Bob Dylan

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-05-24 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As Robert Allen Zimmerman, Blind Boy Grunt, The Bard, The Voice of a Generation, The Voice of Protest, Zimbo, Zimmy, Sergei Petrov, Lucky Wilbury, Robert Zimmerman, Traveling Wilburys, Boo Wilbury

Bob Dylan

Biography

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting. Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, a road called the Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Dylan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Actor

2024
Livin’ Thing

as Himself

2024
The Greatest Night in Pop

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Dancing Man of L.A.

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2020
My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

2019
2019
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind

as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Elvis Presley: The Searcher

as Self (archive footage)

2018
The Top Ten Revealed

as Self (archive footage)

2017
I Am Not Your Negro

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Popular Voices at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2016
The Discreet Françoise Hardy

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Mavis!

as Self

2014
2013
2011
YouTube Trilogy

as Self (archive footage)

2011
2009
2007
65 Revisited

as Self (archive footage)

2006
2006
Folk Britannia

as Self (archival footage)

2005
2004
Live Aid

as Self

2004
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

as Self (archive footage)

2004
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975

as Self (archive footage)

2004
2003
The Best Of Beat

as Self (archive footage)

2003
2003
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1999
1999
Paradise Cove

as Alfred - Chauffeur

1997
1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

as Self - Performer

1995
The Beatles Anthology

as Self (archive footage)

1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990
Catchfire

as Artist (uncredited)

1989
1987
Hearts of Fire

as Billy Parker

1987
1985
Live Aid

as Self

1978
1978
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1972
1971
Disco

as Self

1971
1967
Festival

as Self

1967
1959
1953
The Oscars

as Self

Sound

2024
The Partners

as Music

2010
2004
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975

as Original Music Composer

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Original Music Composer

1971
1967
Dont Look Back

as Original Music Composer

Director

1978
Renaldo and Clara

as Director

1972
Eat the Document

as Director

Editor

1978
1972

Producer

Calico Joe

as Producer

2024
A Complete Unknown

as Executive Producer

Crew

2003