Biography
Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 β 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).
Filmography
all 62
Movies 52
self 35
TV Shows 10
Producer 5
Narrator 4
Director 1
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On (2022)
The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021)
The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.) (2021)
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble (2020)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2020)
The Irishman (2019)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2019)
Native America (2018)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity (2014)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013)
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 (2013)
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood (2012)
Curse of the Axe (2012)
Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories (2011)
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm (2010)
Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010)
Reel Injun (2010)
Shutter Island (2010)
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009)
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 (2007)
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life (2006)
Shakin All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s (2005)
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin (2004)
Festival Express (2003)
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' (2002)
American Roots Music (2001)
Sunset Strip (2000)
Wolves (1999)
Making A Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)
Classic Albums: The Band - The Band (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
Asteroids: Deadly Impact (1997)
Life and Times (1996)
Dakota Exile (1996)
Dancing in the Street: a Rock and Roll History (1996)
Casino (1995)
The Crossing Guard (1995)
Robbie Robertson: Going Home (1995)
Woodstock Diary (1994)
Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night (1991)
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (1991)
One World, One Voice (1990)
Martin Scorsese Directs (1990)
Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
The Color of Money (1986)
The King of Comedy (1982)
Raging Bull (1980)
Carny (1980)
Movies Are My Life (1978)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Eat the Document (1972)
You Are What You Eat (1968)
Rock & Roll
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1943-07-05
Deathday2023-08-09 (80 years old)
Birth NameJaime Royal Robertson
Birth PlaceToronto, Canada
ChildrenSebastian Robertson
CitizenshipsCanada
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Canada, Juno Award for Album of the Year, Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year, Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's Walk of Fame
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