Jackson Browne
Known for: Acting
Browne was born October 9, 1948, in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father Clyde Jack Browne, an American serviceman, was stationed for his job assignment with the Stars and Stripes newspaper. Browne's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings. Roberta "Berbie" Browne was born in 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany; and Edward Severin Browne was born in 1949 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later. At the age of three, Browne and his family moved to his grandfather's house, Abbey San Encino, in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles. In his teens, he began singing folk songs in local venues such as the Ash Grove and The Troubador Club. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, graduating in 1966. Clyde Jackson Browne is a German/American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running on Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and given an honorary doctorate of music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked him as 37th in its list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".
Filmography
Series
The Simpsons
Jackson Browne (voice)
1989
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Series
Austin City Limits
Self
1975
Series
Rockpalast
Self (piano guitar vocal)
1974
Series
Rock Concert
Self
1973
Series
Soundstage
2003
Film
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Jackson Browne
2007
Series
The Max Headroom Show
Self
1985
Series
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Self
2025
Film
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Self
2022
Series
Laurel Canyon
Self
2020
Film
The Velvet Underground
Self
2021
Film
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Backing Vocals
1988
Film
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
1987
Film
Trudell
Self - Singer, Songwriter
2005
Series
History of the Eagles
Self
2013
Talking Guitars
Self
2008
Film
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
1987
Film
Eagles: The Broadcast Collection
Self
1974
Film
Echo in the Canyon
Self
2019
Film
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
Self
2014
Film
Troubadours
Self
2011
Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self
2019
Film
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
Film
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Self
2007
Film
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Self
2022
Film
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
No Nukes
Self
1980
Film
Linda and the Mockingbirds
Self
2020
Film
Station to Station
2014
Film
The Making of Sun City
Self
1985
Film
Immediate Family
Self
2022
Film
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
The Scarecrow
1995
Film
The Ski Bum
Stoned Guitars
1971
Film
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up
Self
2010
Film
Jackson Browne with Special Guest Sara Watkins Live
Himself - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
2012
Film
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
Self
2020
Film
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Self
2002
Film
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Self
1993
Film
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Self
2023
Film
Nico Icon
Self
1995
Jackson Browne: BBC in Concert
1978
Film
Raitt, Browne, Colvin, Hornsby, Lindley & Ingram - Red Rocks, Denver - Sept.12, 1999
Self - vocals, guitar
1999
Film
ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014
Self
2014
Film
Jackson Browne: Going Home
Himself
1994
Film
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self
2019
Film
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
Self
2021
Film
Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill
Self
2024
Film
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
Self
2017
Film
Jackson Browne: VH-1 Storytellers
Himself
1996
Film
The Poet of Havana
Self
2015
Film
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion
Self
2009
Film
All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Himself
2014
Film
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Eagles | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Self - Special Guest
1973
Film
Jackson Browne: I'll Do Anything - Live In Concert
Musician
2013
Film
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
Self - Guest star - Guitar, vocals
1996
Film
The Eagles - Earlybird Live Usa 1974 & Europe 1973
Self - Guest
2011
Film
Really Good Rejects
2022