Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins, known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, who along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, among others, created the country music style that came to be known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily known as a guitarist. He also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele. Atkins's signature picking style was inspired by Merle Travis. Other major guitar influences were Django Reinhardt, George Barnes, Les Paul, and, later, Jerry Reed. His distinctive picking style and musicianship brought him admirers inside and outside the country scene, both in the United States and abroad. Atkins spent most of his career at RCA Victor and produced records for the Browns, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Perry Como, Floyd Cramer, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, and many others. Rolling Stone credited Atkins with inventing the "popwise 'Nashville sound' that rescued country music from a commercial slump," and ranked him number 21 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time." Among many other honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received nine Country Music Association awards for Instrumentalist of the Year. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chet Atkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 1995Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story — Chet Atkins
• 1987Chet Atkins and Friends
• Nashville 99 — Chet Atkins
• 1977Stroszek — Original Music Composer

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2016Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1) — Self
• 2014The Winding Stream — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Country at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Chet Atkins: A Life in Music — Self
• 1999In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story — Self
• 1999The Genius of Lenny Breau — Self
• 1996Neil Diamond: Under a Tennessee Moon — Self - Guest Artist
• 1993Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms — Self
• 1991Country Music Classics: Webb Pierce and Chet Atkins — Self (archive footage)
• 1991Guitar — Self
• 1989In the Hank Williams Tradition — Self
• 1989Leo Kottke: Home + Away — Self
• 1987The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball — Self
• 1984The Everly Brothers' Rock 'n' Roll Odyssey — Self
• 197850 Years of Country Music — Self
• 1978Hee Haw 10th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1977Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl — Self
• The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• Numéro un — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Johnny Cash Show — Self
• 1964Tennessee Jamboree — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Chet Atkins: Rare Performances 1955-1975 — Self