
Reece Shearsmith
Biography
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.
Acting (47 movies)

Birthday Girl
2001

Shaun of the Dead
2004

The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
2000

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006

The Cottage
2008

A Brush With Comedy
2023

The First Men in the Moon
2010

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005

Christmas at the Riviera
2007

The World's End
2013

Peacock Season
2010

Him Indoors
2012

An Adventure in Space and Time
2013

A Field in England
2013

Spaced: Skip to the End
2004

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002

Psychoville Halloween Special
2010

High-Rise
2015

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014

Auton 2: Sentinel
1998

Borley Rectory
2017

Saltburn
2023

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996

Auton
1997

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009

Burke & Hare
2010

Bad Sugar
2012

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005

This Year's Love
1999

Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001

Eric & Ernie
2011

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

In the Earth
2021

See How They Run
2022

Highgate House of Horror
1995

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995

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

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024

The Man You're Not
2017

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018

Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
2025

House of Cards
2015
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! | 2000 | Writer | 
| The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane | 2001 | Writer | 
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | 2005 | Writer | 
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | 2005 | Executive Producer | 
| Psychoville Halloween Special | 2010 | Writer | 
| The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! | 2018 | Writer |