
Robbie Robertson
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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
Credits

The Crossing Guard (1995)
as Roger

The Last Waltz (1978)
as Self

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

Lennon or McCartney (2014)
as Self (voice)

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2020)
as Self

Carny (1980)
as Patch

Martin Scorsese Directs (1990)
as Self

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 (2007)
as Self

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992)
as Self

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble (2020)
as Self

Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' (2002)
as Self

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On (2022)
as Self

The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)
as Self

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013)
as Self

Movies Are My Life (1988)
as Self

Reel Injun (2010)
as Self

Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson (—)
as Self (archive footage)

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin (2004)
Actor

Festival Express (2003)
as Self - The Band

Eat the Document (1972)
as Self

You Are What You Eat (1968)
Actor

Robbie Robertson: Going Home (1995)
as Self

One World, One Voice (1990)
as Self

Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (1994)
as Himself

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
as Self - DVD only

The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (1991)
as Host

Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within (2002)
Actor

Wolves (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)
as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity (2014)
as Guitar

World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life (2006)
as Self
The Band: The Authorized Biography (—)
Actor

Asteroids: Deadly Impact (1997)
as Narrator

The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.) (2021)
Actor

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 (2013)
as Chitarra Solista voce

Classic Albums: The Band - The Band (1997)
as Self

Shakin' All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s (2005)
as Self

Woodstock Diary (1994)
as Self - The Band

Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood (2012)
as Self
Dakota Exile (1996)
as Narrator

Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night (1991)
as Himself
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson (2001)
as Self

Curse of the Axe (2012)
as Narrator

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm (2010)
as Self (archive footage)





