Bob Geldof
Born: 1951-10-05 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World as Self
- Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible as Self
- The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken as Vocals / Guitar
- BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard as Self
2024
- The Greatest Night in Pop as Self (archive footage)
- Quintessentially Irish as Self
- Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped as Self
- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? as Self
- The Rory Gallagher Story as Self
- Rory Gallagher: Calling Card as Self
2023
- Paula as Self (archive footage)
2022
- In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- ABBA V Queen as Self (archive footage)
- Doug and the Slugs and Me as Self
2020
2019
- The Quiet One as Self
- Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid as Self (archival footage)
2017
- Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar as Self (archive footage)
- Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies as Self
2016
- London's Burning as Bob Geldof
- A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said as Self
2015
- Bob Geldof - Berlin Live as Singer
- Irish Rock at the BBC as Self
- The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities as Self
- Stranded as Self
2014
- Bob Geldof: The Moment as Himself
2012
2011
- Berlin Live as Self - Performer
2010
2009
- Skavlan as Self - Guest
- The Meaning of Life as Self
- The Noughties...Was That It? as Self
- Starsuckers as Self (archive footage)
- Modern Slavery
2008
- 8 as Himself
2007
- Seven Ages of Rock as Self
- Blair: The Inside Story as Self
- I Am Bob as Bob
- The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? as Self
2006
- Legends as Self
- Semperopernball as Self
- Best Ever Spitting Image as Self
- Sketches of Frank Gehry as Self
2005
- Live 8 as Self
- New York Doll as Self
- Live Aid Against All Odds as Self
- The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
- Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today as Self
- The World's Greatest Gigs
- Stuck in the Middle as Self
2004
- Live Eighties as Self
- Live Aid as Self
- Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
- Lovesongs Of The 70's as I Don't Like Mondays
- Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition as Self
2003
- Grumpy Old Men as Self
2002
- Top Gear as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
- V Graham Norton as Self
- There's Only One Paul McCartney as Self
- The Old Fools as Narrator
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
2000
- Rat ... (Music)
- Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence as Self (archive footage)
1999
- maybrit illner as Self
- Queen: Is This The Real Life? as Self
1998
- Parkinson as Self
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- HARDtalk
- Spice World as Bob Geldof
- Diana & Me as Self
1996
1995
- Queen: Champions of the World as Self
1994
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Musical Guest
- Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi as Sänger
1992
- ECHO-Verleihung as Self
- Pavarotti & Friends as Self
- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as Self
1991
- DAS! as Self
- Bernard and the Genie as Himself
1990
- Have I Got News for You as Self
- Schmidteinander as Self
- One World, One Voice as Self
1988
1987
- Going Live! as Self
- The Best of Max Headroom as Self
- Coast to Coast as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
- The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
1986
1985
- Live Aid as Self
- We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song as Self
- Number One as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
- Black Sabbath: Live Aid ... (Idea)
- An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- The Making of Sun City
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video as Self
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Pink Floyd: The Wall as Pink
- The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as Self
- The Other Side of the Wall as Self
1981
- Three of a Kind as Self
1978
1977
- Punk in London as Self
1976
- The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- Plattenküche as Self
1974
- 3 nach 9 as Self
1967
- Omnibus as Self
1963
1955
- This Is Your Life as Self