Aaron Dessner
Sound
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Acting Credits
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 accol...
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Big Red Machine
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
Self - Guest Musician (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
Live from the Artists Den
Self
Filmography
Gracie Abrams - Amazon Music Songline
2026
as Self
Switched On Pop
2026
as Self - Guest
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
as Self
The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
2024
The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
2024
The National - Live at Bearsville Theater
2023
Buke & Gase
2023
as Self
Really Good Rejects
2022
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
2020
as Self
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
2019
as Self
The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019
2019
as Self
The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019
2019
as Self
Death is Elsewhere
2019
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House
2017
as Self
The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
2017
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017
2017
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Musical Guest
The National - Live at Sydney Opera House
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Big Red Machine
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Mistaken for Strangers
2013
as Self
A Lot of Sorrow
2013
as Self
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010
as Self
Live from the Artists Den
2009
as Self
A Skin, A Night
2008
as Self
The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Guest Musician (uncredited)
The Grammys
1959
as Self