Cast & creator
Jackson Browne
Best known for The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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".
Also known as: Clyde Jackson Browne
53
film credits
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television credits
62
1971–2025 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (66)
Showing 66 of 66 credits
The Simpsons
Jackson Browne (voice)
1989
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Austin City Limits
Self
1975
Rock Concert
Self
1973
Soundstage
2003
Rockpalast
Self (piano guitar vocal)
1974
The Max Headroom Show
Self
1985
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Jackson Browne
2007
History of the Eagles
Self
2013
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Self
2025
Laurel Canyon
Self
2020
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Backing Vocals
1988
Echo in the Canyon
Self
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self
2019
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
1987
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Self
2002
The Velvet Underground
Self
2021
Trudell
Self - Singer, Songwriter
2005
Troubadours
Self
2011
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Self
2022
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
The Scarecrow
1995
Incident at Oglala
Music Consultant
1992Incident at Oglala
Musician
1992
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Self
2022
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Self
2019
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
Self
2017
The Story of Plastic
Co-Executive Producer
2019
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
1987
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Self (archive footage)
2019
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Self
2007
Jackson Browne with Special Guest Sara Watkins Live
Himself - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
2012
The Making of Sun City
Self
1985
Eagles: The Broadcast Collection
Self
1974
Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill
Self
2024
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Self
2023
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
Self
2020
The Poet of Havana
Self
2015
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
Self
2021Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
Thanks
2021
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Self (archive footage)
2003Talking Guitars
Self
2008
Raitt, Browne, Colvin, Hornsby, Lindley & Ingram - Red Rocks, Denver - Sept.12, 1999
Self - vocals, guitar
1999
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Self
1993
All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Himself
2014
Linda and the Mockingbirds
Self
2020
Jackson Browne: Going Home
Himself
1994
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion
Self
2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up
Self
2010
ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014
Self
2014
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
Self - Guest star - Guitar, vocals
1996
The Ski Bum
Stoned Guitars
1971
Immediate Family
Self
2022
Eagles | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Self - Special Guest
1973
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
Self
2014
Nico Icon
Self
1995
The Eagles - Earlybird Live Usa 1974 & Europe 1973
Self - Guest
2011
Station to Station
2014
No Nukes
Self
1980Jackson Browne: BBC in Concert
1978
Jackson Browne: I'll Do Anything - Live In Concert
Musician
2013
Really Good Rejects
2022
Jackson Browne: VH-1 Storytellers
Himself
1996