Bob Dylan
Acting
Born: May 24, 1941 (age 85) · Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Highest Rated
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."
Known for
A Complete Unknown
2024
Wonder Boys
2000
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
The Last Waltz
1978
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Dharma & Greg
1997
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Catchfire
1990
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Photos (3)
Movies (15)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Alias
Catchfire
Artist (uncredited)
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Masked and Anonymous
Jack Fate
Hearts of Fire
Billy Parker
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
2016
Andy Warhol's America
2022
Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977
1977
Renaldo and Clara
Renaldo
Bob Dylan: When the Deal Goes Down
2006
Paradise Cove
Alfred - Chauffeur
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
2018
The Madhouse on Castle Street
Bobby
Bob Dylan: Jokerman
1984
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
2024
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (134)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Dharma & Greg
Self · 1 eps
MTV Unplugged
Self · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Disco
Self · 3 eps
The Top Ten Revealed
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Johnny Cash Show
Self · 1 eps
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
The Magic Voices of Pop
Self (archive)
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
The Last Waltz
Self
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Self
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
The People Speak
Self
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
Self (archive footage)
Live Aid
Self
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Self
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self (archive footage)
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Self
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
Self (archive footage)
Born In Chicago
Self
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Performer
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
Self
Mavis!
Self
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self
The Making of Sun City
Self
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Self (archive footage)
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Self
Live Aid
Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Self
The Concert for Bangladesh
Self
Getting to Dylan
Self
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
Self (archive footage)
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
Self
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
Self
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Self
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Self
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
Self
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage)
The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
Self
Året var 1966
Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self (archive footage)
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
Self
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self (archive photos/footage)
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
Self
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
Self
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
Self
Bob Dylan Revealed
Self
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Self (archive footage)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
Self (Archive Footage)
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
Self
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
Eat the Document
Self
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Self (archive footage)
Seattle Supersonic
Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Self (archive footage)
Festival
Self
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Self (archive footage)
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
Self
The Rolling Stones: Bridges To Buenos Aires
Self
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Self
The Best Of Beat
Self (archive footage)
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Self (archival footage)
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
Self - Guest star
No Time to Think: Bob Dylan as Filmmaker
Himself (archival footage)
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Self
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Self
Dylan Speaks
Self
John Mellencamp: It's About You
Self
Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield
Self
Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged
Self
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
Self
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
Self
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Self (archive footage)
The Grammys
Self · 1 eps
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
Self
Highway 99: A Double Album
Self [Archival]
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
Self (archive sound)
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Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan
Self
Bob Dylan: Hard Rain
Self
Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation
Self
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Self (archive footage)
65 Revisited
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976
Self
Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965
Self
Snapshots from the Tour
Himself
Johnny Cash's America
Self
Johnny Cash: Live On Air
Self
The Bob Dylan Phenomenon
Self
Bob Dylan: 1978-1989 - Both Ends of the Rainbow
Self
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night
Self
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
Self (archive footage)
Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966
Self (archive footage)
Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
Self
Bob Dylan After the Crash 1966-1978
Self
Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
Self
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
self - archival footage
Bob Dylan Quest Television Special
Self
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
Self
Bob Dylan: Woodstock '94
Self
Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative
Self
Bob Dylan - Live At The House Of Blues
Self
Legend of Lead Belly
Self
Bob Dylan: The Blood of the Lamb
Self
Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again!
Self
Bob Dylan: World Tours 1966-1974 - Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein
Self
Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan
Self
Bob Dylan: The Folk Years
Himself (archive footage)
Upcoming (3)
Directing (2)
Writing (3)
Other Crew (22)
A Complete Unknown
Songs
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Original Music Composer
Wonder Boys
Songs
Band of the Hand
Theme Song Performance
My Own Love Song
Music
Masked and Anonymous
Music
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Original Music Composer
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
Thanks
Daniel Lanois "Rocky World"
Music
Renaldo and Clara
Editor
Prisoners of Beckett
Music
The Power of Speech
Music
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Music
Girl From the North Country
Songs
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan
Music
Eat the Document
Editor
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
Music
The Partners
Music
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
Music
I understand
Music
Diary Films I - V
Music
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
Original Music Composer