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".
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 9, 1948 (78)
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Actor and producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
Known for
What are Jackson Browne's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 10 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 7 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 10 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 0
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jackson Browne's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jackson Browne's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 51 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Really Good Rejects (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Story of Plastic(2019)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Station to Station(2015)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Jackson Browne: I'll Do Anything - Live In Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Soundstage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Incident at Oglala(1992)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all showsJackson Browne: BBC in Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Ski Bum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1971 to 2022.
Awards
Nominated for a Grammy Award in 2022, Best Americana Album.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jackson Browne's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 4; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 93rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 44/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 20. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Jackson Browne work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jackson Browne's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruce Springsteen shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Bruce SpringsteenShared titles: Billy Joel: And So It Goes (2025), The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (2019), Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Bruce Springsteen
- David GeffenShared titles: Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill (2022), Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019), History of the Eagles (2013)See all 3 shared titles with David Geffen
- Don HenleyShared titles: Immediate Family (2022), Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019), History of the Eagles (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Don Henley
- JD SoutherShared titles: Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill (2022), History of the Eagles (2013), Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)See all 3 shared titles with JD Souther
Composers and cinematographers
- Samuel PainterShared titles: Billy Joel: And So It Goes (2025), History of the Eagles (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Samuel Painter
- Mike McCreadyShared titles: The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (2019), The Story of Plastic (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Mike McCready
Producers
- Dan BraunShared titles: Immediate Family (2022), Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Braun