Cast & creator
Peter Buck
Best known for The Simpsons, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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).
Also known as: Peter Lawrence Buck, R.E.M.
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film credits
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television credits
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1974–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (62)
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The Simpsons
Peter Buck (voice)
1989
The Colbert Report
Self
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993
The South Bank Show
1978
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Boston Public
Self
2000
Parkinson
Self
1998
Austin City Limits
Self
1975
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer
2004
MTV Unplugged
Self
1989
Rockpalast
Self (guitar)
1974
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage)
2026
Man on the Moon
Original Music Composer
1999Singing Earth
Himself
2025
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Self (archive footage)
2019
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
Himself
1995
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
Himself
2003
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
Self
1991
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
Self - R.E.M.
2004
Slacker Uprising
Self
2007
R.E.M. - Monster
Himself
2019
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009
R.E.M.: Tourfilm
Himself
1990
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
Self
1996
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
Guitar
2004
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Self
2012
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Gitarre
2016
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki
2017
R.E.M.: Succumbs
Self
1987
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
1984R.E.M.: This Film Is On
Himself
1991
Athens, GA Inside/Out
Himself
1987
R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996
R.E.M. by MTV
Himself
2014
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
Self
2024
R.E.M.: Parallel
Himself
1995
R.E.M.: Live
Guitarist
2007
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Himself
2008R.E.M.: This Way Up
Himself
1999
The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full
Himself
2009
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
1996
R.E.M.: Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
Himself
2000
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991
R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Guitars
R.E.M. at the BBC
Performer
2012
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
1990
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
1982
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
Himself
1999
R.E.M.
Himself
2002
R.E.M.: at Rockpalast
1985
Do It Again
Self
2010
6 Days
2008
R.E.M.: REMTV
Guitars
2014