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Robbie Robertson
Composer, Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born July 5, 1943Died August 9, 2023 (80 years)
Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician. He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and songwriter with the Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist.
Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Band, and into Canada's Walk of Fame, with the Band and on his own. He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He wrote "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", and "Up on Cripple Creek" with the Band and had solo hits with "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", and many others. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters.
Robertson collaborated on film and TV soundtracks, usually with director Martin Scorsese, beginning in the rockumentary film The Last Waltz (1978) and continuing through dramatic films including Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), The Color of Money (1986), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Band, and into Canada's Walk of Fame, with the Band and on his own. He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He wrote "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", and "Up on Cripple Creek" with the Band and had solo hits with "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", and many others. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters.
Robertson collaborated on film and TV soundtracks, usually with director Martin Scorsese, beginning in the rockumentary film The Last Waltz (1978) and continuing through dramatic films including Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), The Color of Money (1986), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On · as Self |
| 2022 | Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends · as Self |
| 2020 | Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble · as Self |
| 2019 | Once Were Brothers · as Self |
| 2018 | Native America (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Elvis Presley: The Searcher · as Self |
| 2018 | Elvis Presley: The Searcher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World · as Self |
| 2017 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives · as Self |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Big Interview (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2010 | Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Neil Diamond: Solitary Man · as Self |
| 2009 | Reel Injun · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | The Drug Years (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Festival Express · as Self - The Band |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2003 | World Tour 1966: The Home Movies · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | American Roots Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Life and Times (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Rock & Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Woodstock Diary · as Self - The Band |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The 34th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1990 | One World, One Voice · as Self |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll · as Self - Dvd Only |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Movies Are My Life · as Self |
| 1978 | The Last Waltz · as Self |
| 1978 | The Last Waltz: Archival Outtakes Jam 2 · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1972 | Eat the Document · as Self |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Beat Club (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | CTV National News (TV Series) · as Self |