Acting
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 member since 2010.
Movies with Pat Smear
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Studio 666
2022
Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Free Tibet
1998
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Citizen Tania
1989
Kurt & Courtney
1998
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
Punk: Attitude
2005
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
2011
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
1993
The Decline of Western Civilization
1981
Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium
2008
Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro
2015
Nirvana: Live and Loud
1993
Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring
2015
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
1993
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World
2021
Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
Target Video: Underground Forces Vol. 3
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
1993
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
2009
Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts
2023
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
2022
Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017
2017
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
2006
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
2017
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones
2006
Foo Fighters -T in The Park
2011
Foo Fighters - Live in London
2011
Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019
2019
The Road to ACL
2016
The Teacher
2023
Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019
2019
Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality
2022
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
2006
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606
2011
Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023
2023
Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK
2017
Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
2020
The Book of Manson
1989
Germs: Caught In My Eye
1979
Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits
2023
Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London
Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021)
2021
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
2019
Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021
2021
Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023
2023
Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light
2011
Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters
2025
Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival
2011
Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio
2019
Media Blitz: The Germs Story
2004
TV Shows with Pat Smear
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Morning Show
2019
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Saturday Night Live UK
2026
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
2014