Bob Dylan

Known for ActingBorn 1941-05-24 (age 85)Duluth, Minnesota, USA

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."Read more

Movies & web series

Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood

Bob Dylan Revealed

Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative

Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey

Bob Dylan: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

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

Bob Dylan After the Crash 1966-1978

Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975

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

Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977

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

Bob Dylan Quest Television Special

The Madhouse on Castle Street

65 Revisited

Johnny Cash: Live On Air

Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert

Bob Dylan: When the Deal Goes Down

The Making of Sun City

Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged

Bob Dylan: Hard Rain

Live Aid

Legend of Lead Belly

The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971

Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

Johnny Cash's America

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Johnny Cash: American Rebel

Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

The Grammys

The Top Ten Revealed

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

Snapshots from the Tour

Born In Chicago

The Greatest Night in Pop

John Candy: I Like Me

George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited

Bob Dylan: Woodstock '94

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

Daniel Lanois "Rocky World"

Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Live Aid

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song