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Pat Smear
Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn August 5, 1959 (65 years)
Georg Albert Ruthenberg (born August 5, 1959), better known by the stage name Pat Smear, is an American musician. He is best known as a rhythm guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters, with whom he has recorded six studio albums. Smear was a founding member of punk band the Germs and was the touring guitarist for grunge band Nirvana from 1993 to 1994. After Nirvana disbanded following the suicide of its frontman Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl went on to become the frontman of rock band Foo Fighters, with Smear soon joining on guitar. He left Foo Fighters in 1997, before rejoining as a touring guitarist in 2005, and has been a full-time member since 2010.
Filmography
| 2023 | Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits · as Self |
| 2022 | Taylor Hawkins: Tribute Concert · as Self |
| 2022 | Studio 666 · as Pat Smear |
| 2022 | Foo Fighters: One Less Hero · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Jagged · as Self |
| 2021 | Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | What Drives Us · as Self |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Pat Smear |
| 2018 | Bad Reputation · as Self |
| 2017 | Foo Fighters: The Sky is a Neighborhood · as Pat Smear |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Foo Fighters: Run · as Pat Smear |
| 2015 | Cobain: Montage of Heck · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Carpool Karaoke |
| 2014 | Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest: Foo Fighters |
| 2014 | The 56th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2013 | Sound City · as Self |
| 2012 | 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief · as Self |
| 2011 | Pearl Jam Twenty · as Self |
| 2011 | Foo Fighters: Back and Forth · as Self |
| 2011 | Hit So Hard · as Self |
| 2011 | Foo Fighters - Live in London · as Self |
| 2008 | Foo Fighters: Live at Wembley Stadium · as Self - Guitars |
| 2006 | Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones · as Self |
| 2006 | Nirvana: In Utero Under Review · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Punk: Attitude · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Michel Gondry · as Self (segment "everlong") |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 1999 | SNL: 25 Years of Music · as Self |
| 1998 | Free Tibet · as Self (foo Fighters) |
| 1998 | Kurt & Courtney · as Self |
| 1997 | Foo Fighters: Everlong · as Pat Smear |
| 1997 | Foo Fighters: Monkey Wrench · as Pat Smear |
| 1996 | Foo Fighters: Big Me · as Pat Smear |
| 1996 | No Doubt: Don't Speak · as Pat Smear |
| 1993 | Nirvana: Live And Loud · as Self - Guitar |
| 1993 | Nirvana: Unplugged In New York · as Self - Guitar |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | House of Style (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Guitarist, Foo Fighters (segment "foo Fighters") |