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Reeson Wayne "Reece" Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is an English actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for being a member of The League of Gentlemen, alongside Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. With Pemberton, he later created, wrote and starred in the sitcom Psychoville, as well as the dark comedy anthology series, Inside No. 9.

Reece Shearsmith
Shearsmith in 2021
Born	Reeson Wayne Shearsmith 27 August 1969 (1969-08-27) (age 53) Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality	British
Education	Bretton Hall College
Occupation	Actor writer comedian producer director magician
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Jane Shearsmith ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

He has also had notable roles in Spaced and The World's End.

Early life

Shearsmith was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, as Reeson Wayne Shearsmith. He attended Andrew Marvell High School[1] and then Bretton Hall College of Education where he met Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton.[2]

Career

1995–2005: Career beginnings and The League of Gentlemen

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 then arrived on television on BBC Two in 1999.

The latter 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.[3]

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.

2005–2013: Theatre, Psychoville and continued success

From March 2006 to January 2007, he appeared in the West End as Leo Bloom in The Producers.[4]

In the 2008 English language DVD release of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film Free Jimmy, Shearsmith voiced the character of "Ante", a heavy-set, bizarrely-dressed biker member of the "Lappish Mafia". In this, his voice is used along with Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss.

Psychoville began June 2009 and marked his return to BBC2.[5][6][7][8] The dark comedy series was written by Shearsmith and his League of Gentlemen writing partner Steve Pemberton. Both Shearsmith and Pemberton played numerous characters in the programme, which ran for two series and a Halloween special.

In 2010 Shearsmith appeared in the John Landis black comedy Burke & Hare.[9][10]

In 2011, Cameron Mackintosh's new musical Betty Blue Eyes opened in the West End, in which Shearsmith played downtrodden husband Gilbert Chilvers (a chiropodist) alongside Sarah Lancashire.[11] Also in 2011, he played Harry Wiseman in Eric & Ernie, a feature-length TV drama about Morecambe and Wise.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, he appeared in Bad Sugar, a comedy pilot written by Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong, along with Olivia Colman, Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan. A full series order was cancelled due to availability of the writers and cast.[12] He also appeared in comedy pilot The Function Room.[13]

In 2013, he played Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time, a docu-drama about the conception and making of Doctor Who, which was written by Mark Gatiss.[14]

He worked with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer again in the first series of House of Fools as Martin the ghost and in the Christmas special as Santa. He made two guest appearances in Jeremy Dyson's Psychobitches as Old Mother Shipton in series one and Princess Margaret in series two. Also in 2013, he starred in Ben Wheatley's A Field in England as Whitehead and appeared in The World's End.^{[citation needed]}

2014–present: Inside No. 9, ITV dramas and awards

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.[15] Also in 2014, he starred as Malcolm Webster in ITV drama series, based on a true story, The Widower.[16]

He starred as Detective Sergeant Stone in Chasing Shadows, an ITV drama series about missing persons.[17][18]

In 2015, he played Gagan Rassmussen in the Series 9 Doctor Who episode "Sleep No More", Steele in High-Rise directed by Ben Wheatley, Ray in Peter Kay's Car Share and Pastor John in the Christmas specials of Julia Davis’ Hunderby.[19][20][21] In February 2015, Shearsmith was interviewed by Adam Buxton on BBC Radio 4's Chain Reaction and he then interviewed Bob Mortimer.[22]

He appeared in Hangmen at the Royal Court Theatre from Thursday 10 September to Saturday 10 October 2015.[23]

In 2016, he appeared in Mid Morning Matters With Alan Partridge, American musical comedy series Galavant and dark comedy thriller Stag.[24][25] He appeared live at Latitude Festival in Southwold, Suffolk.[26]

A Christmas special of Inside No. 9 aired in December 2016 and a third series in 2017.[27]

In 2017, Shearsmith appeared in the part-animated film Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England. It was written and directed by Ashley Thorpe and co-starred Jonathan Rigby.[28] Shearsmith also appeared in the title role in The Dresser at the Chichester Festival Theatre, as well as reuniting with The League of Gentlemen for three television specials, transmitted on BBC2 in December 2017.[29][30][31]

Shearsmith appeared as himself in the 2018 short film To Trend on Twitter in aid of young people with cancer charity CLIC Sargent with fellow comedians David Baddiel, Steve Pemberton, Helen Lederer and actor Jason Flemyng.[32]

In 2020, he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as The President and Jon in A Very Expensive Poison at The Old Vic.[33]

In 2021, he appeared as a contestant in the 4th series of The Great British Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer.[34] For his performance in Series 5 of Inside No. 9, Shearsmith received a nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards.[35][36] In December 2021, Shearsmith and Pemberton toured the UK as Inside No.9: An Evening With Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton answering fan questions and share behind-the-scenes stories from the series.[37]

In April 2022, Shearsmith once again co-wrote and starred in the seventh series of Inside No. 9. The series premiered on 20 April 2022.[38]

In September 2022, Shearsmith starred in Tom George's film See How They Run, where he played British film producer John Woolf.

On the Empire Podcast episode # 532, recorded on 10th September 2022, Shearsmith announced that he had filmed a part in Emerald Fennell's upcoming thriller film Saltburn, about an aristocratic English family.[39]

Personal life

Reece is married to Jane Shearsmith, and they have two children together.

Works

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	P.R.O.B.E. – The Devil of Winterborne	Andrew Powell	Video
1996	P.R.O.B.E. – The Ghosts of Winterborne	Andrew Powell	Video short
1997	Auton	Dr Daniel Matthews	Video
1999	This Year's Love	Tourist
2001	Birthday Girl	Porter
2004	Shaun of the Dead	Mark
2005	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Additional Vogon voices
	The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse	Various	Also writer
2006	Free Jimmy	Ante (voice)	English dub
	The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!	Various	Video
2008	The Cottage	Peter
2010	Burke and Hare	Sergeant Mackenzie
	Good Boy	Underdog	Short film
2012	Him Indoors	Gregory Brewster	Short film
2013	A Field in England	Whitehead
	The World's End	Collaborator
2015	High-Rise	Nathan Steele
2017	Borley Rectory	V. C. Wall
2021	In the Earth	Zach
2021	Venom: Let There Be Carnage	Priest
2022	See How They Run	John Woolf
2023	Saltburn		Filming

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Alas Smith and Jones	Unknown
	London's Burning	Martin	Episode #8.2
1996	Friday Night Armistice	Performer
	Mash and Peas	Jerry Berkowi	Episode: "American Sitcoms"
1998	Lenny Goes to Town	Unknown	Episode: "Brighton"
	Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round	Phillip Arthurs	Episode #1.5
	In the Red	Broadcast Journalist	3 episodes
1999–2002	The League of Gentlemen	Various	19 episodes; also writer
2000	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Helium Harry	Episode: "Two Can Play at That Game"
2001	Spaced	Dexter	2 episodes
2002	TLC	Dr. Laurence Flynn	6 episodes
	Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe	Viking (voice)	Television film
2004	Catterick	Tony	6 episodes
	Monkey Trousers	Various	Television film
	Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere	Bobster	Episode #1.3
2007	The Abbey	Dr. Darren	Television film
	Agatha Christie's Marple	Inspector Huish	Episode: "Ordeal by Innocence"
	Modern Men	Actor
	Comedy Showcase	Freddie	Episode: "Ladies and Gentlemen"
	Christmas at the Riviera	Ashley	Television film
2008	New Tricks	Jeremy Kirk	Episode: "A Face for Radio"
	Coming Up	Lickle Bill Um	Episode: "Lickle Bill Um"
2009	Would I Lie to You?	Himself	Episode #3.8
	Mid Life Christmas	Vicar	Television film
2009–2011	Psychoville	Various	14 episodes; also writer
2010	The First Men in the Moon	Moon	Television film
	The Bear	Luka	Television film
2011	Eric and Ernie	Harry Wiseman	Television film
2012	The Hollow Crown	Davy	Episode: "Henry IV, Part II"
	Comedy Showcase	P.C. Bracket	Episode: "The Function Room"
	Swiftcover SwiftBrothers advertising campaign	Voice actor
	Comedy Showcase	Greg	Episode: "Bad Sugar"
	Silent Night of the Living Dead	Actor
2012–2013	Horrible Histories	Hollywood Producer #1	9 episodes
2013	An Adventure in Space and Time	Patrick Troughton	Television film
2013–2014	Psychobitches	Various	2 episodes
2014	The Widower	Malcolm Webster	3 episodes
	Chasing Shadows	DS Sean Stone	4 episodes
	House of Fools	Martin / Santa	2 episodes
	Dead Funny: Horror Stories by Comedians	Writer
2014–present	Inside No. 9	Various	Also writer and director
2015	Peter Kay's Car Share	Ray the Fishmonger	Episode #1.3
	Doctor Who	Gagan Rassmussen	Episode: "Sleep No More"
	Hunderby	Pastor John	2 episodes
2016	Galavant	Neo of Sporin	Episode: "Love and Death"
	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge	Jasper Jones	Episode: "Jasper + Chef"
	Stag	Wendy	2 episodes
	Diddy TV	Mr. Stockholm	4 episodes
2017	The League of Gentlemen	Various	3 episodes
2019	Good Omens	William Shakespeare	Episode: "Hard Times"
2019-present	The Adventures of Paddington	Mr. Curry (voice)
2021	The Great British Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer	Himself/contestant	Episode #4.3
	Foundation	Jerril	2 episodes
2022	The Witchfinder	Matthew Hopkins	Series 1 Episode 6

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The League of Gentlemen	Various	Stage show; also writer
2001	A Local Show for Local People	Various	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; also writer
2002	'Art'	Yvan	Whitehall Theatre
2005	The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!	Performer	Various venues; also writer
2005	As You Like It	Jacques	Wyndham's Theatre
2006	The Producers	Leo Bloom	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
2008	The Common Pursuit	Nick	Menier Chocolate Factory
2009	Comedians	Phil Murray	Lyric Hammersmith
2010	Ghost Stories	Professor Phillip Goodman	Duke of York's Theatre
2011	Betty Blue Eyes	Gilbert Chilvers	Novello Theatre
2012	Absent Friends	Colin[40]	Harold Pinter Theatre
2015	Hangmen	Syd Armfield[41]	Royal Court Theatre; by Martin McDonagh
2016	The Dresser	Norman	Duke of York's Theatre
2018	Hangmen	Syd Armfield	Atlantic Theater Company
2019	A Very Expensive Poison	The President / Jon	The Old Vic
2022	The Unfriend	Peter	Minerva Theatre, Chichester

Publications

Year	Title	Role
2000	A Local Book For Local People	Writer

Radio

Year	Title	Role
1997	On The Town With The League of Gentlemen	Writer/Actor
2012	Bird Island	Ben Jones

References

External links

• Reece Shearsmith at IMDb

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[ru] Шерсмит, Рис

Рисон Уэйн Ширсмит (англ. Reece Shearsmith; род. 27 августа 1969, Кингстон-апон-Халл) — английский актёр, писатель, юморист, телевизионный продюсер и фокусник[источник не указан 918 дней]. Он участвовал в создании скетч-шоу «Лига джентльменов» наряду со Стивом Пембертоном, Марком Гэтиссом и Джереми Дайсоном. Ширсмит сыграл свыше 30 ролей. Также участвовал в создании другого, удостоенного наградами, сериала «Психовилль», наряду с Пембертоном.

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