Robbie Robertson
Known for: Sound
Born: July 5, 1943
Died: August 9, 2023
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario
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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Filmography
59 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
8.1
Mr. Scorsese
2025
7.4
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
7.5
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
2022
NR
The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021
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The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
2021
5.5
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
6.8
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020
7.6
The Irishman
2019
9.3
Native America
2019
NR
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2019
7.5
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
7.6
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
5.3
Lennon or McCartney
2014
6.0
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
8.0
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
5.8
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
2013
6.0
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
2013
10.0
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
2012
NR
Curse of the Axe
2012
6.2
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010
7.0
Reel Injun
2010
8.2
Shutter Island
2010
7.9
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
7.1
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007
NR
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006
7.8
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
NR
Shakin' All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s
2005
8.0
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
7.2
Festival Express
2003
NR
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
7.3
Gangs of New York
2002
5.0
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
2002
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Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
200210.0
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson
2001
4.8
Sunset Strip
2000
6.3
Wolves
1999
7.0
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
6.7
Classic Albums: The Band - The Band
1997
7.7
Classic Albums
1997
7.6
Asteroids: Deadly Impact
1997NR
Dakota Exile
1996
8.0
Casino
1995
NR
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
1995
6.0
The Crossing Guard
1995
NR
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
1994NR
The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest
1994
8.5
Woodstock Diary
1994
5.2
Jimmy Hollywood
1994
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
7.8
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
NR
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
1991
5.9
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
1991
NR
One World, One Voice
1990
9.0
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
7.0
MTV Rockumentary
1989
6.8
Movies Are My Life
1988
7.3
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
1987
6.9
The Color of Money
1986
7.8
The King of Comedy
1982
7.9
Raging Bull
1980
6.2
Carny
1980
7.7
The Last Waltz
1978
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
6.9
Eat the Document
1972
4.4
You Are What You Eat
1968
NR
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
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The Band: The Authorized Biography
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