Bob Geldof
Actor
Born October 5, 1951 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
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.
Filmography
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
Zombie Plane
Mort Pudlin
On the Frontlines of Hunger
Self
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 (archive footage)
Paula
Self (archive footage)
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
Self
ABBA V Queen
Self (archive footage)
Doug and the Slugs and Me
Self
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
Self
The Quiet One
Self
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Self (archival footage)
Postcards from the 48%
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Self (archive footage)
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
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
Himself
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
Bad Girl
George
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Self
Berlin Live
Self - Performer
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Self
The Noughties...Was That It?
Self
Starsuckers
Self (archive footage)
Modern Slavery
The Meaning of Life
Self
Skavlan
Self - Guest
8
Himself
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
Self
Seven Ages of Rock
Self
Blair: The Inside Story
Self
Legends
Self
Best Ever Spitting Image
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
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
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Self
Live Eighties
Self
Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
Grumpy Old Men
Self
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
V Graham Norton
Self
Richard & Judy
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
Rat
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
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
Self
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
Sänger
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
Pavarotti & Friends
Self
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Self
Bernard and the Genie
Himself
DAS!
Self
Schmidteinander
Self
One World, One Voice
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self
Scarfe's Follies
Going Live!
Self
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
Coast to Coast
Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
Self
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Live Aid
Self
Black Sabbath: Live Aid
Number One
Harry 'Flash' Gordon
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
The Making of Sun City
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Self
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Pink
Wogan
Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Self
The Other Side of the Wall
Self
Three of a Kind
Self
The Kenny Everett Video Show
An Audience with...
Self
Punk in London
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Plattenküche
Self
Omnibus
Self
World in Action
This Is Your Life
Self