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