Ashley Thorpe and co-starred Jonathan Rigby. Shearsmith also 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. 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. In 2020, he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as The President and Jon in A Very Expensive Poison at The Old Vic. In 2021, he appeared as a contestant in the 4th series of The Great British Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer. For his performance in Series 5 of Inside No. 9, Shearsmith received a nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards. In December 2021, Shearsmith and Pemberton toured the UK as Inside No.9: An Evening With Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton answering fan questions and share behind-the-scenes stories from the series. In April 2022, Shearsmith once again co-wrote and starred in the seventh series of Inside No. 9. The series premiered on 20 April 2022. In September 2022, Shearsmith starred in Tom George's film See How They Run, where he played British film producer John Woolf. On the Empire Podcast episode # 532, recorded on 10th September 2022, Shearsmith announced that he had filmed a part in Emerald Fennell's upcoming thriller film Saltburn, about an aristocratic English family. Personal life Shearsmith and his wife, Jane, have two children. Works Film Television Stage Publications Radio References External links 1969 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Bretton Hall College Comedians from Yorkshire English male comedians English male film actors English television writers English radio writers English male television actors Male actors from Kingston upon Hull Male actors from Yorkshire The League of Gentlemen Writers from Kingston upon Hull British male television writers