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 ...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
High-Rise
2015
Eric & Ernie
2011
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
Saltburn
2023
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
The World's End
2013
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
See How They Run
2022
Birthday Girl
2001
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025
This Year's Love
1999
Burke & Hare
2010
The Cottage
2008
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
In the Earth
2021
Borley Rectory
2017
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
Him Indoors
2012
Rogue Trooper
N/A
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
The First Men in the Moon
2010
A Field in England
2013
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
Auton
1997
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
Peacock Season
2010
The Man You're Not
2017
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014