Aaron Dessner
Composer, Producer, Actor
April 23, 1976 (50 years)
Aaron Brooking Dessner is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, teaming with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift's studio albums Folklore and Evermore, both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with the former winning the accolade.
Filmography
| 2025 | FireAid Benefit Concert · as Self |
| 2023 | Buke & Gase · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2021 | The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer & Winner |
| 2020 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · as Self |
| 2013 | Mistaken for Strangers · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) · as Self - The National |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2008 | Live From the Artists Den · as Self |
| 2008 | A Skin, a Night · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2001 | Football Focus · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1959 | The Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2024 | Dandelion · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Jockey · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Cyrano · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | C'mon C'mon · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | What Will Become of Us · as Composer |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | The Professor · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex |
| 2016 | Transpecos · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex |
| 2013 | Big Sur · as Composer |
| 2013 | |
| 2010 |
| 2024 | Dandelion · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Cyrano · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Taylor Swift: Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Mistaken for Strangers · as Co-Producer |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! · as CastOn Plex |
| 2020 | |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · as Songs |