Acting credits
26
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Aaron Dessner
Sound
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 30Series: 6Crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 931139
IMDb ID: nm3039520
Known for: Sound
Born: April 23, 1976
Age: 49
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2025
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q4661964
Also known as
Aaron Brooking Dessner • The National • Big Red Machine
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (5)Music (4)Executive Producer (1)Original Story (1)Songs (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Aaron Dessner.
8.7
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
2025 Movie
But Daddy, I Love Him!
Original Story
2024 Movie
3.9
Dandelion
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
2024 Movie
The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
2024 Movie
Buke & Gase
as Self
2023 Movie
The National - Live at Bearsville Theater
2023 Movie
Really Good Rejects
2022 Movie
5.7
Jockey
Original Music Composer
2021 Movie
6.3
Cyrano
Original Music Composer
2021 Movie
7.2
C'mon C'mon
Original Music Composer
2021 Movie
7.7
All of This Unreal Time
Music
2021 Movie
8.5
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
as Self
2020 Movie
9.3
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
as Self
2019 Movie
The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019
as Self
2019 Movie
The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019
as Self
2019 Movie
Death is Elsewhere
2019 Movie
7.1
I Am Easy to Find
Music
2019 Movie
6.8
The Professor
Original Music Composer
2018 Movie
7.0
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017
as Self
2017 Movie
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House
as Self
2017 Movie
The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
2017 Movie
5.6
Transpecos
Original Music Composer
2016 Movie
The National - Live at Sydney Opera House
as Self
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Aaron Dessner.
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Big Red Machine • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.0
Live from the Artists Den
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.6
The Grammys
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series