2000-12-27
6.8
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021-09-30
7.6
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006-11-20
6.0
The Cottage
2008-02-07
8.0
A Brush With Comedy
2023-04-19
5.6
The First Men in the Moon
2010-10-19
6.2
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005-06-03
4.0
Christmas at the Riviera
2007-12-23
6.8
The World's End
2013-07-18
7.0
Peacock Season
2010-08-12
6.3
Him Indoors
2012-05-30
7.7
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013-11-21
6.2
A Field in England
2013-07-05
6.0
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004-04-12
5.1
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002-12-13
0.0
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010-10-31
5.6
High-Rise
2015-11-22
5.5
The Case of the High Foot
2014-06-01
8.0
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014-05-24
5.1
Borley Rectory
2017-06-06
7.0
Saltburn
2023-11-16
0.0
Rogue Trooper
5.6
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996-10-31
4.0
Auton
1997-01-01
0.0
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011-01-01
7.0
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015-12-24
4.0
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009-12-24
6.1
Burke & Hare
2010-10-29
6.0
Bad Sugar
2012-08-26
7.5
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024-12-18
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005-04-28
5.0
This Year's Love
1999-02-19
8.5
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016-12-26
7.9
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001-11-19
6.7
Eric & Ernie
2011-01-01
9.5
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018-11-19
6.5
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014-02-24
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
2020-10-31
5.6
In the Earth
2021-04-16
6.4
See How They Run
2022-09-09
8.0
Highgate House of Horror
1995-01-01
8.8
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995-08-01
0.0
Investigating The Ladykillers
2020-11-09
0.0
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'
2005-09-05
6.3
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024-12-22
0.0
The Man You're Not
2017-04-28
0.0
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018-11-19
0.0
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002-01-01
0.0
Ladies and Gentlemen
0.0
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025-08-24
0.0
House of Cards
2015-11-09
0.0
The Devil of Christmas
2016-12-27
0.0
Vampires Forever
2025-11-28
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