
Robbie Robertson
July 5 1943 – August 9 2023- Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario
- Gender: Male
- Also known as: Jaime Royal 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).
Latest roles

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Self

The Dancing Man of L.A.
Self (archive footage)

The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
Self

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Self

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Native America
Self - Narrator (voice)

Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Self

Lennon or McCartney
Self (voice)
Producing credits

Killers of the Flower Moon
Original Music Composer, In Memory Of

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Book

The Irishman
Original Music Composer, Executive Music Producer

The Wolf of Wall Street
Executive Music Producer

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
Director

Shutter Island
Music Supervisor

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Creative Consultant

Gangs of New York
Executive Music Producer

Sunset Strip
Executive Music Producer

Casino
Music Consultant
Robbie Robertson's Images

