Bob Dylan
Known for: Acting
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."
Filmography
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Dharma & Greg
Self
1997
Series
MTV Unplugged
Self
1989
Series
Disco
Self
1971
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self
1967
Series
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
1969
Series
The Top Ten Revealed
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Catchfire
Artist (uncredited)
1990
Series
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Alias
1973
Film
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Singer (archive footage)
2025
Film
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Self
2019
Film
The Last Waltz
Self
1978
Film
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Live Aid
Self
1985
Film
The People Speak
Self
2009
Film
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Folk Britannia
Self (archival footage)
2006
Film
Masked and Anonymous
Jack Fate
2003
Film
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self
2005
Series
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
Self
1967
Film
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Film
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Performer
1995
Film
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Eat the Document
Self
1972
Film
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self
2020
Film
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Self
2007
Film
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Hearts of Fire
Billy Parker
1987
Film
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Self
2005
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
Series
The Grammys
Self
1959
Film
Dylan Speaks
Self
1965
Film
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Live Aid
Self
2004
Film
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Film
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Self
2022
Film
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
1985
Film
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Mavis!
Self
2015
Film
Renaldo and Clara
Renaldo
1978
Film
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Self
1993
Film
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
Self
1970
Film
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Self
2006
Film
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Self
2007
Film
The Making of Sun City
Self
1985
Film
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
The Concert for Bangladesh
Self
1972
Film
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
Self
2007
Film
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
Self
1991
Film
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
Self
2017
Film
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1993
Film
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Self (archival footage)
2021
Film
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Self
1979
Film
Festival
Self
1967
Film
Highway 99: A Double Album
Self [Archival]
2025
Film
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
Self
2004
Film
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Born In Chicago
Self
2013
Film
Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
Self
1993
Film
Johnny Cash's America
Self
2008
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
Self
1994
Film
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
1965
Film
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self (archive photos/footage)
2015
Film
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
Self
1969
Film
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
Self
2007
Film
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
Self
1986
Film
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
1972
Film
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Self
2009
Film
Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative
Self
2011
Film
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
Self
2021
Film
Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation
Self
2006
Film
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
2018
Film
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
The Best Of Beat
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
No Time to Think: Bob Dylan as Filmmaker
Himself (archival footage)
2026
Film
Getting to Dylan
Self
1987
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
Self
1972
Film
Året var 1966
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
Self
2019
Film
Paradise Cove
Alfred - Chauffeur
1999
Film
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965
Self
2015
Film
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night
Self
1991
Film
John Mellencamp: It's About You
Self
2012
Film
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Self
2005
Film
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Rolling Stones: Bridges To Buenos Aires
Self
1998
Film
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
Self (archive footage)
2004
Taj Mahal and Friends
Self
1987
Film
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, The Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
Self - Guest star
1999
Film
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
self - archival footage
2006
Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey
Self
2009
Film
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
Self (Archive Footage)
2008
Film
The Madhouse on Castle Street
Bobby
1963
Film
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
Self
1995
Film
The Wild West Bank Sound
Self - Musician/Self - songwriter (archive footage)
Film
Bob Dylan: The Folk Years
Himself (archive footage)
2006
Film
The Bob Dylan Phenomenon
Self
2007
Film
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
Self (archive sound)
2006
Film
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
Self
2007
Film
Bob Dylan After the Crash 1966-1978
Self
2006
Film
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Self (archive footage)
2011
My Generation: The Animals
Self (Archive Footage)
1995
Film
Seattle Supersonic
Self
2005
Film
Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Magic Voices of Pop
Self (archive)
2021
Film
65 Revisited
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Snapshots from the Tour
Himself
2015
Film
Johnny Cash: Live On Air
Self
2008
Film
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976
Self
1976
Film
Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977
1977
Film
Bob Dylan: Hard Rain
Self
1976
Film
Bob Dylan: World Tours 1966-1974 - Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein
Self
2004
Film
Bob Dylan: 1978-1989 - Both Ends of the Rainbow
Self
2008
Film
Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged
Self
1994
Film
Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield
Self
2013
![Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mzBL8VvwH67ktB1wcPKFtsCNXPF.jpg)
Film
Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan
Self
1965
Film
Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
Self
2020
Bob Dylan: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
Self
2009
Film
Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again!
Self
2008
Film
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
Self
2020
Film
The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
Self
1983
Film
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
2024
Film
Bob Dylan: The Blood of the Lamb
Self
2011
Film
Bob Dylan Revealed
Self
2011
Film
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
Self
2012
Film
Bob Dylan Quest Television Special
Self
1964
Film
Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan
Self
2005
Film
Legend of Lead Belly
Self
2013
Film
Bob Dylan: Woodstock '94
Self
1994
Film
Bob Dylan - Live At The House Of Blues
Self
2005
Film
Bob Dylan: When the Deal Goes Down
2006