Robbie Robertson

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1943-07-05

Deathday 2023-08-09 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario

Also Known As Jaime Royal Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Biography

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).

Known For

Sound

2023
Killers of the Flower Moon

as Original Music Composer

2019
The Irishman

as Original Music Composer

2010
Shutter Island

as Music Supervisor

1995
Casino

as Music Consultant

1994
Jimmy Hollywood

as Original Music Composer

1986
1982
The King of Comedy

as Original Music Composer

1982
The King of Comedy

as Music Producer

1980
Raging Bull

as Additional Soundtrack

Actor

2021
The Dancing Man of L.A.

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Native America

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2014
Lennon or McCartney

as Self (voice)

2012
Curse of the Axe

as Narrator

2010
Reel Injun

as Self

2003
Festival Express

as Self - The Band

2003
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1999
Wolves

as Narrator (voice)

1997
1997
1996
Dakota Exile

as Narrator

1995
1994
Woodstock Diary

as Self - The Band

1980
Carny

as Patch

1978
1978
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1972

Crew

2019
The Irishman

as Executive Music Producer

2013
The Wolf of Wall Street

as Executive Music Producer

2002
Gangs of New York

as Executive Music Producer

2000
Sunset Strip

as Executive Music Producer

Producer

1980
Carny

as Producer

1978
The Last Waltz

as Producer