Robbie Robertson
Sound
1943-07-05 · 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).
Filmography
Mr. Scorsese
2025 · Series
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · Movie
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
2022 · Movie
The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021 · Movie
The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
2021 · Movie
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020 · Movie
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020 · Movie
The Irishman
2019 · Movie
Native America
2019 · Series
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2019 · Series
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018 · Series
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017 · Movie
Lennon or McCartney
2014 · Movie
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
2014 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Movie
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
2013 · Movie
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
2013 · Movie
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
2012 · Movie
Curse of the Axe
2012 · Movie
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010 · Movie
Reel Injun
2010 · Movie
Shutter Island
2010 · Movie
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009 · Movie
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007 · Movie
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
2006 · Movie
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005 · Movie
Shakin' All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s
2005 · Movie
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004 · Movie
Festival Express
2003 · Movie
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003 · Movie
Gangs of New York
2002 · Movie
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
2002 · Movie
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
2002 · Movie
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson
2001 · Movie
Sunset Strip
2000 · Movie
Wolves
1999 · Movie
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999 · Movie
Classic Albums: The Band - The Band
1997 · Movie
Classic Albums
1997 · Series
Asteroids: Deadly Impact
1997 · Movie
Dakota Exile
1996 · Movie
Casino
1995 · Movie
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
1995 · Movie
The Crossing Guard
1995 · Movie
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
1994 · Movie
The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest
1994 · Movie
Woodstock Diary
1994 · Movie
Jimmy Hollywood
1994 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992 · Movie
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
1991 · Movie
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
1991 · Movie
One World, One Voice
1990 · Movie
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990 · Movie
MTV Rockumentary
1989 · Series
Movies Are My Life
1988 · Movie
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
1987 · Movie
The Color of Money
1986 · Movie
The King of Comedy
1982 · Movie
Raging Bull
1980 · Movie
Carny
1980 · Movie
The Last Waltz
1978 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Eat the Document
1972 · Movie
You Are What You Eat
1968 · Movie
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Movie
The Band: The Authorized Biography
Movie