Reece Shearsmith
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Reeson Wayne "Reece" Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is an English actor, writer and comedian.
He created, wrote and starred in sketch show The League of Gentlemen, along with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. He and Pemberton also created, wrote and starred in the dark comedy series Psychoville.
The pair currently write and star in their anthology series Inside No. 9.
In The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and Inside No. 9, Shearsmith plays multiple characters. He had notable roles in Spaced, The World's End and the Doctor Who episode Sleep No More, as well as making a small appearance in Shaun of the Dead.
Early life
Shearsmith was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, as Reeson Wayne Shearsmith. He attended Andrew Marvell High School and then Bretton Hall College of Education where he met Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton.
Personal life
Reece is married to Jane Shearsmith, and they have two children together.
Career
The League of Gentlemen began as a stage act in 1995 and then transferred to Radio 4 as On the Town with The League of Gentlemen in 1997 and then migrated to television on BBC Two in 1999.
Shearsmith and his coworkers were awarded a British Academy Television Award, a Royal Television Society Award, and Montreux's coveted Golden Rose.
Shearsmith appeared on comedy shows including Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, as well as playing villain Tony in the Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer comedy Catterick.
In two episodes of the award-winning pop-culture comedy Spaced as Robot Wars obsessed TA soldier Dexter and played neurotic Doctor Flynn in a hospital sitcom TLC with Alexander Armstrong.
He appeared in the West End from March 2006 to January 2007 as Leo Bloom in The Producers.
Shearsmith portrayed "Ante," a heavy-set, oddly dressed biker of the "Lappish Mafia," on the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film Free Jimmy, in English language DVD version. His voice is used in this film as well as Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss.
Psychoville debuted in June 2009 and marked his return to BBC2. Shearsmith and his Writing partner Steve Pemberton wrote the dark comedy book. Both Shearsmith and Pemberton appeared in the series, which included two series and a Halloween special.
Shearsmith appeared in the John Landis black comedy Burke & Hare in 2010.
In 2011, Cameron Mackintosh's latest musical Betty Blue Eyes opened in the West End, in which Shearsmith played downtrodden husband Gilbert Chilvers (a chiropodist) alongside Sarah Lancashire. In 2011, he appeared Harry Wiseman in Eric & Ernie, a one-length TV drama about Morecambe and Wise.
He appeared in Bad Sugar, a comedy pilot written by Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong, as well as Olivia Colman, Julia Davis, and Sharon Horgan in 2012. Due to the writers and cast's availability, a complete series order was cancelled. He also appeared in comedy pilot The Function Room.
He appeared Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time, a docu-drama about Doctor Who's conception and creation in 2013 based on Mark Gatiss' book An Adventure in Space and Time.
Martin the ghost and Bob Mortimer reprised his role in the first series of House of Fools as Martin the ghost and in the Christmas special as Santa. As Old Mother Shipton in series one and Princess Margaret in series two, he appeared in Jeremy Dyson's Psychologies as Old Mother Shipton and Princess Margaret in series two. He appeared in A Field in England as Whitehead and appeared in The World's End in 2013.
Shearsmith and Pemberton appeared on BBC2 in 2014 as part of a new dark comedy series called Inside No. 2. 9. In a different 'No' No.' Each episode of the anthology series takes place. The 9th location. Shearsmith and Pemberton appear in the series as various characters and have also narrated two of the episodes. Malcolm Webster appeared in a TV drama series based on a true tale called The Widower, and he starred as Malcolm Webster in 2014.
In Chasing Shadows, an ITV drama series about missing people, he appeared as Detective Sergeant Stone.
Gagan Rassen appeared in the Series 9 Doctor Who episode "Sleep No More," Steele's High-Rise directed by Ben Wheatley, Ray in Peter Kay's Car Share and Pastor John, Julia Davis' Christmas specials. Shearsmith was interviewed by Adam Buxton on BBC Radio 4's Chain Reaction in February 2015, and he then talked to Bob Mortimer.
He appeared in Hangmen at the Royal Court Theatre from Thursday, September 10th, to Saturday, October 10th, 2015.
He appeared in Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, American musical comedy series Galavant, and Stag, a dark comedy thriller. He appeared live at the Latitude Festival in Southwold, Suffolk.
Inside No. 9 is a Christmas special. In December 2016, 9 became a third series in 2017 and a third one in December 2016.
Shearsmith appeared in Borley Rectory: England's Most Haunted House in 2017. Jonathan Rigby and Ashley Thorpe co-starred in it. Shearsmith 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, which were also shown on BBC2 in December 2017.
Shearsmith appeared in the short film To Trend on Twitter in support of young people with CLIC Sargent's CLIC Sargent, alongside fellow comedians David Baddiel, Steve Pemberton, Helen Lederer, and actor Jason Flemyng.
In 2020, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Support Role for his role as President and Jon in A Very Extensive Poison at The Old Vic.
In 2021, he appeared as a contestant in the 4th series of The Great British Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer. He was praised for his appearance in Inside No. 5's Series 5. At the 2021 British Academy Television Awards, Shearsmith was nominated for Best Male Comedy Performance. Shearsmith and Pemberton toured the UK in December 2021 as Inside No. 9: An Evening With Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton answering fan questions and sharing behind-the-scenes tales from the series.
Shearsmith co-wrote and appeared in the seventh series of Inside No. 5 in April 2022. 9. On April 20, 2022, the series premiered on 20 April 2022.
Shearsmith appeared in Tom George's film See How They Run in September 2022, where he played British film producer John Woolf.
Shearsmith revealed on Empire Podcast Episode 532, which was released on September 10, 2022, that he had shot a part of Emerald Fennell's upcoming thriller film Saltburn about an aristocratic English family.