Jackson Browne
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".
Known for
Acting61
movieDavid Crosby: Remember My Name
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieJackson Browne with Special Guest Sara Watkins Live
2012
Himself - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
movieWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Jackson Browne
movieTrudell
2005
Self - Singer, Songwriter
movieEd Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003
Self (archive footage)
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Musical Guest
movieRaitt, Browne, Colvin, Hornsby, Lindley & Ingram - Red Rocks, Denver - Sept.12, 1999
1999
Self - vocals, guitar
movieBonnie Raitt: Road Tested
1996
Self - Guest star - Guitar, vocals
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Jackson Browne (voice)
movieRoy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
Self - Backing Vocals
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Musical Guest
tvRockpalast
1974
Self (piano guitar vocal)
movieEagles | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1973
Self - Special Guest
movieThe Ski Bum
1971
Stoned Guitars
Crew1
Production1
movieThe Story of Plastic
2019
Co-Executive Producer
Sound1
movieIncident at Oglala
1992
Musician, Music Consultant