Bob Geldof
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-10-05 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Bob Geldof
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
(2024)
Quintessentially Irish
as Self
(2024)
(2024)
The Rory Gallagher Story
as Himself
(2024)
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
as Self
(2022)
ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Doug and the Slugs and Me
as Self
(2020)
(2019)
The Quiet One
as Self
(2018)
(2017)
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2016)
(2016)
(2016)
London's Burning
as Bob Geldof
(2015)
(2015)
Irish Rock at the BBC
as Self
(2015)
Stranded
as Self
(2015)
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
as Singer
(2014)
Bob Geldof: The Moment
as Himself
(2012)
Bad Girl
as George
(2012)
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Himself
(2012)
(2010)
(2009)
Starsuckers
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
(2008)
8
as Himself
(2007)
(2007)
I Am Bob
as Bob
(2006)
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
(2006)
Best Ever Spitting Image
as Self
(2005)
Live 8
as Self
(2005)
Live Aid Against All Odds
as Self
(2005)
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
(2005)
New York Doll
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Stuck in the Middle
as Self
(2005)
(2004)
Live Aid
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
Live Eighties
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
Lovesongs Of The 70's
as I Don't Like Mondays
(2002)
(2002)
The Old Fools
as Narrator
(2000)
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Spice World
as Bob
(1997)
Diana & Me
as Self
(1996)
(1994)
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
as Himself
(1993)
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
as Sänger
(1992)
(1992)
Pavarotti & Friends
as Self
(1991)
Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
(1990)
One World, One Voice
as Self
(1988)
(1987)
The Best of Max Headroom
as Himself
(1987)
(1987)
Coast to Coast
as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
(1985)
Live Aid
as Self
(1985)
Number One
as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
(1985)
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
(1985)
(1984)
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
(1984)
(1982)
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Pink
(1982)
(1982)
(1977)
Punk in London
as Self