Jackson Browne
Biography
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

The Simpsons

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Austin City Limits

Rockpalast

Rock Concert

Soundstage
All Movies (49)
- Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill2024 · as Self
- Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues2023 · as Self
- Immediate Family2022 · as Self
- Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On2022 · as Self
- Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute2022 · as Self
- Really Good Rejects2022
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts2021 · as Self
- The Velvet Underground2021 · as Self
- The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions2020 · as Self
- Linda and the Mockingbirds2020 · as Self
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice2019 · as Self
- David Crosby: Remember My Name2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- Echo in the Canyon2019 · as Self
- The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash2019 · as Self
- Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 302017 · as Self
- The Poet of Havana2015 · as Self
- Station to Station2014
- ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 20142014 · as Self
- All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman2014 · as Himself
- Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute2014 · as Self
- Jackson Browne: I'll Do Anything - Live In Concert2013 · as Musician
- Jackson Browne with Special Guest Sara Watkins Live2012 · as Himself - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
- Troubadours2011 · as Self
- The Eagles - Earlybird Live Usa 1974 & Europe 19732011 · as Self - Guest
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up2010 · as Self
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion2009 · as Self
- Talking Guitars2008 · as Self
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story2007 · as Jackson Browne
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream2007 · as Self
- Trudell2005 · as Self - Singer, Songwriter
- Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back2003 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'2002 · as Self
- Raitt, Browne, Colvin, Hornsby, Lindley & Ingram - Red Rocks, Denver - Sept.12, 19991999 · as Self - vocals, guitar
- Jackson Browne: VH-1 Storytellers1996 · as Himself
- Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested1996 · as Self - Guest star - Guitar, vocals
- The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True1995 · as The Scarecrow
- Nico Icon1995 · as Self
- Jackson Browne: Going Home1994 · as Himself
- Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work1993 · as Self
- Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute1988 · as Self
- Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988 · as Self - Backing Vocals
- The Best of Max Headroom1987 · as Self
- The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball1987 · as Self
- The Making of Sun City1985 · as Self
- No Nukes1980 · as Self
- Jackson Browne: BBC in Concert1978
- Eagles: The Broadcast Collection1974 · as Self
- Eagles | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert1973 · as Self - Special Guest
- The Ski Bum1971 · as Stoned Guitars
All TV Shows (12)
- Billy Joel: And So It Goes2025 · as Self
- Laurel Canyon2020 · as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
- History of the Eagles2013 · as Self
- Soundstage2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Musical Guest
- The Simpsons1989 · as Jackson Browne (voice)
- The Max Headroom Show1985 · as Self
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest
- Austin City Limits1975 · as Self
- Rockpalast1974 · as Self (piano guitar vocal)
- Rock Concert1973 · as Self