
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.

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

Sardines

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne

Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand

Taskmaster

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

Inside No. 9

A Brush With Comedy

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Highgate House of Horror

グッド・オーメンズ

Horrible Histories

スペースド

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane

Would I Lie to You?

パディントンのぼうけん

ファウンデーション

You Have Been Watching

The League of Gentlemen

An Adventure in Space and Time

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You

ドクター・フー

ショーン・オブ・ザ・デッド

三体

ウォレスとグルミット 仕返しなんてコワくない!

Peter Kay's Car Share

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

ホロウ・クラウン/嘆きの王冠

New Tricks

Galavant

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

The Widower

Chasing Shadows

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Catterick

Peacock Season

Saltburn

Tales of the Uncanny

Comedy Showcase

Gadget Man

Psychoville

ワールズ・エンド/酔っぱらいが世界を救う!

Psychobitches

House of Fools

ヴェノム:レット・ゼア・ビー・カーネイジ

銀河ヒッチハイク・ガイド

Eric & Ernie

The Witchfinder

ウエスト・エンド殺人事件

Him Indoors

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

ア・フィールド・イン・イングランド

バークアンドヘアー

Spaced: Skip to the End

Bad Sugar

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

Stag

Playhouse Presents

The Cottage

バースデイ・ガール

The First Men in the Moon

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

イン・ジ・アース

ハイ・ライズ

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne

tlc

In the Red

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Borley Rectory

This Year's Love

Christmas at the Riviera

Good Morning Britain

Auton

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas

Catchphrase

Psychoville Halloween Special

Rogue Trooper

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

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'

The Man You're Not

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys

House of Cards

The Devil of Christmas

Vampires Forever

A Quiet Night In

Tom & Gerri

The Understudy

The Harrowing

La Couchette

Squeamish!

Diddy TV

Celebrity Catchphrase