Mike Watt

Biography

Michael David "Mike" Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.

He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, Dos, and Firehose; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen projects.

Known For

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

Self

Party Legends

Squirt TV

self

Desolation Center

Gimme Danger

Self

What Drives Us

Self

The Life of Sean DeLear

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	40 Watts from Nowhere
2024	Concrete Law	Self
2024	The Life of Sean DeLear	Self
2024	Hollywood Rex	Mike Watt
2021	What Drives Us	Self
2019	Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2018	You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
2018	Desolation Center
2017	Iggy and The Stooges: Live in Sydney	Self - Performer
2016	Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape	Himself
2016	Gimme Danger	Self
2015	Records Collecting Dust	Himself
2014	The Dicks from Texas
2013	Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All	Self
2013	A Tribute To Ron Asheton	Self
2011	Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone	Himself
2011	Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story	Himself
2011	Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind	Self
2008	I Need That Record!	Self
2007	Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East	Himself
2006	Coachella	Self (with The Stooges)
2005	We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen	Himself
2005	High School Record	Sabrina's Dad
2005	Iggy & the Stooges: Live at the Lokerse Festival	Self
2002	Rising Low	Himself
2002	D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist	Himself
1989	Sir Drone	Duane
1989	Weatherman '69	Gabe Nemisch
1983	Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.	Self
2016	Party Legends
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994	Squirt TV	self