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