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

The Colbert Report
2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2007
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1996
Party Legends
2017
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Squirt TV
1994
Hollywood Rex
2024
Gimme Danger
2016
Coachella
2006
Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All
2013
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
2011

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
41
Sound
1
2025
40 Watts from Nowhere
2024
Concrete Law
as Self
2024
The Life of Sean DeLear
as Self
2024
Hollywood Rex
as Mike Watt
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
as Self
2021
What Drives Us
as 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
as Self - Performer
2017
Party Legends
2016
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
as Himself
2016
Gimme Danger
as Self
2015
Records Collecting Dust
as Self
2014
The Dicks from Texas
2013
Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All
as Self
2013
A Tribute To Ron Asheton
as Self
2013
The Colbert Report
as Self - Musical Guest
2012
Mike Watt and the Jom and Terry Show: Eyegifts from Minnesota
as Self
2011
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
as Self
2011
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story
as Self
2011
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
as Self
2011
Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power Live (In the Hands of the Fans)
2010
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
as Self
2008
I Need That Record!
as Self
2007
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
as Himself
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
2006
Coachella
as Self - The Stooges
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Self
2005
High School Record
as Sabrina's Dad
2005
Iggy & the Stooges: Live at the Lokerse Festival
as Self
2003
Iggy & the Stooges: Live in Detroit
2002
Rising Low
as Self
2002
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
as Himself
1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Squirt TV
as self
1989
Sir Drone
as Duane
1989
Weatherman '69
as Gabe Nemisch
1986
The Tour
as Self
1985
Minutemen: The Stone, San Francisco 1985
1983
Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two