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Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Birthday
July 5, 1943
Died
August 9, 2023
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario
Also Known As
- Jaime Royal Robertson
Robbie Robertson
0.4 Popularity
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).
Known For
8.1
Self
Mr. Scorsese
2025
8.0
Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021
0.0
The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
2021
5.5
Self
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
6.9
Self
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020
9.3
Self - Narrator (voice)
Native America
2019
0.0
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2019
7.5
Self
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
7.6
Self
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
Credits
Mr. Scorsese
as Self
2025
8.1
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
as Self
2022
8.0
The Dancing Man of L.A.
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
2021
0.0
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
as Self
2020
5.5
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
as Self
2020
6.9
Native America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
9.3
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2019
0.0
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
as Self
2018
7.5
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
as Self
2017
7.6
Lennon or McCartney
as Self (voice)
2014
5.2
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
as Guitar
2014
6.0
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
as Self
2013
5.8
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
as Chitarra Solista voce
2013
6.0
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
as Self
2012
10.0
Curse of the Axe
as Narrator
2012
0.0
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
as Self (archive footage)
2010
6.2
Reel Injun
as Self
2010
7.0
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
as Self
2007
7.1
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
as Self
2006
0.0
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self (archive footage)
2005
7.7
Shakin All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s
as Self
2005
0.0
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
0.0
Festival Express
as Self - The Band
2003
7.1
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
as Self
2002
5.0
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
2002
0.0
🎬
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson
as Self
2001
0.0
Wolves
as Narrator (voice)
1999
6.3
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
1999
0.0
Classic Albums: The Band - The Band
as Self
1997
6.0
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
7.7
Asteroids: Deadly Impact
as Narrator
1997
7.5
🎬
Dakota Exile
as Narrator
1996
0.0
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
as Self
1995
0.0
The Crossing Guard
as Roger
1995
6.0
Woodstock Diary
as Self - The Band
1994
9.2
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
as Self
1992
7.8
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
as Himself
1991
0.0
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
as Host
1991
5.5
One World, One Voice
as Self
1990
0.0
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
1990
9.0
MTV Rockumentary
1989
7.0
Movies Are My Life
as Self
1988
6.0
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
as Self - DVD only
1987
7.2
Carny
as Patch
1980
6.2
The Last Waltz
as Self
1978
7.6
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
Eat the Document
as Self
1972
6.7
You Are What You Eat
1968
3.7
🎬
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
as Himself
N/A
0.0
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
as Self (archive footage)
N/A
0.0