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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Actor · Born May 24, 1941 · Duluth, Minnesota, USA

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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."

Acted in 17

2020s

  1. 2024

    Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center

    Movie

  2. 2022

    Andy Warhol's America

    Movie

  3. Andy Warhol's America

    TV

2010s

  1. 2018

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Movie · Documentary

  2. 2016

    Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

    (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2006

    Bob Dylan: When the Deal Goes Down

    Movie

  2. 2003

    Masked and Anonymous

    Jack Fate

1990s

  1. 1999

    Paradise Cove

    Alfred - Chauffeur

  2. 1997

    Storyville

    TV · 30 Seasons · Documentary

  3. 1990

    Catchfire

    Artist (uncredited)

    50

1980s

  1. 1988

    Imagine: John Lennon

    Movie

  2. 1987

    Hearts of Fire

    Billy Parker

  3. 1984

    Bob Dylan: Jokerman

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1978

    Renaldo and Clara

    Renaldo

  2. 1977

    Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977

    Movie

  3. 1973

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Alias

    66

1960s

  1. 1963

    The Madhouse on Castle Street

    Bobby

Sound 20

2020s

  1. 2025

    I understand

    Music

  2. 2024

    A Complete Unknown

    Songs

    74

  3. Girl from the North Country

    Songs

  4. Girl From the North Country

    Songs

  5. Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

    Music

  6. Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan

    Music

  7. The Partners

    Music

2000s

  1. 2005

    Prisoners of Beckett

    Music

  2. 2004

    Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975

    Original Music Composer

  3. 2003

    Masked and Anonymous

    Music

  4. 2000

    Wonder Boys

    Songs

    74

1990s

  1. 1993

    Daniel Lanois "Rocky World"

    Music

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Power of Speech

    Music

  2. 1986

    Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

    Music

  3. Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert

    Music

  4. Band of the Hand

    Theme Song Performance

    43

1970s

  1. 1973

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Original Music Composer

    66
  2. 1971

    Diary Films I - V

    Music

Wrote 3

2000s

  1. 2003

    Masked and Anonymous

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1978

    Renaldo and Clara

    Writer

Directed 2

1970s

  1. 1978

    Renaldo and Clara

    Director

  2. 1972

    Eat the Document

    Director

Edited 2

1970s

  1. 1978

    Renaldo and Clara

    Editor

  2. 1972

    Eat the Document

    Editor

Appearances135

2020s

  1. 2026

    No Time to Think: Bob Dylan as Filmmaker

    Himself (archival footage)

  2. 2025

    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

    Self (archive footage)

  3. John Candy: I Like Me

    Self - Singer (archive footage)

    79

  4. Highway 99: A Double Album

    Self [Archival]

  5. One to One: John & Yoko

    Self (archive footage)

    77
  6. 2024

    Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

    Self (archive footage)

    76

  7. The Beach Boys

    Self (archive footage)

    75

  8. Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan

    Self (archive footage)

  9. The Greatest Night in Pop

    Self (archive footage)

    84
  10. 2023

    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    Self (archive footage)

    76
  11. 2022

    2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Self (archive footage)

  12. Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

    Self

    77
  14. 2021

    Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff

    Self (archive footage)

  15. Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom

    Self

  17. Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

    Self (archive footage)

  18. Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

    Self (archival footage)

  19. The Dancing Man of L.A.

    Self (archive footage)

  20. 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

    76
  21. 2020

    Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999

    Self

  22. Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

    Self

  23. My Darling Vivian

    Self (archive footage)

  24. Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born

    Self

  25. Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens

    Self (archive footage)

  26. Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

    Self (archive footage)

    72

2010s

  1. 2019

    Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

    Self (archive footage)

    70

  3. Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film

    Self

  4. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

    Self

    80

  5. The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

    Self (archive footage)

  6. 2018

    Elvis Presley: The Searcher

    Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes

  7. Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

    Self (archive footage)

  8. The Top Ten Revealed

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

  9. 2017

    Popular Voices at the BBC

    Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes

  10. Bob Dylan: Trouble No More

    Self

  11. 2016

    The Discreet Françoise Hardy

    Self (archive footage)

  12. Året var 1966

    Self (archive footage)

  13. 2015

    Johnny Cash: American Rebel

    Self (archive photos/footage)

  14. Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965

    Self

  15. Mavis!

    Self

    77

  16. Snapshots from the Tour

    Himself

  17. 2013

    Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield

    Self

  18. Born In Chicago

    Self

  19. Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

    Self (archive footage)

  20. Legend of Lead Belly

    Self

  21. 2012

    Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood

    Self

  22. John Mellencamp: It's About You

    Self

  23. 2011

    YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls

    Self (archive footage)

  24. Bob Dylan Revealed

    Self

  25. Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative

    Self

  26. Bob Dylan: The Blood of the Lamb

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    The People Speak

    Self

  2. Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

    Self

  3. O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2008

    Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again!

    Self

  5. Johnny Cash's America

    Self

  6. Johnny Cash: Live On Air

    Self

  7. Bob Dylan: 1978-1989 - Both Ends of the Rainbow

    Self

  8. Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965

    Self (Archive Footage)

  9. 2007

    The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

    Self

  10. 65 Revisited

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

    Self

    88

  12. The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971

    Self

  13. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Self

  14. The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys

    Self

  15. The Bob Dylan Phenomenon

    Self

  16. 2006

    Bob Dylan: The Folk Years

    Himself (archive footage)

  17. The Ballad of AJ Weberman

    Self (archive sound)

  18. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    Self

  19. Bob Dylan After the Crash 1966-1978

    Self

  20. Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation

    Self

  21. Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan

    self - archival footage

  22. 2005

    George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited

    Self

  23. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    Self

  24. Seattle Supersonic

    Self

  25. Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

    Self

  26. Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan

    Self

  27. Bob Dylan - Live At The House Of Blues

    Self

  28. 2004

    Live Aid

    Self

  29. Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

    Self

  30. Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

    Self (archive footage)

  31. Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975

    Self (archive footage)

  32. Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966

    Self (archive footage)

  33. Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology

    Self (archive footage)

  34. Bob Dylan: World Tours 1966-1974 - Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein

    Self

  35. 2003

    The Best Of Beat

    Self (archive footage)

  36. Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back

    Self (archive footage)

  37. World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

    Self (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1999

    Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert

    Self - Guest star

  2. 1998

    The Rolling Stones: Bridges To Buenos Aires

    Self

  3. 1997

    Dharma & Greg

    Self · 1 episode

    64
  4. 1995

    Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

    Self - Performer

  5. Robbie Robertson: Going Home

    Self

  6. 1994

    Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame

    Self

  7. Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged

    Self - Guitar, Harmonica

  8. Bob Dylan: Woodstock '94

    Self

  9. 1993

    Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms

    Self

  10. Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

    Self

  11. Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

    Self

  12. 1991

    Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night

    Self

  13. Van Morrison: One Irish Rover

    Self

  14. 1990

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

  1. 1989

    MTV Unplugged

    Self · 1 episode

    79
  2. 1987

    Getting to Dylan

    Self

  3. 1986

    Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert

    Self

  4. 1985

    Live Aid

    Self

  5. We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

    Self

    81

  6. The Making of Sun City

    Self

  7. 1983

    The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

    Self

1970s

  1. 1979

    Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

    Self

  2. 1978

    The Kennedy Center Honors

    Self · 1 episode

  3. The Last Waltz

    Self

    85
  4. 1976

    Bob Dylan: Hard Rain

    Self

  5. Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976

    Self

  6. 1975

    Saturday Night Live

    Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode

    77

  7. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Self · 1 episode

  8. 1972

    Eat the Document

    Self

  9. Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

    Self

  10. The Concert for Bangladesh

    Self

  11. 1971

    Disco

    Self · 3 episodes

  12. Great Performances

    Self · 1 episode

    74
  13. 1970

    Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

    Self

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Johnny Cash Show

    Self · 1 episode

  2. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music

    Self

  3. 1967

    Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

    Self · 1 episode

  4. Festival

    Self

  5. Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back

    Self

    82
  6. 1965

    Dylan Speaks

    Self

  7. Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Self

  8. Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan

    Self

  9. 1964

    Bob Dylan Quest Television Special

    Self

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Grammys

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1953

    The Oscars

    Self · 1 episode

No release date

  1. The Wild West Bank Sound

    Self - Musician/Self - songwriter (archive footage)

Thanked in the credits1

1990s

  1. 1994

    The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

    Thanks