Stephen Lea Sheppard

{{Short description|Canadian writer and actor}}

Stephen Lea Sheppard is a Canadian writer and former television and film actor. He played Dudley Heinsbergen in the 2001 Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums and geek guru Harris Trinsky on NBC dramedy Freaks and Geeks.

Sheppard was born in Gibsons, British Columbia, northwest of Vancouver.{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/saved-by-hollywood|title=What happened to Dudley Heinsbergen?|first=Richard|last=Warnica|work=Maclean's|date=June 12, 2012|access-date=June 16, 2012}} On a commentary track for the Freaks and Geeks episode, "Looks and Books”, Judd Apatow shared that he gave Wes Anderson an "acting reel" he made of Sheppard's performance on the show, in order to help Sheppard get his Royal Tenenbaums role."Looks and Books." Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series. Commentary by Judd Apatow, John Francis Daley, Paul Feig, Samm Levine, Natasha Melnick, Jerry Messing, Stephen Lea Sheppard, and Martin Starr. Writ. Paul Feig. Dir. Ken Kwapis. Shout! Factory, 2004. DVD. These two roles remain Sheppard's only on-camera acting credits.

Beginning in 2007, he has co-authored several modules for the role playing game Exalted.

Sheppard lives in Surrey, British Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/slsheppard?lang=en|title=Stephen Lea Sheppard (@SLSheppard) |website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=December 20, 2019}}