
Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys.
After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards.
Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984).
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Monkees Screen Tests
1966 · as Self

Repo Man
1984 · as Rabbi

Tapeheads
1988 · as Water Man

Head
1968 · as Mike

Burglar
1987 · as Cabbie

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · as Self

Elephant Parts
1981

I Want My MTV
2019 · as Self

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982 · as Race Official (uncredited)

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
1997 · as Self

Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
1997 · as Mike

Television Parts Home Companion
1985 · as Self

33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
1969 · as Himself/Monkee #3

Making The Monkees
2007

Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival
1992

Michael Nesmith: Austin City Limits
1992

An Evening with Sir William Martin
1981 · as Foyer the Butler

Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
1986