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Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 04, 1960 (65)
Birthplace Decatur, Georgia, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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

Known For

Filmography

R.E.M. : Perfect Square

R.E.M. : Perfect Square

2004

as Vocals

Olive, The Other Reindeer

Olive, The Other Reindeer

1999

as Schnitzel (voice)

Arena Brains

Arena Brains

1987

as The Watcher

R.E.M. Tourfilm

R.E.M. Tourfilm

1990

Director

Room

Room

2005

Producer

Johnny Berlin

Johnny Berlin

2005

Executive Producer

Saved!

Saved!

2004

Producer

The Sleepy Time Gal

The Sleepy Time Gal

2001

Co-Producer

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2001

Executive Producer

Our Song

Our Song

2000

Executive Producer

Spring Forward

Spring Forward

2000

Executive Producer

Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich

1999

Producer

American Movie

American Movie

1999

Co-Producer

Velvet Goldmine

Velvet Goldmine

1998

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Simpsons

as Michael Stipe (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Seven Ages of Rock

as Self

Episodes: 7

First Aired: May 19, 2007

The Colbert Report

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 17, 2005

MTV Unplugged

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 26, 1989

Austin City Limits

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 01, 1975

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 14, 1984

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

TV total

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 08, 1999

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

Boston Public

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 23, 2000

The One Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 14, 2006

Anderson Cooper 360°

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2003

Al TV

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1984

The Frank Skinner Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1995

Iconoclasts

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 17, 2005

The Cleveland Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 2009

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 15, 1994

The One Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 14, 2006

Trailblazer Honors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 27, 2014

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 21, 2003

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 02, 2009

Song Exploder

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2020

Sarah Kuttner – Die Show

as self - guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2004

Parkinson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1998

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