# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-shearer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:47:15.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-shearer"
name: "Harry Shearer"
slug: "harry-shearer"
description: "Harry Julius Shearer is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life (1979) with Albert Brooks and worked as a writer on Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night."
tagline: "American actor (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Shearer_at_RT4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-12-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.64619333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theharryshearer"
    handle:    "theharryshearer"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/theharryshearer"
    handle:    "theharryshearer"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733427/"
    handle:    "nm0733427"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://harryshearer.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاري شيرر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B1"
    title: "هارى شيرر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B1"
    title: "هری شیرر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Хари Шиърър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ھاری شیرەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B1"
    title: "هری شیرر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A8"
    title: "הארי שירר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ハリー・シェアラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%B4%EB%A6%AC_%EC%8B%9C%EC%96%B4%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "해리 시어러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrius_Shearer"
    title: "Harrius Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/24c01e8b-dbc4-4965-8cf5-147cdc382a4f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345325"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6008"
    title: "Harry Shearer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump