Nickname:	Harry Shearer / Derek Smalls / Fearsome Harry Shearer /
Known for:	Godzilla, This Is Spinal Tap, The Truman Show
Birth name:	Harry Julius Shearer
Birthday:	23 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:	5' 7" (1.70 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. One of the stars of 'The Simpsons' has had an offer to take a 70 per cent pay cut rejected.

Harry Shearer - who voices several major characters including Mr. Burns, his assistant Smithers, and Ned Flanders - made the offer to studio 20th Century Fox Television but said the proposal was hinged on he and his castmates receiving a cut of the revenue the show makes from international sales and merchandise.
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Harry Shearer -- who voices Smithers, Mr. Burns and several other major characters on "The Simpsons" -- says he is willing to take an even BIGGER pay cut than FOX wants him to ... but he has a demand of his own.

Shearer and the rest of the cast have been asked to take a 45% reduction in salary in order for the show to continue. Shearer says he's willing to cut his salary a whopping 70% -- but he wants a percentage of the show's profits ... something he says the cast has been denied for years.

Shearer says his reps approached FOX with the idea ... but we're told there are "simply no circumstances under which the network would consider allowing me or any of the actors to share in the show’s success."

Ironically, Mr. Burns would probably have the same answer.

FOX has no .



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Harry Shearer never told his fellow cast members he was planning on making a new demand to FOX ... and it has both surprised them and thrown a monkey wrench in the negotiations ... sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ.

As we already reported, FOX is asking the entire cast to take a 45% pay cut.  Shearer publicly stated this morning he would take a 70% pay cut in return for some profit participation -- something he says FOX is unwilling to do.

But here's the problem -- we've learned ... up until now all 6 cast members have been negotiating as a group with FOX, and the group NEVER asked for what Shearer is asking for now.

We're also told Shearer's profit sharing offer might actually be economically worse for FOX, given how much money "The Simpsons" currently generates. So, chances are slim the network would accept since it's said the standoff is all about saving money.

One source familiar with the negotiations thinks it's still possible for the group to get back on track ... but, as it was put to us, "Harry is the wild card."



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THE SIMPSONS voice actor HARRY SHEARER has accused Fox network bosses of refusing to "share in the show’s success" by granting the cast a portion of the cartoon’s profits in exchange for taking a big pay cut.The longrunning series faces being axed next year (12) because the hit show is becoming too expensive to produce.The
Reuters - "Simpsons" voice actor Harry Shearer says he's willing to take a 70 percent pay cut in exchange for profit participation in the show.
'The Simpsons' may finish at the end of the next series.

The future of the long-running animated sitcom is reportedly in jeopardy because of a dispute of salary negotiations between the six main voice actors - Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer - and studio 20th Century Fox Television, who have told the cast they must take a 45 per cent pay cut.
THE SIMPSONS’ star HARRY SHEARER threw a Christmas party to cheer up his homesick British wife JUDITH OWEN - and it was so much fun they turned it into a stage show.The couple wed in 1993 but Owen became depressed during her first festive season in sunny California because she missed the traditional wintry weather
SPINAL TAP stars MICHAEL MCKEAN and HARRY SHEARER are set to fight for ch arity cash during a celebrity week of beloved U.S. game show JEOPARDY! The two actors/rockers will face off against each other during the Jeop ardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational at the beginning of May (10).The week of special shows will also
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Carrie Prejean wasn't the only "biblically correct" character out in New York this week, 'cause last night everyone's favorite God fearing "Simpsons" character hit the streets too ... with Harry Shearer dropping the voice of Ned Flanders outside the ...

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The stars of cult movie THIS IS… SPINAL TAP are to hit the road "unwigged and unplugged".Actors, musicians and comedy icons Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer will be leaving their flamboyant costumes and electric guitars at home for an upcoming 30-city acoustic tour across America.The trio will perform music from their incarnations as
"Songs of the Bushmen," Harry Shearer's savage and poignant musical satire of the Bush administration's leading figures, will be released by Courgette Records, July 1 on digital platforms including iTunes and Amazon.


Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Denied! The long awaited "Simpsons Ride" will open at Universal Studios Hollywood next month - but don't expect Smithers to be its flamboyant host. In fact, a whole slew of characters won't be featured - namely Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns and his man Smithers -...
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions Don't want the planet to fry? Love rock and roll? Chow down with Spinal Tap! The cast of the cult classic "This Is Spinal Tap" -- genius Harry Shearer, the hilarious Christopher Guest and wacky Michael McKean, along with director and greenie meathead...
The Simpsons star Harry Shearer insists the animated show is such a big hit because the company behind it is not allowed to interfere with the scripts. The actor, who voices Mr. Burns on the show among others, is delighted Fox, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, has no say in the making of the show as he believes the series would never work otherwise.


THE SIMPSONS star HARRY SHEARER insists the animated show is such a big hit because the company behind it is not allowed to interfere with the scripts.The actor, who voices Mr Burns on the show among others, is delighted Fox, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, has no say in the making of the show
Spoof rockers SPINAL TAP have reunited for a spectacular performance at the London leg of LIVE EARTH.The band created for 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap - David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) - were introduced onstage by their manager Marti DiBergi, played by the film’s director

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