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Bob Geldof
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 r…
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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.
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2025
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
Movie Vocals / Guitar
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2025
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Movie Self
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2025
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
TV show Self
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2025
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Movie Self
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2024
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
Movie Self
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2024
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Movie Self
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2024
The Rory Gallagher Story
Movie Self
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2024
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Movie Self
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2024
Quintessentially Irish
Movie Self
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2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Paula
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2022
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
TV show Self
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2022
ABBA V Queen
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Doug and the Slugs and Me
Movie Self
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2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
TV show Self - Guest (archive footage)
- 2020
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2019
The Quiet One
Movie Self
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2019
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Movie Self (archival footage)
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2018
Postcards from the 48%
Movie
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2017
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2017
- 2016
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2016
London's Burning
Movie Bob Geldof
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2016
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Movie Self
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2015
Stranded
Movie Self
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2015
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
Movie Singer
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2015
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
Movie Self
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2015
Irish Rock at the BBC
Movie Self
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2014
Bob Geldof: The Moment
Movie Himself
- 2012
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2012
Bad Girl
Movie George
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2012
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Movie Self
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2011
Berlin Live
TV show Self - Performer
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2010
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Movie Self
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2009
The Noughties...Was That It?
TV show Self
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2009
Starsuckers
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Modern Slavery
Movie
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2009
The Meaning of Life
TV show Self
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2009
Skavlan
TV show Self - Guest
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2008
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