Acting
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.
Doctor Who
2005 · TV
Foundation
2021 · TV
3 Body Problem
2024 · TV
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · TV
Taskmaster
2015 · TV
New Tricks
2004 · TV
Good Omens
2019 · TV
Inside No. 9
2014 · TV
Horrible Histories
2009 · TV
Saltburn
2023 · Movie
The Adventures of Paddington
2019 · TV
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018 · TV
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · TV
Playhouse Presents
2012 · TV
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 · Movie
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020 · TV
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · TV
The Hollow Crown
2012 · TV
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024 · Movie
Shaun of the Dead
2004 · Movie
Catchphrase
2013 · TV
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · TV
Psychoville
2009 · TV
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 · Movie
The World's End
2013 · Movie
Good Morning Britain
2014 · TV
Spaced
1999 · TV
Galavant
2015 · TV
The League of Gentlemen
1999 · TV
Psychobitches
2013 · TV
Comedy Showcase
2007 · TV
High-Rise
2015 · Movie
Diddy TV
2016 · TV
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010 · TV
The Witchfinder
2022 · TV
Peter Kay's Car Share
2015 · TV
Gadget Man
2012 · TV
Birthday Girl
2001 · Movie
See How They Run
2022 · Movie
You Have Been Watching
2009 · TV
House of Fools
2014 · TV
Chasing Shadows
2014 · TV
In the Red
1998 · TV
The Widower
2014 · TV
Stag
2016 · TV
Burke & Hare
2010 · Movie
tlc
2002 · TV
Catterick
2004 · TV
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007 · TV
The Harrowing
2014 · Movie
The Understudy
2014 · Movie
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004 · Movie
The Cottage
2008 · Movie
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998 · TV
Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
2025 · Movie
The First Men in the Moon
2010 · Movie
La Couchette
2015 · Movie
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015 · Movie
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 · Movie
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013 · Movie
Tom & Gerri
2014 · Movie
Christmas at the Riviera
2007 · Movie
Sardines
2014 · Movie
Borley Rectory
2017 · Movie
Highgate House of Horror
1995 · Movie
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005 · Movie
Rogue Trooper
2026 · Movie
The 12 Days of Christine
2015 · Movie
A Field in England
2013 · Movie
In the Earth
2021 · Movie
Him Indoors
2012 · Movie
This Year's Love
1999 · Movie
The Devil of Christmas
2016 · Movie
Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · Movie
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995 · Movie
A Quiet Night In
2014 · Movie
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024 · Movie
Zanzibar
2018 · Movie
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996 · Movie
Squeamish!
2011 · TV
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 · Movie
House of Cards
2015 · Movie
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016 · Movie
Eric & Ernie
2011 · Movie
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'
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'
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 · Movie
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009 · Movie
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010 · Movie
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006 · Movie
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002 · Movie
Bad Sugar
2012 · Movie
A Brush with Comedy
2023 · Movie
The Man You're Not
2017 · Movie
Auton
1997 · Movie
The Riddle of the Sphinx
2017 · Movie
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025 · Movie
Peacock Season
2010 · Movie
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001 · Movie
Investigating The Ladykillers
2020 · Movie
