Name
Robbie Robertson
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1943-07-05
Deathday
2023-08-09 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario
Biography
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).
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- 2021 The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
- 1980 Carny as Patch
- 1995 The Crossing Guard as Roger
- 1978 The Last Waltz as Self
- 1999 Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
- 1987 Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll as Self - DVD only
- 2003 Festival Express as Self - The Band
- 1999 Wolves as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 Eat the Document as Self
- 1991 Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night as Himself
- 1990 One World, One Voice as Self
- 1996 Dakota Exile as Narrator
- 2022 Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On as Self
- 2007 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 as Self
- 2012 Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood as Self
- 2013 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 as Self
- 2014 Lennon or McCartney as Self (voice)
- 2012 Curse of the Axe as Narrator
- 1968 You Are What You Eat
- 2002 Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
- 2017 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World as Self
- 1990 Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 1991 The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods as Host
- 1995 Robbie Robertson: Going Home as Self
- 2004 Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
- 2013 The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 as Chitarra Solista voce
- 2014 Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity as Guitar
- 2002 Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' as Self
- 2005 Shakin' All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s as Self
- 2003 World Tour 1966: The Home Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band as Self
- 2010 Reel Injun as Self
- 2006 Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life as Self
- 2020 Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- 2010 Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 Woodstock Diary as Self - The Band
- 1997 Asteroids: Deadly Impact as Narrator
- 1988 Movies Are My Life as Self
- 2021 The Dancing Man of L.A. as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame as Himself
- 2001 Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson as Self
- 1992 Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as Self
- 1997 Classic Albums: The Band - The Band as Self
- 2005 No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self (archive footage)
- Soon The Band: The Authorized Biography
- 2019 Native America ( 8 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2018 Elvis Presley: The Searcher ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World ( 1 episode )
- 1989 MTV Rockumentary ( 1 episode )
- 2025 Mr. Scorsese ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
