--- title: Harry Shearer's Signature Simpsons Roles description: A look back at some of the many characters he voiced over the years, as the actor exits the show canonical: https://time.com/3858563/harry-shearer-simpsons-best-roles/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-14T16:08:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:59.099Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See Harry Shearer's Signature 'Simpsons' Roles og:description: A look back at some of the many characters he voiced over the years, as the actor exits the show og:url: https://time.com/3858563/harry-shearer-simpsons-best-roles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Harry Shearer's Signature 'Simpsons' Roles twitter:description: A look back at some of the many characters he voiced over the years, as the actor exits the show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Harry Shearer's Signature _Simpsons_ Roles by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 14, 2015 4:08 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 14, 2015 4:08 PM CUT ### Principal Skinner  THE SIMPSONS: Principal Skinner promises the best-behaved students at the school can take a ride in a submarine in the “Yellow Subterfuge” episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Dec. 8 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 2013 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fox ### Ned Flanders  THE SIMPSONS: Bart asks Flanders to help him track down their former pastor, Reverend Lovejoy, when Homer starts embracing his religion with a little too much fervor in the all-new "Pulpit Friction" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, April 28 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 2013 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fox ### Mr. Burns  THE SIMPSONS: Mr. Burns attempts to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a superhero in the all-new “Dark Knight Court” episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, March 17 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 2013 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fox ### Kent Brockman  THE SIMPSONS: Kent Brockman on THE SIMPSONS on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and © 2002 TTCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fox ### Dr. Hibbert  Fox ### Kang  THE SIMPSONS: Kang on THE SIMPSONS on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and ©2002 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fox ### Officer Eddie  THE SIMPSONS: Officer Eddie on THE SIMPSONS on FOX. THE SIMPSONS ™ and ©2002 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fox ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3858563/harry-shearer-simpsons-best-roles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3858563/harry-shearer-simpsons-best-roles/"},"headline":"See Harry Shearer's Signature Simpsons Roles","datePublished":"2015-05-14T16:08:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:03:59.099Z","description":"A look back at some of the many characters he voiced over the years, as the actor exits the show","url":"https://time.com/3858563/harry-shearer-simpsons-best-roles/","keywords":["simpsons"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/simpsons/","name":"simpsons"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3858563/harry-shearer-simpsons-best-roles/","name":"See Harry Shearer's Signature Simpsons Roles"}}]}] ```