Bob Geldof
- Acting
- October 5, 1951 · 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
Filmography
- The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken · Vocals / Guitar
- BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard · Self
- Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World · Self
- Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible · Self
- Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped · Self
- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? · Self
- The Rory Gallagher Story · Self
- Rory Gallagher: Calling Card · Self
- Quintessentially Irish · Self
- The Greatest Night in Pop · Self
- Paula · Self
- In Conversation with Alan Yentob · Self
- ABBA V Queen · Self
- Doug and the Slugs and Me · Self
- Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments · Self
- Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats · Self
- The Quiet One · Self
- Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid · Self
- Postcards from the 48%
- Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar · Self
- Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies · Self
- Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said · Self
- London's Burning · Bob Geldof
- A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats · Self, Writer
- Stranded · Self
- Bob Geldof - Berlin Live · Singer
- Irish Rock at the BBC · Self
- The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities · Self
- Bob Geldof: The Moment · Self
- Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
- Bad Girl · George
- Jools Holland: My Life in Music · Self
- Berlin Live · Self
- Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher · Self
- The Noughties...Was That It? · Self
- Starsuckers · Self
- Modern Slavery
- The Meaning of Life · Self
- Skavlan · Self
- 8 · Self
- The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? · Self
- Seven Ages of Rock · Self
- I Am Bob · Bob
- Blair: The Inside Story · Self
- Legends · Self
- Best Ever Spitting Image · Self
- Sketches of Frank Gehry · Self
- Semperopernball · Self
- The World's Greatest Gigs
- Live 8 · Self
- Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today · Self
- Live Aid Against All Odds · Self
- Stuck in the Middle · Self
- The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
- New York Doll · Self
- Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? · Self
- Lovesongs Of The 70's · I Don't Like Mondays
- Live Aid · Self, Writer
- The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- Live Eighties · Self
- Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
- Grumpy Old Men · Self
- The Old Fools · Narrator
- Top Gear · Self
- There's Only One Paul McCartney · Self
- V Graham Norton · Self
- Richard & Judy · Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross · Self
- Rat · Music
- Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence · Self
- Queen: Is This the Real Life? · Self
- maybrit illner · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- Spice World · Bob Geldof
- Diana & Me · Self
- Leute heute · Self
- HARDtalk
- The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott · Self
- Queen: Champions of the World · Self