Michael Stipe and Mario Batali
 
				
				
						 Caption: Michael Stipe and Mario Batali
																																				
						Soundtrack, Producer, Actor
						Born: January 4, 1960
						Star sign: Capricorn
						Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
						Known for: Independence Day (1996), Vanilla Sky (2001), Neighbors (2014), Bowling for Columbine (2002)
						Source: IMDB
						John Michael Stipe was born in Decatur, Georgia, on January 4th, 1960. Since his father was in the military, they moved around a lot. In 1980, while he was attending the University of Georgia (studying painting and photography), he met Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry. They dropped out of school to form R.E.M., which, with over 40 million ...