Reece Shearsmith
Biography
Reece Shearsmith is a British actor, comedian and writer who came to prominence with The League of Gentlemen, the stage act that grew into a radio show and then a BBC Two television series in 1999. Born in Kingston upon Hull, he met Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton while studying at Bretton Hall College. The League of Gentlemen brought him and his colleagues a British Academy Television Award, and he went on to appear in Spaced, Catterick and TLC. With Pemberton he created and starred in Psychoville and the anthology series Inside No. 9, for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance for its fifth series. His films include Free Jimmy (2006), A Field in England (2013), An Adventure in Space and Time (2013), High-Rise (2015), See How They Run (2022) and Saltburn (2023), and he earned Laurence Olivier Award nominations for Betty Blue Eyes and A Very Expensive Poison.
57years old
Turns 58 on August 27in 319 days
- Born Kingston upon Hull
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Reeson Wayne Shearsmith (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 23 years2001 to 2024
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Early training
While studying at Bretton Hall College of Education, Shearsmith met Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton, who were fellow actors and comedians.
Behind the camera
Shearsmith wrote the dark comedy Psychoville with Steve Pemberton, his writing partner from The League of Gentlemen. The series, which began in June 2009, marked his return to BBC2.
Reece Shearsmith movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl2024 Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fias Norbotvoice
IMDb rating 7.543K votes
Most often with
Ben Wheatley directed three of these films. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mark Gatiss's page
Steve Pemberton's page
Peter Ferdinando's page
Julia Deakin's page
Peter Kay's page
Ian Hallard's page
All films by Ben Wheatley
Box office
What Reece Shearsmith's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$70.2 million
9 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$22M31.2% of the total
- 2$21M29.9% of the total
- 3$16M23.0% of the total
- 4$4.3M6.1% of the total
- 5$2.4M3.5% of the total
- 6$2.3M3.2% of the total
- 7$1.3M1.9% of the total
- 8$600K0.9% of the total
$191,452from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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