
Robbie Robertson
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).
56 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 56

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Saturday Night Live
1975

Late Show with David Letterman
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Classic Albums
1997

Mr. Scorsese
2025

Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018

Lennon or McCartney
2014

The Crossing Guard
1995

The Last Waltz
1978

MTV Rockumentary
1989

Carny
1980

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992

Native America
2019

Martin Scorsese Directs
1990

Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
2024

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
2013

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
1987

Reel Injun
2010

Festival Express
2003

Eat the Document
1972

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2019

Movies Are My Life
1988

The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
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Wolves
1999

Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006

Woodstock Diary
1994

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004

Classic Albums: The Band - The Band
1997

Asteroids: Deadly Impact
1997

You Are What You Eat
1968

One World, One Voice
1990

Robbie Robertson: Going Home
1995

Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
2002

World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003

Shakin All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s
2005

Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
2002

Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
1991

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
2014

The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
1991

Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
2012

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
2013

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
2022

Curse of the Axe
2012
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson
2001
The Band: The Authorized Biography
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The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
2021
Dakota Exile
1996

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010