Bob Geldof
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement. The band had UK number one hits with his co-compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". Geldof starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall. As a fundraiser, Geldof organised the charity supergroup Band Aid and the concerts Live Aid and Live 8, and co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles to date. Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially his anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In 1984, he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid the following year and the Live 8 concerts in 2005. Geldof currently serves as an adviser to the ONE Campaign, co-founded by fellow Irish rock singer and activist Bono, and is a member of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. A single father, Geldof has also been outspoken for the fathers' rights movement. Geldof was granted an honorary knighthood (KBE) by Elizabeth II in 1986 for his charity work in Africa: it is an honorary award as Geldof is an Irish citizen, but he is often referred to as 'Sir Bob'. He is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made "an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace", among numerous other awards and nominations. In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Geldof, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
Movie
Zombie Plane
Movie · as Mort Pudlin
On the Frontlines of Hunger
Movie · as Self
Fly Squad – First Strike!
Movie · as (voice)
For a Million Years
Movie · as Himself
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Movie · as Self
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Movie · as Self
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
Movie · as Vocals / Guitar
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Quintessentially Irish
Movie · as Self
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Movie · as Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Movie · as Self
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
Movie · as Self
The Rory Gallagher Story
Movie · as Self
Paula
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Doug and the Slugs and Me
Movie · as Self
ABBA V Queen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
Movie · as Self
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Quiet One
Movie · as Self
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
Postcards from the 48%
Movie
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
Movie · as Self
Fairytale Of New York - The Story of a Christmas Classic
Movie · as Self
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
Movie · as Self
London's Burning
Movie · as Bob Geldof
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Movie · as Self
Irish Rock at the BBC
Movie · as Self
Stranded
Movie · as Self
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Self
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
Movie · as Singer
Bob Geldof: The Moment
Movie · as Himself
Bad Girl
Movie · as George
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Movie · as Self
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
Movie
Berlin Live
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Movie · as Self
Modern Slavery
Movie
Starsuckers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Skavlan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Noughties...Was That It?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Meaning of Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
8
Movie · as Himself
I Am Bob
Movie · as Bob
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
Movie · as Self
Blair: The Inside Story
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Seven Ages of Rock
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Movie · as Self
Best Ever Spitting Image
Movie · as Self
Legends
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Semperopernball
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Live 8
Movie · as Self
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
Movie
Stuck in the Middle
Movie · as Self
New York Doll
Movie · as Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Movie · as Self
Live Aid Against All Odds
Movie · as Self
The World's Greatest Gigs
Movie
Lovesongs Of The 70's
Movie · as I Don't Like Mondays
Live Eighties
Movie · as Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie · as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Movie · as Self
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
Movie
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest / Performer · 1 ep
Grumpy Old Men
TV · as Self · 14 eps
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Movie · as Self
The Old Fools
Movie · as Narrator
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Top Gear
TV · as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car · 1 ep
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Queen: Is This the Real Life?
Movie · as Self
maybrit illner
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spice World
Movie · as Bob Geldof
Diana & Me
Movie · as Self
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
HARDtalk
TV · 1 ep
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
Movie · as Self
Queen: Champions of the World
Movie · as Self
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
Movie · as Self
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
Movie · as Sänger
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Movie · as Self
Pavarotti & Friends
Movie · as Self
ECHO-Verleihung
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bernard and the Genie
Movie · as Himself
DAS!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
One World, One Voice
Movie · as Self
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Schmidteinander
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Word
TV · 1 ep
Scarfe's Follies
Movie
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Movie · as Self
Coast to Coast
Movie · as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
The Best of Max Headroom
Movie · as Self
Going Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
Movie · as Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Movie · as Self
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
TV · 1 ep
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
TV · as Self · 1 ep
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Movie · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Number One
Movie · as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
The Making of Sun City
Movie
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Movie · as Self
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Movie · as Self
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Movie · as Pink
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie · as Self
The Other Side of the Wall
Movie · as Self
The Kenny Everett Television Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wogan
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Three of a Kind
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kenny Everett Video Show
TV · 2 eps
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Punk in London
Movie · as Self
Everyman
TV · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV · as Self · 15 eps
Plattenküche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
World in Action
TV · 2 eps
The Late Late Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep