Willie Nelson
- Birthday
- Apr 30, 1933
- Birthplace
- Abbott, Texas, USA
Bio: Texas born-and-bred musical legend Willie Nelson cracked into showbiz as a disc jockey in Fort Worth. He went on to join the Ray Price band, writing tunes for Price as well as a slew of other artists (Nelson's the man who penned Patsy Cline's signature tune "Crazy"). Fronting his own group, The Outlaws, Nelson played the tanktown and honky-tonk circuit before… More Bio: Texas born-and-bred musical legend Willie Nelson cracked into showbiz as a disc jockey in Fort Worth. He went on to join the Ray Price band, writing tunes for Price as well as a slew of other artists (Nelson's the man who penned Patsy Cline's signature tune "Crazy"). Fronting his own group, The Outlaws, Nelson played the tanktown and honky-tonk circuit before scoring with his 1975 hit "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain." In 1979, he made a laudable film debut as Robert Redford's sidekick in The Electric Horseman; one year later, he starred in the C&W "Intermezzo" clone Honeysuckle Rose (1980), for which he also wrote the score, including the chartbuster "On the Road Again." Nelson's acting resumé includes several made-for-TV westerns, among them 1990's A Pair of Aces and its 1992 sequel, and a 1987 remake of Stagecoach; he also appeared as "himself"--and a very weather-beaten self it was--in a 1995 TV-movie biopic of country star Dottie West. Nelson has been awarded five Grammy Awards, and in the early 1980s he organized the annual Farm Aid Benefit, which earned him a Special Humanitarian Award. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed (2012)
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Paul Williams Still Alive (2012)
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When Angels Sing (2012)
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Jimmy Tingle's American Dream (2011)
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One Peace At A Time (2009)
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Willie Nelson Videos
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2 minutes 23 seconds
Beer For My Horses
2 minutes 48 seconds
Swing Vote
2 minutes 26 seconds
Fuel
2 minutes 13 seconds
One Peace At A Time
2 minutes 15 seconds
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