Michael Stipe
Acting
1960-01-04 · 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
Filmography
Little, Big, and Far
2026 · Movie
TFI Unplugged
2026 · Series
Antiheroine
2026 · Movie
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
2024 · Movie
Louder Than You Think
2023 · Movie
Song Exploder
2020 · Series
Beastie Boys Story
2020 · Movie
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019 · Movie
R.E.M. - Monster
2019 · Movie
On the Seventh Day
2018 · Movie
Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90
2018 · Movie
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017 · Movie
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
2017 · Movie
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017 · Movie
Jeremy Dance
2017 · Movie
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
2016 · Movie
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
R.E.M. by MTV
2014 · Movie
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · Series
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014 · Movie
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012 · Movie
Vic Chesnutt - IT IS WHAT IT IS
2012 · Movie
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2012 · Movie
R.E.M. at the BBC
2012 · Movie
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010 · Movie
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009 · Movie
The Cleveland Show
2009 · Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Series
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009 · Movie
R.E.M. - Live In Athens (MTV) 2008
2008 · Movie
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008 · Movie
6 Days
2008 · Movie
R.E.M. Live
2007 · Movie
Slacker Uprising
2007 · Movie
Seven Ages of Rock
2007 · Series
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006 · Movie
The One Show
2006 · Series
Iconoclasts
2005 · Series
The Colbert Report
2005 · Series
R.E.M. - Live At The Rock Am Ring
2005 · Movie
Room
2005 · Movie
Johnny Berlin
2005 · Movie
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
2004 · Series
Saved!
2004 · Movie
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Movie
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
2004 · Movie
Dashboard Confessional: MTV2 Album Covers
2004 · Movie
Everyday People
2004 · Movie
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003 · Movie
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003 · Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
1 Giant Leap
2002 · Movie
R.E.M.
2002 · Movie
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001 · Movie
Mojica In The Snow: Tonight I Incarnate At Sundance!
2001 · Movie
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001 · Movie
Stranger Inside
2001 · Movie
The Sleepy Time Gal
2001 · Movie
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000 · Movie
Spring Forward
2000 · Movie
Boston Public
2000 · Series
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
2000 · Movie
Our Song
2000 · Movie
Man on the Moon
1999 · Movie
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999 · Movie
R.E.M.: This Way Up
1999 · Movie
American Movie
1999 · Movie
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Movie
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
1999 · Movie
TV total
1999 · Series
R.E.M. Live in Stockholm
1998 · Movie
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998 · Movie
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998 · Movie
Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Movie
Radiohead: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1998 · Movie
Parkinson
1998 · Series
Anthem
1997 · Movie
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996 · Movie
R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996 · Movie
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996 · Movie
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
1996 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995 · Movie
The Frank Skinner Show
1995 · Series
R.E.M.: Parallel
1995 · Movie
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 · Series
Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt
1994 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
1991 · Movie
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991 · Movie
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991 · Movie
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991 · Movie
R.E.M. Tourfilm
1990 · Movie
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
MTV Unplugged
1989 · Series
R.E.M.
1989 · Movie
Arena Brains
1987 · Movie
Athens, GA Inside/Out
1987 · Movie
R.E.M.: Succumbs
1987 · Movie
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
1985 · Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Al TV
1984 · Series
Left of Reckoning
1984 · Movie
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
1982 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Austin City Limits
1975 · Series
Rockpalast
1974 · Series
R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Movie