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Robbie Robertson

Sound Born Jul 5, 1943 Toronto, Ontario 24 credits

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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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Musical Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

Classic Albums

as Self
Film

The Last Waltz

as Self

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
  • Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Musical Guest
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Musical Guest
  • Classic Albums (1997) as Self
  • Mr. Scorsese (2025) as Self
  • Native America (2019) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Eat the Document (1972) as Self
  • Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) as Self
  • The Last Waltz (1978) as Self
  • The Crossing Guard (1995) as Roger
  • Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999) as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
  • MTV Rockumentary (1989)
  • Lennon or McCartney (2014) as Self (voice)
  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) as Self (archive footage)
  • Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2020) as Self
  • Reel Injun (2010) as Self
  • Martin Scorsese Directs (1990) as Self
  • Carny (1980) as Patch
  • Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' (2002) as Self
  • Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble (2020) as Self
  • Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992) as Self
  • Movies Are My Life (1988) as Self
  • Festival Express (2003) as Self - The Band