Michael Stipe
Known for: Acting
Born: January 4, 1960
Place of birth: Decatur, Georgia, USA
John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence. Possessing a distinctive voice, Stipe has been noted for the "mumbling" style of his early career. Since the mid-1980s, Stipe has sung in "wailing, keening, arching vocal figures" that R.E.M. biographer David Buckley compared to Celtic folk artists and Muslim muezzin. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual aspect, often selecting album artwork and directing many of the band's music videos. Outside the music industry, he owns and runs two film production studios, C-00 and Single Cell Pictures. As a member of R.E.M., Stipe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. As a singer-songwriter, Stipe influenced a wide range of artists, including Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Bono of U2 has described his voice as "extraordinary", and Yorke told The Guardian that Stipe is his favorite lyricist, saying "I loved the way he would take an emotion and then take a step back from it and in doing so make it so much more powerful." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filmography
83 movies · 28 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Little, Big, and Far
2026
NR
TFI Unplugged
2026
NR
Antiheroine
2026
NR
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
2024
6.0
Louder Than You Think
2023
7.4
Song Exploder
2020
7.5
Beastie Boys Story
2020
6.7
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
7.0
R.E.M. - Monster
2019
6.8
On the Seventh Day
2018
7.6
Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90
2018
8.0
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017
8.0
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
2017
7.5
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
NR
Jeremy Dance
2017
10.0
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
2016
NR
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.6
R.E.M. by MTV
2014
7.5
Trailblazer Honors
2014
NR
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014
6.9
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
NR
Vic Chesnutt - IT IS WHAT IT IS
2012
NR
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2012
5.0
R.E.M. at the BBC
2012
8.0
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010
NR
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009
5.9
The Cleveland Show
2009
5.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
7.0
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009
8.0
R.E.M. - Live In Athens (MTV) 2008
2008
6.1
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
NR
6 Days
2008
8.0
R.E.M. Live
2007
5.3
Slacker Uprising
2007
9.2
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
NR
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006
4.4
The One Show
2006
7.5
Iconoclasts
2005
7.0
The Colbert Report
2005
8.0
R.E.M. - Live At The Rock Am Ring
2005
4.3
Room
20058.0
Johnny Berlin
20057.7
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
2004
6.4
Saved!
2004
7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
7.2
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
2004NR
Dashboard Confessional: MTV2 Album Covers
2004
6.2
Everyday People
2004
5.0
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
5.4
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
5.3
1 Giant Leap
2002
0.5
R.E.M.
2002
6.3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
NR
Mojica In The Snow: Tonight I Incarnate At Sundance!
2001
NR
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001
4.5
Stranger Inside
2001
5.3
The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
NR
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000
6.5
Spring Forward
2000
7.7
Boston Public
2000
NR
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
2000
7.1
Our Song
2000
7.2
Man on the Moon
1999
6.7
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999NR
R.E.M.: This Way Up
1999
7.5
American Movie
1999
7.4
Being John Malkovich
1999
NR
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
1999
6.2
TV total
1999
NR
R.E.M. Live in Stockholm
1998
NR
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998
NR
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998
6.9
Velvet Goldmine
1998
NR
Radiohead: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1998
NR
Parkinson
1998
5.4
Anthem
1997
8.5
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996
7.3
R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996NR
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
5.6
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
6.5
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995
7.5
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
7.7
R.E.M.: Parallel
1995
7.8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
8.0
Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt
1994
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
19937.0
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
1991
NR
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
8.5
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991
NR
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991
8.0
R.E.M. Tourfilm
1990
10.0
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
7.1
MTV Unplugged
1989NR
R.E.M.
1989
5.0
Arena Brains
1987
7.8
Athens, GA Inside/Out
1987
6.0
R.E.M.: Succumbs
1987
NR
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
1985
7.9
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
6.3
Al TV
1984
NR
Left of Reckoning
1984
NR
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
1982
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
6.3
Austin City Limits
1975
10.0
Rockpalast
1974
NR
R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi
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