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Bob Geldof
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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 e…
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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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Bob Geldof's Filmography
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The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
as Vocals / Guitar
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
as Self
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
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
Quintessentially Irish
as Self
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
Doug and the Slugs and Me
as Self
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
as Self
The Quiet One
as Self
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
as Self (archival footage)
Postcards from the 48%
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
as Self
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
as Self
London's Burning
as Bob Geldof
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
as Self
Stranded
as Self
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
as Singer
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
as Self
Irish Rock at the BBC
as Self
Bob Geldof: The Moment
as Himself
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
Bad Girl
as George
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Self
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
as Self
Starsuckers
as Self (archive footage)
Modern Slavery
8
as Himself
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
as Self
No Poster
I Am Bob
as Bob
Best Ever Spitting Image
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
The World's Greatest Gigs
Live 8
as Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
Live Aid Against All Odds
as Self
Stuck in the Middle
as Self
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
New York Doll
as Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
Lovesongs Of The 70's
as I Don't Like Mondays
Live Aid
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
as Self
Live Eighties
as Self
Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
The Old Fools
as Narrator
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
No Poster
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
as Self (archive footage)
Queen: Is This the Real Life?
as Self
Spice World
as Bob Geldof
Diana & Me
as Self
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
as Self
Queen: Champions of the World
as Self
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
as Self
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
as Sänger
Pavarotti & Friends
as Self
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
as Self
Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
One World, One Voice
as Self
Scarfe's Follies
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self
Coast to Coast
as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Self
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
as Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as Self
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Live Aid
as Self
Number One
as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
The Making of Sun City
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
as Self
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Pink
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self
The Other Side of the Wall
as Self
Punk in London
as Self
Zombie Plane
as Mort Pudlin
On the Frontlines of Hunger
as Self
No Poster
For a Million Years
as Himself
No Poster
Fly Squad – First Strike!
as (voice)
