Acting · Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Born August 27, 1969
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.
MovieRogue Trooper
2026
as Bagman (voice)
MovieRazor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
2025
as Self
MovieCaptured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025
as Self
MovieInside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
MovieWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
as Norbot (voice)
TV3 Body Problem
2024
as Alan Turing
MovieSaltburn
2023
as Professor Ware
MovieA Brush with Comedy
2023
as Self
MovieSee How They Run
2022
as John Woolf
TVThe Witchfinder
2022
as Matthew Hopkins
MovieVenom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Priest
TVFoundation
2021
as Jerril
MovieIn the Earth
2021
as Zach Whitehead
TVMichael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert
MovieInvestigating The Ladykillers
2020
MovieTales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self
TVThe Adventures of Paddington
2019
as Містер Каррі (голос)
TVGood Omens
2019
as Furfur
TVCelebrity Catchphrase
2018
as Self - Contestant
TVThe Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
MovieZanzibar
2018
as Henry
MovieBorley Rectory
2017
as V.C Wall
MovieThe Man You're Not
2017
as Reece Shearsmith
MovieThe Riddle of the Sphinx
2017
as Tyler
MovieThe Devil of Christmas
2016
MovieBob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016
TVDiddy TV
2016
as Mr. Stockholm
TVStag
2016
Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny
2015
as Self
MovieHigh-Rise
2015
as Nathan Steele
MovieHouse of Cards
2015
as Self
TVTaskmaster
2015
as Self
TVPeter Kay's Car Share
2015
MovieThe Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
as Mr Warren
MovieThe 12 Days of Christine
2015
as Stranger
MovieLa Couchette
2015
as Maxwell
TVGalavant
2015
as Neo of Sporin
TVChasing Shadows
2014
as DS Sean Stone
TVAlan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
The Case of the High Foot
2014
as The Doctor
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Movie50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
TVGood Morning Britain
2014
as Self
TVThe Widower
2014
as Malcolm Webster
MovieThe Harrowing
2014
as Hector
MovieThe Understudy
2014
as Jim
Remembering 'Dead of Night'
2014
MovieTom & Gerri
2014
as Tom
MovieA Quiet Night In
2014
as Ray
MovieSardines
2014
as Stu
TVInside No. 9
2014
as James
TVHouse of Fools
2014
as Martin
MovieAn Adventure in Space and Time
2013
as Patrick Troughton
MovieThe World's End
2013
as Collaborator
MovieA Field in England
2013
as Whitehead
TVPsychobitches
2013
as Old Mother Shipton
TVCatchphrase
2013
TVGadget Man
2012
MovieBad Sugar
2012
as Greg
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Davy
MovieHim Indoors
2012
as Gregory Brewster
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Old Mother Shipton
TVSqueamish!
2011
as Narrator
MovieEric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self
MovieEric & Ernie
2011
as Harry Wiseman
TVMid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
as Jasper
MoviePsychoville Halloween Special
2010
as Various
MovieBurke & Hare
2010
as Sergeant Mackenzie
MovieThe First Men in the Moon
2010
as Moon
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
2010
MoviePeacock Season
2010
as Stoaty
MovieVictoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
TVYou Have Been Watching
2009
as Self
TVPsychoville
2009
as Maureen Sowerbutts / Various Characters
TVHorrible Histories
2009
MovieThe Cottage
2008
as Peter
MovieChristmas at the Riviera
2007
as Ashley
TVComedy Showcase
2007
as Freddy
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
TVDerren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
as Himself
The Russell Brand Show
2006
as Self
MovieThe League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
as 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
MovieDon'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
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
MovieThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Various Characters
MovieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Additional Vogon Voices
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Rassmussen
MovieSpaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
MovieShaun of the Dead
2004
as Mark
TVCatterick
2004
as Tony
TVNew Tricks
2004
MovieRobbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
as Viking (voice)
TVtlc
2002
as Dr Laurence Flynn
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
as Self
MovieThe League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
as various
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
MovieBirthday Girl
2001
as Porter
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
TVSpaced
1999
as Dexter
MovieThis Year's Love
1999
as Tourist
TVThe League of Gentlemen
1999
as Various
TVIn the Red
1998
as Broadcast Journalist
TVAlexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
MovieAuton
1997
as Dr. Daniel Matthews
MoviePROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996
as Andrew Powell
Mash and Peas
1996
MoviePROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Andrew Powell
MovieHighgate House of Horror
1995
as Mr Dandridge
Ladies and Gentlemen
as Freddie
Prodigies
Doctor Who
as Rassmussen
