Bob Geldof
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Series
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
2002
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Self
1986
Series
maybrit illner
Self
1999
3 nach 9
Self
1974
Series
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1955
Series
World in Action
1963
Series
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Film
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Pink
1982
Series
Going Live!
Self
1987
Series
Legends
Self
2006
ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Series
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Self
1982
Series
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976
Series
HARDtalk
1997
Series
Seven Ages of Rock
Self
2007
Film
Spice World
Bob Geldof
1997
Semperopernball
Self
2006
Film
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009
Series
Schmidteinander
Self
1990
Series
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
Series
Berlin Live
Self - Performer
2011
Series
Three of a Kind
Self
1981
Series
Grumpy Old Men
Self
2003
Film
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
2004
Film
Live Aid
Self
1985
Film
Zombie Plane
Mort Pudlin
2025
Series
Plattenküche
Self
1976
Series
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Film
Live 8
Self
2005
Film
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
1982
Film
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Self
2005
Series
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
Self
2025
Series
Paula
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Self
1992
Film
The Quiet One
Self
2019
Series
Blair: The Inside Story
Self
2007
Film
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
1985
Film
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Film
8
Himself
2008
Film
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
1987
Film
Quintessentially Irish
Self
2024
Film
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Self
2004
Film
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
2002
Film
The Making of Sun City
1985
Film
Punk in London
Self
1977
Film
Live Aid
Self
2004
Film
Number One
Harry 'Flash' Gordon
1985
Film
Queen: Champions of the World
Self
1995
Film
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Self (archival footage)
2019
Film
Diana & Me
Self
1997
Film
Bernard and the Genie
Himself
1991
Film
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Self
2025
Film
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Live Aid Against All Odds
Self
2005
Film
Starsuckers
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
Self
2016
Film
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Self
2024
Film
One World, One Voice
Self
1990
Film
Scarfe's Follies
1988
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
New York Doll
Self
2005
Film
Coast to Coast
Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
1987
Series
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
Self
2022
Film
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
Self
1994
Film
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Film
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Self
2012
Film
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
Self
2024
Film
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Self
2010
Film
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Self
1984
Film
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
Self
1986
Film
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
1987
Film
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Self
2025
Film
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
Self
1996
Film
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
Self
2015
Film
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
1986
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Self
2020
Film
Bad Girl
George
2012
Film
Best Ever Spitting Image
Self
2006
Film
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
Self
2007
Film
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005
Film
Bob Geldof: The Moment
Himself
2014
Film
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
Self
2017
Film
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Film
Live Eighties
Self
2004
I Am Bob
Bob
2007
Series
The Noughties...Was That It?
Self
2009
Film
ABBA V Queen
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Stranded
Self
2015
Film
Doug and the Slugs and Me
Self
2022
Film
Irish Rock at the BBC
Self
2015
Film
Postcards from the 48%
2018
Film
Pavarotti & Friends
Self
1992
Film
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
2006
Film
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
Self
2020
Film
London's Burning
Bob Geldof
2016
Film
Stuck in the Middle
Self
2005
Film
Lovesongs Of The 70's
I Don't Like Mondays
2004
Film
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Self
2016
Film
The Rory Gallagher Story
Self
2024
Film
The Other Side of the Wall
Self
1982
Film
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Self
2024
Film
On the Frontlines of Hunger
Self
Film
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
Singer
2015
Film
Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
2004
Film
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005
Film
Modern Slavery
2009
Film
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
The Old Fools
Narrator
2002
Film
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
Sänger
1993
Film
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
Vocals / Guitar
2025