Bob Geldof
Acting • Born 1951-10-05
Biography
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
118 credits
Doug and the Slugs and Me
Movie • 2022
Self
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Movie • 2002
Self
Spice World
Movie • 1997
Bob
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Movie • 1985
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Movie • 1982
Pink
Live 8
Movie • 2005
Self
Lovesongs Of The 70's
Movie • 2004
I Don't Like Mondays
Live Eighties
Movie • 2004
Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie • 2004
Self
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Movie • 1984
Self (uncredited)
I Am Bob
Movie • 2007
Bob
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie • 1982
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Movie • 1987
Self
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
Movie • 2005
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
Movie • 1996
Self
Bad Girl
Movie • 2012
George
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Movie • 2010
Self
Number One
Movie • 1985
Harry 'Flash' Gordon
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Movie • 2012
Self
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
Movie • 2016
Self
Modern Slavery
Movie • 2009
The Quiet One
Movie • 2019
Self
One World, One Voice
Movie • 1990
Self
Irish Rock at the BBC
Movie • 2015
Self
ABBA V Queen
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Starsuckers
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
Movie
The Making of Sun City
Movie • 1985
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Movie • 2004
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Movie • 2006
Self
Quintessentially Irish
Movie • 2024
Self
Stuck in the Middle
Movie • 2005
Self
8
Movie • 2008
Himself
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
Movie • 2012
Bernard and the Genie
Movie • 1991
Himself
The Old Fools
Movie • 2002
Narrator
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Movie • 2024
Self
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
London's Burning
Movie • 2016
Bob Geldof
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
New York Doll
Movie • 2005
Self
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Movie • 2016
Self
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Movie • 1992
Self
Coast to Coast
Movie • 1987
Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
Movie • 1994
Self
Postcards from the 48%
Movie • 2018
Stranded
Movie • 2015
Self
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 2015
Self
Live Aid
Movie • 1985
Self
The Other Side of the Wall
Movie • 1982
Self
Bob Geldof: The Moment
Movie • 2014
Himself
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
Movie • 1986
Self
Live Aid
Movie • 2004
Self
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
Movie • 2007
Self
Pavarotti & Friends
Movie • 1992
Self
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
Movie • 2017
Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Movie • 2005
Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Movie • 1986
Self
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
Movie • 2020
Self
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
Movie • 2015
Singer
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Movie • 1985
Self
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
Movie • 1993
Sänger
Punk in London
Movie • 1977
Self
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Movie • 1984
Self
Live Aid Against All Odds
Movie • 2005
Self
The World's Greatest Gigs
Movie • 2005
Diana & Me
Movie • 1997
Self
Best Ever Spitting Image
Movie • 2006
Self
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Movie • 2025
Self
Scarfe's Follies
Movie • 1988
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Movie • 2024
Self
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
Movie • 2024
Self
The Rory Gallagher Story
Movie • 2024
Self
The Best of Max Headroom
Movie • 1987
Self
Zombie Plane
Movie
Mort Pudlin
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Movie • 2019
Self (archival footage)
On the Frontlines of Hunger
Movie
Self
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Movie • 2025
Self
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
Movie • 2025
Vocals / Guitar
Queen: Champions of the World
Movie • 1995
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self
The Kenny Everett Video Show
TV • 1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV • 1976
Self
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
TV • 1986
Paula
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Kenny Everett Television Show
TV • 1982
Self
Blair: The Inside Story
TV • 2007
Self
Three of a Kind
TV • 1981
Self
Skavlan
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Berlin Live
TV • 2011
Self - Performer
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Top Gear
TV • 2002
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
Going Live!
TV • 1987
Self
Schmidteinander
TV • 1990
Self
Grumpy Old Men
TV • 2003
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
TV • 2022
Self
ECHO-Verleihung
TV • 1992
Self
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
TV • 1986
Self
Legends
TV • 2006
Self
maybrit illner
TV • 1999
Self
DAS!
TV • 1991
Self
3 nach 9
TV • 1974
Self
Plattenküche
TV • 1976
Self
Seven Ages of Rock
TV • 2007
Self
This Is Your Life
TV • 1955
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
The Noughties...Was That It?
TV • 2009
Self
Semperopernball
TV • 2006
Self
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
TV • 2025
Self
HARDtalk
TV • 1997