Aaron Dessner

Biography

Aaron Brooking Dessner is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, teaming with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift's studio albums Folklore and Evermore, both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with the former winning the accolade.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Live from the Artists Den

All Movies (20)

FireAid Benefit Concert2025 · as Self
The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival2024
The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 20242024
Buke & Gase2023 · as Self
The National - Live at Bearsville Theater2023
Really Good Rejects2022
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions2020 · as Self
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre2019 · as Self
The National - Live From Pukkelpop 20192019 · as Self
The National - Live From Ypsigrock 20192019 · as Self
Death is Elsewhere2019
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 20172017 · as Self
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House2017 · as Self
The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson2017
The National - Live at Sydney Opera House2014 · as Self
Mistaken for Strangers2013 · as Self
A Lot of Sorrow2013 · as Self
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music2010 · as Self
A Skin, A Night2008 · as Self
The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat2005

All TV Shows (9)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Big Red Machine
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
Live from the Artists Den2009 · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Guest Musician (uncredited)
The Grammys1959 · as Self