Acting
Michael Stipe
Born Jan 4, 1960 · 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."
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R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026
Documentary · Music
Antiheroine
2026
Documentary · Music
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
2024
Louder Than You Think
2023
Documentary
Beastie Boys Story
2020
Music · Documentary
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
Documentary · Music
R.E.M.: Monster (25th Anniversary Edt.)
2019
Music
Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90
2018
Music · Documentary
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017
Documentary · Music
R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (25th Anniversary Edt.)
2017
Music
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
2017
Documentary · Drama · Comedy
R.E.M.: Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edt.)
2016
Music
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
Documentary
R.E.M.: REMTV
2014
Music
R.E.M. by MTV
2014
Music · Documentary
R.E.M.: Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014
Music
12-12-12
2013
Documentary · Music
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Music · Documentary
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2012
Family · Music
R.E.M. at the BBC
2012
Music · Documentary
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010
Music
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009
Music · Documentary
The Cleveland Show
2009
Comedy · Animation
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009
Documentary
R.E.M. - Live In Athens (MTV) 2008
2008
Music
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
Documentary · Music
6 Days
2008
Documentary · Music
R.E.M.: Live
2007
Music
Slacker Uprising
2007
Documentary
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006
Music
R.E.M.: Live At The Rock Am Ring
2005
Music
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
Music · Comedy · Family
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
2004
Music
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
Music
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
News · Talk
1 Giant Leap
2002
Music · Documentary
R.E.M.
2002
Documentary
Mojica In The Snow: Tonight I Incarnate At Sundance!
2001
Documentary
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001
Music
We Know Where You Live. Live!
2001
Comedy
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000
Documentary
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
2000
Documentary · Music
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
Animation · Family · Comedy
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
1999
Music · Documentary
R.E.M.: Live in Stockholm
1998
Music
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998
Music
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998
Music
Radiohead: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1998
Music
Anthem
1997
Documentary
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996
Documentary
R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996
Music
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
Documentary · Music
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
1996
Drama · Romance
TFI Friday
1996
Comedy
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995
Documentary · Music
R.E.M.: Parallel
1995
Music
Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt
1994
Documentary
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Talk
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
Music · Documentary · TV Movie
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991
Music · Documentary
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991
Music
R.E.M.: Tourfilm
1990
Documentary · Music
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
1990
Music
The Simpsons
1989
Animation · Comedy
Arena Brains
1987
Drama
Athens, GA Inside/Out
1987
Documentary · Music
R.E.M.: Succumbs
1987
Music
R.E.M.: at Rockpalast
1985
Documentary · Music
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
1984
Music · Documentary
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
1982
Music
The South Bank Show
1978
Documentary · Talk
