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Aliases: Robert Allen Zimmerman , Blind Boy Grunt , The Bard , The Voice of a Generation , The Voice of Protest , Zimbo , Zimmy , Sergei Petrov , Lucky Wilbury , Robert Zimmerman , Traveling Wilburys , Boo Wilbury

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Homepage: https://www.bobdylan.com/

Movie Involvements: 138

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Dylan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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The Kennedy Center Honors
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7
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
The Top Ten Revealed
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8

The Top Ten Revealed

(2018) Self (archive footage)
MTV Unplugged
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7

MTV Unplugged

(1989) Self
The Beatles Anthology
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8

The Beatles Anthology

(1995) Self (archive footage)
Folk Britannia
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0

Folk Britannia

(2006) Self (archival footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
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8

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

(2021) Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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8

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

(2018) Self (archive footage)

Acting

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2019 Self
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2018 Self (archive footage)
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2017 Self (archive footage)
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2016 Self (archive footage)
2015 Self
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Himself
2014 Self (archive footage)
2013 Self
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Self
2012 Self
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2011 Self (archive footage)
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2009 Self
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2008 Self
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2007 Self
Self (archive footage)
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2006 Self
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self - archival footage
Self (archival footage)
2005 Self
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2004 Self
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2003 Self (archive footage)
Jack Fate
himself
Self (archive footage)
1999 Self - Guest star
Alfred - Chauffeur
1997 Self
1995 Self - Performer
Self (archive footage)
Self
1994 Self
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1993 Self
Self
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1991 Self
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1990 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Artist (uncredited)
1989 Self
1987 Billy Parker
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1986 Self
1985 Self
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1979 Self
1978 Self
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Renaldo
1976 Self
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1975 Self - Musical Guest
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1973 Alias
1972 Self
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1971 Self
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1969 Self
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1967 Self
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1965 Self
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1964 Self
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1963 Bobby
1959 Self
1953 Self
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Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Executive Producer
Producer
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Sound

Writing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2003 Compositor
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Directing

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1978 Director
1972 Director
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Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1978 Editor
1972 Editor
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