
Robbie Robertson
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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Films
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TV Shows
3
Crew Credits
Known For
49 Credits
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975

Classic Albums
as Self
1997

Mr. Scorsese
as Self
2025

Native America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019

Robbie Robertson: Going Home
as Self
1995

Lennon or McCartney
as Self (voice)
2014

MTV Rockumentary
1989

Elvis Presley: The Searcher
as Self
2018

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

The Last Waltz
as Self
1978

The Crossing Guard
as Roger
1995

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

