Actor

Levon Helm

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Movies: 36Series: 2Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 76136

IMDb ID: nm0375629

Known for: Acting

Born: May 26, 1940

Died: April 19, 2012

Age: 71

Place of birth: Elaine, Arkansas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 2021

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 6.82

Wikidata: Q356986

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Executive Producer (1)Music (1)

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Biography

Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (born May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012), was an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor. He achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band. He is known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.