Peter Buck
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1956-12-06 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Oakland, California, USA
- Also known as
- Peter Lawrence Buck · R.E.M.
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 Friends, each of which have released at least one full-length studio album. Additionally, the experimental combo Slow Music (which also features Fred Chalenor, Hector Zazou, Matt Chamberlain, Robert Fripp, and Bill Rieflin) have released an official live concert CD. Another side project group called Full Time Men released an EP while Buck was a member. As well, ad hoc "supergroups" Bingo Hand Job (Billy Bragg and R.E.M.), Musical Kings (Michelle Malone, Peter Buck, John Keane) and Nigel & The Crosses (Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Buck, Glenn Tilbrook and others) have each commercially released one track.
"Richard M. Nixon", a band Buck founded in 2012 to support the release of his solo album with live gigs, has never issued an official recording. Richard M. Nixon consists of Buck, Scott McCaughey and Bill Rieflin, the same three musicians who comprise The Venus 3.[2]
Buck also has a career as a record producer including releases by Uncle Tupelo, Vigilantes of Love, Dreams So Real, The Fleshtones, The Feelies, and The Jayhawks, as well as a session musician (for the likes of The Replacements, Billy Bragg, Decemberists and Eels).
Known For
TV Shows (11)
The Simpsons
1989
as Peter Buck (voice)
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
Austin City Limits
1975
as Self
Boston Public
2000
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Rockpalast
1974
as Self (guitar)
MTV Unplugged
1989
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
TFI Unplugged
2026
as Self (Archive Footage)
Singing Earth
2025
as Himself
Movies (45)
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001
Slacker Uprising
2007
as Self
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
1991
as Himself
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
1990
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
2004
as Guitar
R.E.M. Live
2007
as Guitarist
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995
as Himself
R.E.M. - Monster
2019
as Himself
R.E.M. Tourfilm
1990
as Himself
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
2004
as Self - R.E.M.
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996
R.E.M.: Parallel
1995
as Himself
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
2016
as Gitarre
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
as Self
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014
The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full
2009
as Himself
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
1982
Athens, GA Inside/Out
1987
as Himself
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
2000
as Himself
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991
R.E.M. by MTV
2014
as Himself
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012
as Self
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
1999
as Himself
R.E.M.
2002
as Himself
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
as Himself
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
2017
as Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996
as Self
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
1985
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
2008
as Himself
R.E.M.: Succumbs
1987
as Self
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
2024
as Self
R.E.M. at the BBC
2012
as Performer
Left of Reckoning
1984
R.E.M.: This Way Up
1999
as Himself
Do It Again
2010
as Self
6 Days
2008
About Peter Buck
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… With 56 credits spanning from 1974 to 2026, Peter Buck has appeared in 45 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Buck Movies
- R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2001)
- Slacker Uprising (2007) — as Self
- R.E.M. - This Film Is On (1991) — as Himself
- R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin (2009)
- R.E.M.: Pop Screen (1990)
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