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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 24, 1941
Place of Birth
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Robert Allen Zimmerman
- Blind Boy Grunt
- The Bard
- The Voice of a Generation
- The Voice of Protest
- Zimbo
- Zimmy
- Sergei Petrov
- Lucky Wilbury
- Robert Zimmerman
- Traveling Wilburys
- Boo Wilbury
Bob Dylan
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting. Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, a road called the Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
7.1
Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
0.0
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
2024
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
0.0
Bob Dylan
Movie Magazine
2024
6.6
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024
7.9
Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
2023
8.2
Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022
Credits
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.1
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
2024
0.0
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.3
Movie Magazine
as Bob Dylan
2024
0.0
The Beach Boys
as Self (archive footage)
2024
6.6
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.9
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.5
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
2022
8.2
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
as Self
2022
7.5
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.8
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
as Self
2021
6.6
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.0
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
as Self (archival footage)
2021
7.3
The Dancing Man of L.A.
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.7
Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
as Self
2020
0.0
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
as Self
2020
6.9
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
as Self
2020
0.0
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.8
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.0
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.9
The Rolling Stones: Bridges To Buenos Aires
as Self
2019
0.0
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.7
Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
as Self
2019
0.0
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as Self
2019
7.0
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.3
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.5
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.3
The Top Ten Revealed
as Self (archive footage)
2018
8.0
Popular Voices at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2017
0.0
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
as Self
2017
6.4
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
as Self (archive footage)
2016
8.5
Året var 1966
as Self (archive footage)
2016
0.0
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965
as Self
2015
9.5
Mavis!
as Self
2015
6.9
🎬
Snapshots from the Tour
as Himself
2015
8.0
Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield
as Self
2013
0.0
Born In Chicago
as Self
2013
8.0
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.0
Legend of Lead Belly
as Self
2013
9.0
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
as Self
2012
10.0
John Mellencamp: It's About You
as Self
2012
5.0
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
as Self (archive footage)
2011
5.7
Bob Dylan Revealed
as Self
2011
10.0
Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative
as Self
2011
10.0
Bob Dylan: The Blood of the Lamb
as Self
2011
0.0
The People Speak
as Self
2009
7.2
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
as Self
2009
6.8
🎬
Bob Dylan: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
as Self
2009
10.0
🎬
Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey
as Self
2009
10.0
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
as Self (archive footage)
2009
0.0
Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again!
as Self
2008
0.0
Johnny Cash's America
as Self
2008
8.5
Johnny Cash: Live On Air
as Self
2008
9.3
Bob Dylan: 1978-1989 - Both Ends of the Rainbow
as Self
2008
10.0
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
as Self (Archive Footage)
2008
0.0
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
as Self
2007
8.1
65 Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
2007
9.2
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
as Self
2007
7.6
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
as Self
2007
8.8
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
as Self
2007
7.0
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
as Self
2007
7.0
The Bob Dylan Phenomenon
as Self
2007
0.0
Bob Dylan: The Folk Years
as Himself (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Bob Dylan: When the Deal Goes Down
2006
9.0
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
as Self (archive sound)
2006
4.0
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
as Self
2006
8.2
Bob Dylan After the Crash 1966-1978
as Self
2006
10.0
Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation
as Self
2006
0.0
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
as self - archival footage
2006
0.0
🎬
Folk Britannia
as Self (archival footage)
2006
0.0
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
as Self
2005
8.0
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
2005
7.7
Seattle Supersonic
as Self
2005
0.0
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
2005
0.0
Bob Dylan - Live At The House Of Blues
as Self
2005
0.0
Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan
as Self
2005
0.0
Live Aid
as Self
2004
9.2
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
as Self
2004
8.3
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.0
Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
as Self (archive footage)
2004
0.0
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
as Self (archive footage)
2004
10.0
Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966
as Self (archive footage)
2004
8.5
Bob Dylan: World Tours 1966-1974 - Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein
as Self
2004
10.0
The Best Of Beat
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Masked and Anonymous
as Jack Fate
2003
5.0
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
as Self - Guest star
1999
8.0
Paradise Cove
as Alfred - Chauffeur
1999
6.0
Dharma & Greg
as Self
1997
6.4
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Performer
1995
0.0
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
as Self
1995
0.0
Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged
as Self
1994
9.4
Bob Dylan: Woodstock '94
as Self
1994
8.0
🎬
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
as Self
1994
4.8
Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
as Self
1993
0.0
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
1993
0.0
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night
as Self
1991
0.0
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
as Self
1991
0.0
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
7.3
Catchfire
as Artist (uncredited)
1990
5.3
MTV Unplugged
as Self
1989
6.8
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
6.8
Hearts of Fire
as Billy Parker
1987
3.7
Getting to Dylan
as Self
1987
0.0
🎬
Taj Mahal and Friends
as Self
1987
0.0
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
as Self
1986
10.0
Live Aid
as Self
1985
7.9
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
1985
8.5
The Making of Sun City
as Self
1985
9.0
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self
1979
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
The Last Waltz
as Self
1978
7.6
Renaldo and Clara
as Renaldo
1978
8.3
Bob Dylan: Hard Rain
as Self
1976
10.0
Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976
1976
0.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Alias
1973
7.2
Eat the Document
as Self
1972
6.7
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
as Self
1972
7.5
🎬
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self
1972
0.0
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
1972
6.0
The Concert for Bangladesh
as Self
1972
7.9
🎬
Disco
as Self
1971
0.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
as Self
1970
0.0
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
as Self
1969
8.2
Festival
as Self
1967
5.7
Dont Look Back
as Self
1967
7.4
Dylan Speaks
as Self
1965
0.0
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
1965
8.0
![Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/evEnpmNYlQ1Yn0FdjSKgoLTBY13.jpg)
Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan
as Self
1965
0.0
Bob Dylan Quest Television Special
as Self
1964
10.0
The Madhouse on Castle Street
as Bobby
1963
0.0
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
as Himself
N/A
0.0