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Attended R.H. King High School in Scarborough, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. See more trivia »
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Filmography

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2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie) (writer: "The Weight")
 
2012 This Is 40 (writer: "The Weight")
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #19.39 (2011) (writer: "The Weight" - uncredited)
Episode #19.38 (2011) (writer: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - uncredited)
Episode #19.27 (2011) (writer: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - uncredited)
Episode #19.24 (2011) (writer: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - uncredited)
Episode #18.169 (2011) (writer: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - uncredited)
 
2011 Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (writer: "The Weight")
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Episode #1.455 (2011) (writer: "Straight Down the Line" / performer: "Straight Down the Line")
 
2011 Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary) (writer: "The Weight")
 
2010 The Good Guys (TV series)
Old Dogs (2010) (writer: "The Weight" - uncredited)
 
2010 True Blood (TV series)
Everything Is Broken (2010) (writer: "How To Become Clairvoyant" - uncredited / performer: "How To Become Clairvoyant" - uncredited)
 
2010 Shutter Island ("ON THE NATURE OF DAYLIGHT" 2004, "THIS BITTER EARTH" 1960)
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (video) (performer: "Bo Diddley", "Farther On Up The Road")
 
2009 Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s (TV documentary) (writer: "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" / performer: "Somewhere Down the Crazy River")
 
2009/I The Messenger (writer: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" 1969)
 
2008 The Brothers Bloom (writer: "Sleeping")
 
2008 It Might Get Loud (documentary) (writer: "The Weight")
 
2007 1408 (writer: "The Weight")
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary) (writer: "The Weight")
 
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Trudell (2006) (music: "Paint Yourself" / performer: "Paint Yourself")
 
2006 The Black Crowes: Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog (video documentary) (writer: "The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down")
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary) (writer: "Life Is a Carnival")
 
2004 Ladder 49 (writer: "Shine Your Light", "Shine Your Light - Reflection-Adagio" / performer: "Shine Your Light", "Shine Your Light - Reflection-Adagio" / producer: "Shine Your Light", "Shine Your Light - Reflection-Adagio")
 
2004 A Home at the End of the World (writer: "Look Out Cleveland")
 
2004 Starsky & Hutch (writer: "The Weight")
 
2003 Festival Express (documentary) (writer: "The Weight" / as J.R. Robertson)
 
2003 Breakfast with Hunter (documentary) (writer: "The Weight")
 
2003 The Boys of 2nd Street Park (TV documentary) (writer: "The Weight")
 
2002 Igby Goes Down (writer: "The Weight" 1968 / as R. Robertson)
 
2002 Skins (writer: "PEYOTE HEALING", "MAKING A NOISE" / performer: "PEYOTE HEALING", "MAKING A NOISE")
 
2001 The Center of the World (performer: "Rattlebone")
 
2001 The Doe Boy (writer: "Peyote Healing" / performer: "Peyote Healing")
 
2000 Dancing at the Blue Iguana (writer: "Unbound" / performer: "Unbound")
 
1999 Any Given Sunday (writer: "GHOST DANCE", "RAIN DANCE", "RATTLEBONE", "OUT OF THE BLUE", "BLUE ON BLUE", "UNKNOWN", "BENDED KNEE", "JUST BEFORE DAWN" / performer: "GHOST DANCE", "RAIN DANCE", "RATTLEBONE", "OUT OF THE BLUE", "BLUE ON BLUE", "COYOTE DANCE", "TWISTED HAIR", "UNKNOWN", "BENDED KNEE", "JUST BEFORE DAWN")
 
1999 Girl, Interrupted (writer: "The Weight")
 
1999 The '60s (TV movie) (writer: "The Weight")
 
1998 Sports Night (TV series)
The Quality of Mercy at 29K (1998) (writer: "The Weight" - uncredited)
 
1998 Patch Adams (writer: "The Weight" / as J.R. Robertson)
 
1996 Larger Than Life (writer: "Life Is a Carnival")
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (TV documentary) (writer: "Up on Cripple Creek" / as Jaime Robertson)
 
1994 The War (writer: "Up On Cripple Creek")
 
1994 Jimmy Hollywood (writer: "Soap box Preacher", "Breakin' the Rules", "Slo Burn", "Bad Intentions" / performer: "Soap box Preacher", "Breakin' the Rules", "Spanish Theme", "Slo Burn", "What About Now", "Bad Intentions", "The Far, Lonely Cry of Trains", "Let the Good Times Roll" / producer: "Bad Intentions", "Let the Good Times Roll" / "Spanish Theme", "What About Now", "The Far, Lonely Cry of Trains")
 
1993 Beyond the Law (writer: "Broken Arrow" / performer: "Broken Arrow")
 
1992 Scent of a Woman (writer: "Evangeline")
 
1992 Whispers in the Dark (writer: "BROKEN ARROW" / performer: "BROKEN ARROW")
 
1991 Shout (writer: "Fallen Angel", "Showdown at Big Sky" / performer: "Fallen Angel", "Showdown at Big Sky")
 
1991 Until the End of the World (writer: "Breakin' the Rules" / performer: "Breakin' the Rules")
 
1990 Midnight Caller (TV series)
Wrong Side of the Wall (1990) (writer: "The Weight")
 
1990 Woodstock: The Lost Performances (video documentary) (writer: "The Weight")
 
1990 Berkeley in the Sixties (documentary) (writer: "The Weight")
 
1989 Powwow Highway (writer: "SWEET FIRE OF LOVE", "FALLEN ANGEL" / performer: "SWEET FIRE OF LOVE", "FALLEN ANGEL")
 
1988 Scrooged (writer: "Christmas Must Be Tonight" / performer: "Christmas Must Be Tonight" / producer: "Christmas Must Be Tonight")
 
1987 Five Corners (music: "Uh Uh Uh", "Leave Me Alone" / lyrics: "Uh Uh Uh", "Leave Me Alone")
 
1986 The Color of Money (writer: "Don't Tell Me Nothin'" / lyrics: "It's In The Way That You Use It")
 
1983 The Big Chill (writer: "THE WEIGHT" / as Jaime Robbie Robertson)
 
1983 Star 80 (writer: "Up On Cripple Creek")
 
1980 Raging Bull (producer: "At Last" 1941, "A New Kind of Love" 1930 / arranger: "At Last" 1941, "A New Kind of Love" 1930)
 
1977 The Shadow of Chikara ("The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down")
 
1976 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Buck Henry/The Band (1976) (writer: "Life Is A Carnival", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "Stage Fright")
 
1969 Easy Rider (writer: "The Weight" / as Jaime Robbie Robertson)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (7 titles)
???? Silence (music supervisor) (pre-production)
 
2010 Shutter Island (music supervisor)
 
2002 Gangs of New York (executive music producer)
 
1999 Forces of Nature (creative music consultant)
 
1996 Phenomenon (executive soundtrack producer)
 
1995 Casino (music consultant)
 
1982 The King of Comedy (music producer)
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
2008/I The Dreaming (short)
Narrator
 
1996 Dakota Exile (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1994-1996 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
Episode #4.161 (1996) … Musical Guest
Episode #3.176 (1994) … Musical Guest
 
1995 The Crossing Guard
Roger
 
1980 Carny
Patch
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie) (special advisor)
 
2011 The 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie) (special advisor)
 
2010 The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie) (special advisor)
 
2009 The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (TV special) (creative advisor)
 
1987 Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (documentary) (creative consultant)
 
Show ShowComposer (3 titles)
2012 Unbound (short)
 
1994 The Native Americans (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1994 Jimmy Hollywood
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2004 Jenifa (co-producer, executive producer)
 
1980 Carny (producer)
 
1978 The Last Waltz (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1980 Carny (story)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1977 Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek (TV documentary) (sound supervisor)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2006 Ask the Dust (thanks)
 
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (special thanks)
 
2003 Festival Express (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2000 Dancing at the Blue Iguana (special thanks)
 
1998 Cousin Bette (special thanks)
 
1988 U2: Rattle and Hum (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (53 titles)
2011 The 2011 Giller Prize (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.455 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #18.114 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2011 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.125 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Juno Awards 2011 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2009 The BackStage Pass (video short)
Himself
 
2007 Seven Ages of Rock (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Birth of Rock (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Drug Years (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Teenage Wasteland (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Shakin' All Over! (TV documentary)
 
2004 Ronnie Hawkins 'Still Alive and Kickin' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Darren Vigil Gray Counterclockwise (documentary short)
 
2003 Festival Express (documentary)
Himself - The Band
 
2002 Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 American Roots Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
All My Children of the Sun (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
Himself
After the Gold Rush (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Wolves (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
Robbie Robertson (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The 27th Annual Juno Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Asteroids: Deadly Impact (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1996 Emporio Armani: A Private Party (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996 The 25th Annual Juno Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Robbie Robertson: Going Home (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 February 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Woodstock Diary (TV documentary)
Himself (as The Band)
 
1992 The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (video documentary)
Host
 
1992 The 34th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1976-1992 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Chevy Chase/Robbie Robertson, Bruce Hornsby (1992) … Himself - Musical Guest
Carl Weathers/Robbie Robertson (1988) … Himself - Musical Guest
Buck Henry/The Band (1976) … Himself - Musical Guest (as The Band)
 
1991 Guitar Legends (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
Martin Scorsese Directs (1990) … Himself
 
1990 The Full Moon Show (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
Memphis & the Mississippi Delta Blues (1990) … Himself - Host
 
1988 The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 February 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (video documentary)
Narrator/Himself
 
1988 U2: The Making of the Movie 'Rattle and Hum' (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1987 Kippevel (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (documentary)
Himself - DVD only
 
1987 Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 The Last Waltz (documentary)
Himself - The Band: Lead Guitar & Vocal
 
1972 Eat the Document (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2003 World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (video documentary)
Himself - The Band
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial for GAP (2001)

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

The Band

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on making music in the late seventies] A lot of people at that time went into this tunnel of insanity and decadence and self-abuse, and didn't come out the other end. It was a rugged and ragged journey. See more »

Trivia:

Attended R.H. King High School in Scarborough, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. See more »

Trademark:

Fender Stratocaster guitar See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer