Reece Shearsmith
Acting
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.
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)
Saltburn
Professor Ware
A Brush With Comedy
Self
See How They Run
John Woolf
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Priest
In the Earth
Zach Whitehead
Investigating The Ladykillers
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
Borley Rectory
V.C Wall
The Man You're Not
Reece Shearsmith
The Devil of Christmas
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
Self
High-Rise
Nathan Steele
House of Cards
Self
The 12 Days of Christine
Stranger
La Couchette
Maxwell
The Case of the High Foot
The Doctor
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
The Harrowing
Hector
The Understudy
Jim
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Tom & Gerri
Tom
A Quiet Night In
Ray
Sardines
Stu
An Adventure in Space and Time
Patrick Troughton
The World's End
Collaborator
A Field in England
Whitehead
Bad Sugar
Greg
Him Indoors
Gregory Brewster
Eric & Ernie
Harry Wiseman
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self
Psychoville Halloween Special
Various
Burke & Hare
Sergeant Mackenzie
The First Men in the Moon
Moon
Peacock Season
Stoaty
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
The Cottage
Peter
Christmas at the Riviera
Ashley
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
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'
Self - The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Various Characters
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Additional Vogon Voices
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
Shaun of the Dead
Mark
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
Tales from Behind the Crypt
Self
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
various
Birthday Girl
Porter
This Year's Love
Tourist
Auton
Dr. Daniel Matthews
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Andrew Powell
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Andrew Powell
Highgate House of Horror
Mr Dandridge