Known For
Acting
Born
May 24, 1941
Place of Birth
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Credits
174 titles
Bob Dylan
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
Filmography
No Time to Think: Bob Dylan as Filmmaker
Himself (archival footage)
I understand
Music
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Highway 99: A Double Album
Self [Archival]
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
A Complete Unknown
Songs
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
Girl From the North Country
Songs
Girl from the North Country
Songs
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Music
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, The Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
The Partners
Music
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Self (archive footage)
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Self
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Self (archive footage)
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
Self
The Magic Voices of Pop
Self (archive)
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
Self (archive footage)
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Self (archival footage)
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Self (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
Self
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
Self
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self (archive footage)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
Self (archive footage)
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
Self
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Self
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self (archive footage)
The Top Ten Revealed
Self (archive footage)
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
Self
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Året var 1966
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self (archive photos/footage)
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965
Self
Mavis!
Self