Sound · Toronto, Ontario · Born July 5, 1943
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).
TVMr. Scorsese
2025
as Self
MovieBuffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
2022
as Self
MovieThe Dancing Man of L.A.
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
2021
MovieStronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
as Self
MovieOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020
as Self
TVNative America
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVRumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2019
TVElvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
as Self
MovieRumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
as Self
MovieLennon or McCartney
2014
as Self (voice)
MovieCharles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
2014
as Guitar
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieEric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
2013
as Self
MovieThe Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
2013
as Chitarra Solista voce
MovieBob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
2012
as Self
MovieCurse of the Axe
2012
as Narrator
MovieAin't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010
as Self (archive footage)
MovieReel Injun
2010
as Self
MovieEric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007
as Self
MovieBuffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006
as Self
MovieNo Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieShakin All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s
2005
as Self
MovieRonnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
MovieFestival Express
2003
as Self - The Band
MovieWorld Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRevisiting 'The Last Waltz'
2002
as Self
MovieSalt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
2002
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson
2001
as Self
MovieWolves
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMaking a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
MovieClassic Albums: The Band - The Band
1997
as Self
TVClassic Albums
1997
as Self
MovieAsteroids: Deadly Impact
1997
as Narrator
Dakota Exile
1996
as Narrator
MovieRobbie Robertson: Going Home
1995
as Self
MovieThe Crossing Guard
1995
as Roger
MovieRobbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
1994
as Himself
MovieWoodstock Diary
1994
as Self - The Band
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
MovieMetallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
as Self
MovieGuitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
1991
as Himself
MovieThe Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
1991
as Host
MovieOne World, One Voice
1990
as Self
MovieMartin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self
TVMTV Rockumentary
1989
MovieMovies Are My Life
1988
as Self
MovieChuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
1987
as Self - DVD only
MovieCarny
1980
as Patch
MovieThe Last Waltz
1978
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
MovieEat the Document
1972
as Self
MovieYou Are What You Eat
1968
MovieLife Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
as Self (archive footage)
The Band: The Authorized Biography
