Name
Pat Smear
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1959-08-05 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lin...
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Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and ro...
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Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Ku...
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FOO FIGHTERS BACK AND FORTH chronicles the 16 year history of the Foo Fighters: from the b...
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“12-12-12” was a fundraising concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, it took pl...
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After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make ...
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A live album by American rock band Nirvana, the album features an acoustic performance rec...
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An all-star global music event live from London's Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert featuring...
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The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band...
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Just under a month after the taping of the legendary 'Unplugged', Nirvana would go on to r...
- 2016 The Road to ACL as Self
- 2022 Studio 666 as Pat Smear
- 1998 Kurt & Courtney as Self
- 2011 Foo Fighters: Back and Forth as Self
- 2011 Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606 as Self
- 2021 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 1981 The Decline of Western Civilization as Self
- 2021 Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021) as Self
- 2015 Cobain: Montage of Heck as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021 as Self
- 1993 Nirvana: Unplugged In New York as Self - Guitar
- 2023 Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts as Self
- 1993 MTV Unplugged: Nirvana as Self
- 2023 Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023 as Self
- 2023 The Teacher as Self
- 2022 Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality as Self
- 2004 Media Blitz: The Germs Story
- 1993 Nirvana: Live and Loud as Self - Guitar
- 2022 Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert as Self
- 2008 Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium as Self - Guitars
- 2005 Punk: Attitude as Self
- Soon Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London as Self
- 1989 Citizen Tania as Cinque
- 2012 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- 2022 Foo Fighters: One Less Hero as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017 as Self
- 2023 Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits as self
- 1989 The Book of Manson as Jimi Hendrix
- 2023 Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023 as Self
- 2011 Foo Fighters -T in The Park as Self
- 2015 Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring as Self - Guitar
- 2011 Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert as Self - Lead & Rhythm Guitars
- 2011 Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival as Self - Lead Guitar
- 2006 Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero as Self
- 1993 Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal as Self - Guitar, Vocals
- 2017 Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK as Self
- 2015 Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro as Self - Guitars
- 2019 Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019 as Self
- 2019 Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019 as Self
- 2019 Foo Fighters - Reading Festival as Self
- 2019 Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio as Self
- 2017 Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special as Self
- 1979 Germs: Caught In My Eye as Himself
- 2011 Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light as Self - Guitars
- 2006 Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones as Self
- 2020 Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
- Soon Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
- 2021 Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World as Self - Performer
- 2009 Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits as Self
- 2011 Foo Fighters - Live in London as Self
- 1998 Free Tibet as Self - Foo Fighters
- 2025 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- 2018 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 as Self
- Soon Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
- 2025 Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters as Himself
- Soon Target Video: Underground Forces Vol. 3 as Self
- 2014 Foo Fighters Sonic Highways ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 The Morning Show ( 1 episode ) as Pat Smear
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2026 Saturday Night Live UK ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2024 Hot Ones Versus ( 1 episode ) as Self
