
Peter Buck
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday6 December 1956 (69 years old)
Place of birthOakland, California, USA
Known credits60
Biography
Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M. He also plays the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his career with R.E.M. (1980–2011), as well as during his subsequent solo career, Buck has also been at various times an official member of numerous 'side project' groups. These groups included Arthur Buck (with Joseph Arthur), Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, The Baseball Project, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Tired Pony, The No-Ones and Filthy Friend…

TFI Unplugged
2026 · Self (Archive Footage)
Singing Earth
2025 · Himself

Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
2024 · Self

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019 · Self (archive footage)

R.E.M. - Monster
2019 · Himself

R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017

R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
2017 · Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki

R.E.M. - Out Of Time
2016 · Gitarre

R.E.M. by MTV
2014 · Himself

R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014

Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012 · Self

R.E.M. at the BBC
2012 · Performer

R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010

Do It Again
2010 · Self

R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009

The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full
2009 · Himself

6 Days
2008

Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
2008 · Himself

R.E.M. Live
2007 · Guitarist

Slacker Uprising
2007 · Self

R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006

The Colbert Report
2005 · Self

Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest / Performer

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

R.E.M. : Perfect Square
2004 · Guitar

Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
2004 · Self - R.E.M.

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003 · Himself

R.E.M.
2002 · Himself

R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001

Boston Public
2000 · Self

R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
2000 · Himself

Man on the Moon
1999 · Original Music Composer
R.E.M.: This Way Up
1999 · Himself

R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
1999 · Himself

R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998

R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998

Parkinson
1998 · Self

New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996 · Self

R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996

Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996 · Self

R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995 · Himself

R.E.M.: Parallel
1995 · Himself

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
1991 · Himself

MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991 · Self

R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991

R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991

R.E.M. Tourfilm
1990 · Himself
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