Reece Shearsmith

Reeson Wayne Shearsmith (lahir 27 Agustus 1969) adalah aktor, komedian, penulis, dan pesulap Inggris. Dia adalah anggota The League of Gentlemen, bersama Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss dan Jeremy Dyson. Bersama dengan Pemberton, dia menciptakan, menulis dan membintangi sitkom Psychoville dan serial antologi komedi gelap Inside No. 9. Dia memiliki peran penting dalam Spaced dan The World's End. Shearsmith lahir di Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Dia bersekolah di Andrew Marvell High School dan kemudian Bretton Hall College of Education, di mana dia bertemu Mark Gatiss dan Steve Pemberton, sesama aktor dan komedian. League of Gentlemen dimulai sebagai aksi panggung pada tahun 1995, dipindahkan ke Radio 4 sebagai On the Town dengan The League of Gentlemen pada tahun 1997, dan ditayangkan di televisi di BBC Two pada tahun 1999. Yang terakhir melihat Shearsmith dan rekan-rekannya dianugerahi British Academy Television Award, Royal Television Society Award, dan Golden Rose of Montreux yang bergengsi. Mengikuti The League of Gentlemen, Shearsmith muncul dalam program komedi termasuk Max dan Paddy's Road to Nowhere serta berperan sebagai penjahat Tony di Vic Reeves dan komedi Bob Mortimer Catterick. Dia muncul dalam dua episode komedi budaya pop pemenang penghargaan Spaced sebagai prajurit TA Dexter yang terobsesi dengan Perang Robot, dan berperan sebagai Dokter Flynn yang neurotik di sitkom rumah sakit TLC bersama Alexander Armstrong. Pada tahun 2014, Shearsmith dan Pemberton kembali ke BBC2 dengan serial komedi gelap baru berjudul Inside No. 9. Setiap episode serial antologi berlangsung di 'No. lokasi 9'. Shearsmith dan Pemberton memainkan berbagai karakter dalam serial ini dan juga menyutradarai dua episodenya. Juga pada tahun 2014, ia berperan sebagai Malcolm Webster dalam serial drama ITV, berdasarkan kisah nyata, The Widower.

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.