Reece Shearsmith
Known for: Acting
Born: August 27, 1969
Place of birth: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
63 movies · 50 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Rogue Trooper
2026
NR
Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
2025
NR
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025
6.2
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
7.5
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
7.5
3 Body Problem
2024
6.9
Saltburn
2023
7.5
A Brush with Comedy
2023
6.3
See How They Run
2022
6.6
The Witchfinder
2022
6.7
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
7.7
Foundation
2021
5.6
In the Earth
2021
5.6
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
NR
Investigating The Ladykillers
2020
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
7.8
The Adventures of Paddington
2019
8.0
Good Omens
2019
10.0
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018
7.1
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
NR
Zanzibar
2018
5.1
Borley Rectory
2017
NR
The Man You're Not
2017
8.0
The Riddle of the Sphinx
2017
NR
The Devil of Christmas
2016
8.5
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016
10.0
Diddy TV
2016
6.0
Stag
20167.0
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015
5.6
High-Rise
2015
NR
House of Cards
2015
8.3
Taskmaster
2015
7.5
Peter Kay's Car Share
2015
NR
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
NR
The 12 Days of Christine
2015
NR
La Couchette
2015
7.3
Galavant
2015
7.2
Chasing Shadows
2014
7.1
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
20145.5
The Case of the High Foot
20146.0
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
8.0
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
4.1
Good Morning Britain
2014
7.2
The Widower
2014
NR
The Harrowing
2014
NR
The Understudy
2014
NR
Last Gasp
20146.5
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
NR
Tom & Gerri
2014
NR
A Quiet Night In
2014
9.0
Sardines
2014
8.1
Inside No. 9
2014
6.8
House of Fools
2014
7.7
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
6.8
The World's End
2013
6.2
A Field in England
2013
6.8
Psychobitches
2013
4.0
Catchphrase
2013
7.0
Gadget Man
2012
6.0
Bad Sugar
2012
7.4
The Hollow Crown
2012
6.3
Him Indoors
2012
6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
NR
Squeamish!
2011
NR
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
6.7
Eric & Ernie
2011NR
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
2010
7.3
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
NR
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
6.1
Burke & Hare
2010
5.9
The First Men in the Moon
2010NR
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
2010
7.0
Peacock Season
2010
4.0
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
7.7
You Have Been Watching
2009
6.9
Psychoville
2009
8.0
Horrible Histories
2009
6.0
The Cottage
2008
4.2
Christmas at the Riviera
2007NR
Ladies and Gentlemen
2007
7.0
Comedy Showcase
2007
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
2007
8.1
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
200710.0
The Russell Brand Show
2006
7.6
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
NR
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
6.2
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
6.3
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
7.5
Shaun of the Dead
2004
7.2
Catterick
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004
5.5
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
6.2
tlc
2002NR
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
7.8
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
5.9
Birthday Girl
20016.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
7.9
Spaced
1999
5.4
This Year's Love
1999
7.7
The League of Gentlemen
1999
6.1
In the Red
1998
6.7
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
5.0
Auton
1997
5.9
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
19967.0
Mash and Peas
1996
8.4
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
8.0
Highgate House of Horror
1995NR
Prodigies
—NR
Doctor Who
—NR
Cold Comfort
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