1. Reeson Wayne Shearsmith was born on 27 August 1969 and is a British actor, comedian, writer and magician.
20 Facts About Reece Shearsmith
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Reece Shearsmith was a member of The League of Gentlemen, with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson.
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Reece Shearsmith had notable roles in Spaced and The World's End.
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Reece Shearsmith was born on 27 August 1969 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, as Reeson Wayne Reece Shearsmith.
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Reece Shearsmith attended Andrew Marvell High School and then Bretton Hall College of Education, where he met Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton, fellow actors and comedians.
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Reece Shearsmith 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.
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In 2011, Cameron Mackintosh's new musical Betty Blue Eyes opened in the West End, in which Reece Shearsmith played downtrodden husband Gilbert Chilvers alongside Sarah Lancashire.
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Reece Shearsmith worked with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer again in the first series of House of Fools as Martin the ghost and in the Christmas special as Santa.
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Reece Shearsmith made two guest appearances in Jeremy Dyson's Psychobitches as Old Mother Shipton in series one and Princess Margaret in series two.
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Reece Shearsmith starred as Detective Sergeant Stone in Chasing Shadows, an ITV drama series about missing persons.
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In February 2015, Reece Shearsmith was interviewed by Adam Buxton on BBC Radio 4's Chain Reaction and he then interviewed Bob Mortimer.
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Reece Shearsmith appeared in Hangmen at the Royal Court Theatre from Thursday 10 September to Saturday 10 October 2015.
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Reece Shearsmith appeared live at Latitude Festival in Southwold, Suffolk.
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In 2017, Reece Shearsmith appeared in the part-animated film Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England.
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Reece Shearsmith appeared in the title role in The Dresser at the Chichester Festival Theatre, as well as reuniting with The League of Gentlemen for three television specials, transmitted on BBC2 in December 2017.
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Reece Shearsmith appeared as himself in the 2018 short film To Trend on Twitter in aid of young people with cancer charity CLIC Sargent with fellow comedians David Baddiel, Steve Pemberton, Helen Lederer and actor Jason Flemyng.
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In May 2022, Reece Shearsmith starred as Peter in The Unfriend, alongside Frances Barber and Amanda Abbington.
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In September 2022, Reece Shearsmith starred in Tom George's film See How They Run, where he played British film producer John Woolf.
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Reece Shearsmith is married to Jane Reece Shearsmith, who he first met while touring a play.
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Reece Shearsmith is a fan of Neil Hannon and his band The Divine Comedy.