Pat Smear
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-08-05 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
Foo Fighters
Pat Smeaer
Pat Smear
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 membe...
Acting
2016
as Self
2022
as Pat Smear
1998
as Self
2011
as Self
2011
1981
2015
as Self (archive footage)
2021
1993
as Self - Guitar
2023
2023
2023
as Self
1993
as Self - Guitar
2022
2008
as Self - Guitars
2005
as Self
1989
as Cinque
2012
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2017
2023
1989
as Jimi Hendrix
2023
2011
as Self
2015
as Self - Guitar
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2011
as Self - Lead Guitar
2011
as Self - Lead & Rhythm Guitars
1993
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2017
2015
as Self - Guitars
2019
2019
2019
2019
as Self
1979
as Himself
2011
as Self - Guitars
2006
as Self
2021
as Self - Performer
2009
as Self
2011
1998
as Self - Foo Fighters
2025
Production
2022
as Executive Producer
1993
as Songs
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