Buddy

People

• Buddy (nickname)
• Buddy (rapper), born Simmie Sims III
• Buddy Cage, American pedal steel guitarist, member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage
• Buddy Holly, artistic name for American singer-songwriter Charles Hardin Holley
• Buddy Jewell, American country musician
• Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter
• Buddy Knox (guitarist), Australian musician
• Buddy Vedder, Dutch actor and television presenter
• Brett "Buddy" Ascott, British drummer

Fictional characters

• Buddy, a character in the 1983 American made-for-television drama movie Baby Sister
• Buddy (Looney Tunes), a character from Looney Tunes
• Buddy, a blue mute rat in The Nut Job, and its sequel The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
• Buddy, a character in the video game Lisa: The Painful
• Buddy, one of the four protagonists in SuperKitties
• Buddy, a member of the Short Circus on the American television series The Electric Company
• Buddy, a fictional T. Rex and protagonist of Dinosaur Train
• Buddy Bradley, the protagonist of Peter Bagge's comic book Hate!
• Buddy Baker, aka Animal Man, from DC Comics
• Buddy Cole (character), recurring character on the Canadian sketch-comedy show The Kids In The Hall portrayed by Scott Thompson
• Buddy Hobbs, protagonist of the film Elf, played by Will Ferrell
• Buddy Lee, a doll that served as an advertising mascot for Lee Jeans in the mid-20th century and the turn of the 21st century
• Buddy Lembeck, a character on the 1980s TV sitcom Charles in Charge
• Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence, the younger daughter on the 1970s TV drama Family
• Buddy Love, the alter ego of the Nutty Professor in the 1963 and 1996 films of that name
• Buddy Pine, the alter ego of Syndrome, the supervillain from the 2004 film The Incredibles
• Buddy Sanderson, a character in the 2001 American supernatural parody movie Scary Movie 2
• Buddy Threadgoode, a character in ''Fried Green Tomatoes''

Transportation

• Buddy (electric car), a Norwegian electric car
• Buddy (scooter), a motor scooter

Books

• Buddy (Hinton novel), a 1982 novel by Nigel Hinton
• Buddy (Herlong novel), a 2012 novel by M.H. Herlong

Film and television

• Buddy film, a genre in which two people, often both men, are put together
• Buddy (1997 film), a film about a gorilla named Buddy
• Buddy (2003 film), a Norwegian film
• Buddy (2013 film), an Indian film
• Buddy (2013 German film)
• Buddy (TV series), a 1986 BBC schools drama
• Buddy (2024 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
• Buddy (2026 film), an American horror-thriller film

Music

• Buddy, artistic name for Italian singer Gianni Nazzaro
• Buddy (German singer), artistic name for German singer Sebastian Erl
• Buddy (band), a California indie pop band
• "Buddy" (De La Soul song), a 1989 song by De La Soul
• "Buddy" (Musiq Soulchild song), a 2007 song by Musiq Soulchild
• "Buddy", a 1969 song on the Good Times album by Willie Nelson
• "Buddy", a 2007 song on the Action album by B'z
• "Buddy" (Maaya Sakamoto song), a 2011 song by Maaya Sakamoto
• "Buddy", fandom name for K-pop girl group GFriend

Other uses

• Buddy (dog actor), dog appearing in Air Bud media
• Buddy (Bill Clinton's dog), pet of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
• Buddy Thunderstruck, fictional dog in the film of the same name
• Buddy (magazine), a music magazine serving the Texas area
• "The Buddies", nickname of St Mirren F.C., a football club based in Paisley