- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1951
- Place of Birth
- Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Bob Geldof
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 th…
Filmography
movieThe Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
2025 · Vocals / Guitar
movieBP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025 · Self
tvLive Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025 · Self
movieSimple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025 · Self
movieWham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024 · Self
movieThe Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024 · Self
movieThe Rory Gallagher Story
2024 · Self
movieRory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024 · Self
movieQuintessentially Irish
2024 · Self
movieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Self (archive footage)
tvPaula
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvIn Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022 · Self
movieABBA V Queen
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieDoug and the Slugs and Me
2022 · Self
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
tvGay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020 · Self
movieCitizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020 · Self
movieThe Quiet One
2019 · Self
movieBohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019 · Self (archival footage)
moviePostcards from the 48%
2018
movieMichael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieJazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017 · Self
movieElectric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
2016 · Self
movieLondon's Burning
2016 · Bob Geldof
movieA Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2016 · Self, Writer
movieStranded
2015 · Self
movieBob Geldof - Berlin Live
2015 · Singer
movieIrish Rock at the BBC
2015 · Self
movieThe Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
2015 · Self
movieBob Geldof: The Moment
2014 · Himself
movieNichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
movieBad Girl
2012 · George
movieJools Holland: My Life in Music
2012 · Self
tvBerlin Live
2011 · Self - Performer
movieGhost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010 · Self
tvThe Noughties...Was That It?
2009 · Self
movieStarsuckers
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieModern Slavery
2009
tvThe Meaning of Life
2009 · Self
tvSkavlan
2009 · Self - Guest
movie8
2008 · Himself
movieThe Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007 · Self
tvSeven Ages of Rock
2007 · Self
I Am Bob
movieI Am Bob
2007 · Bob
tvBlair: The Inside Story
2007 · Self
tvLegends
2006 · Self
movieBest Ever Spitting Image
2006 · Self
movieSketches of Frank Gehry
2006 · Self
Semperopernball
tvSemperopernball
2006 · Self
movieThe World's Greatest Gigs
2005
movieLive 8
2005 · Self
movieLive Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005 · Self
movieLive Aid Against All Odds
2005 · Self
movieStuck in the Middle
2005 · Self
movieThe Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005
movieNew York Doll
2005 · Self
movieRemember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Self
movieLovesongs Of The 70's
2004 · I Don't Like Mondays
movieLive Aid
2004 · Self, Writer
movieThe Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004 · Self
movieLive Eighties
2004 · Self
movieClan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
2004
tvGrumpy Old Men
2003 · Self
The Old Fools
movieThe Old Fools
2002 · Narrator
tvTop Gear
2002 · Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
movieThere's Only One Paul McCartney
2002 · Self
tvV Graham Norton
2002 · Self
tvRichard & Judy
2001 · Self
tvFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self
movieRat
2000 · Music
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
movieBehind the Music: Michael Hutchence
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen: Is This The Real Life?
1999 · Self
tvmaybrit illner
1999 · Self
tvParkinson
1998 · Self
movieSpice World
1997 · Bob Geldof
movieDiana & Me
1997 · Self
tvLeute heute
1997 · Self
tvHARDtalk
1997
movieThe Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996 · Self
movieQueen: Champions of the World
1995 · Self
movieSmashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994 · Self
movieBob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
1993 · Sänger, Producer
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
moviePavarotti & Friends
1992 · Self
ECHO-Verleihung
tvECHO-Verleihung
1992 · Self
movieThe Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992 · Self
movieBernard and the Genie
1991 · Himself
tvDAS!
1991 · Self
tvSchmidteinander
1990 · Self
movieOne World, One Voice
1990 · Self
tvHave I Got News for You
1990 · Self
movieScarfe's Follies
1988
tvGoing Live!
1987 · Self
movieThe Best of Max Headroom
1987 · Self
movieCoast to Coast
1987 · Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
movieThe Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987 · Self
movieMax Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986 · Self
tvZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986 · Self
movieThe Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 · Self
tvOmnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
movieAn Audience with Billy Connolly
1985 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
movieLive Aid
1985 · Self, Scenario Writer
movieBlack Sabbath: Live Aid
1985 · Idea
movieNumber One
1985 · Harry 'Flash' Gordon
movieWe Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 · Self
movieThe Making of Sun City
1985
movie'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984 · Self
movieAn Audience with Mel Brooks
1984 · Self (uncredited)
Goldene Kamera
tvGoldene Kamera
1984 · Self
moviePink Floyd: The Wall
1982 · Pink
tvWogan
1982 · Self
movieThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 · Self
tvThe Kenny Everett Television Show
1982 · Self
movieThe Other Side of the Wall
1982 · Self
tvThree of a Kind
1981 · Self
tvThe Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
tvAn Audience with...
1978 · Self
moviePunk in London
1977 · Self
tvThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
tvPlattenküche
1976 · Self
3 nach 9
tv3 nach 9
1974 · Self
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
tvWorld in Action
1963
tvThis Is Your Life
1955 · Self
movieThe Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
—
movieZombie Plane
— · Mort Pudlin
movieOn the Frontlines of Hunger
— · Self
Fly Squad – First Strike!
movieFly Squad – First Strike!
— · (voice)