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Harry Shearer has been a cast member on Saturday Night Live twice, first during the 1979-1980 season and later in 1984-1985. He’s been an integral part of the long-running animated series The Simpsons, where he voices many key characters. He’s also appeared in many films and has written three books. Shearer was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008.
On a personal level, Shearer feels passionately about the levee failure that led to the massive disaster when Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans in 2005. Five years after the tragedy Shearer directed a documentary called The Big Uneasy, in which he blames the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the devastating loss of life and property that occurred.