Bob Geldof
Birthday
1951/10/05 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Also know as
The Boomtown Rats, Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, Sir 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 ...Read more
Acting
(2022) Doug and the Slugs and Me
as Self
(2002) There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
(1997) Spice World
as Bob
(1985) An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
(1982) Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Pink
(2005) Live 8
as Self
(2004) Lovesongs Of The 70's
as I Don't Like Mondays
(2004) Live Eighties
as Self
(2004) Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
(1984) An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
(2007) I Am Bob
as Bob
(1982) The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self
(1987) The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Self
(2005) The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
as ---
(1996) The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
as Self
(2012) Bad Girl
as George
(2010) Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
as Self
(1985) Number One
as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
(2012) Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Himself
(2016) Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
as Self
(2009) Modern Slavery
as ---
(2019) The Quiet One
as Self
(1990) One World, One Voice
as Self
(2015) Irish Rock at the BBC
as Self
(2022) ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Starsuckers
as Self (archive footage)
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
as ---
(1985) The Making of Sun City
as ---
(2024) The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
as Self
(2006) Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
(2024) Quintessentially Irish
as Self
(2005) Stuck in the Middle
as Self
(2008) 8
as Himself
(2012) Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
as ---
(1991) Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
(2002) The Old Fools
as Narrator
(2024) Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
as Self
(2017) Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) London's Burning
as Bob Geldof
(2000) Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) New York Doll
as Self
(2016) A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
as Self
(1992) The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
as Self
(1987) Coast to Coast
as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
(1994) Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
as Himself
(2018) Postcards from the 48%
as ---
(2015) Stranded
as Self
(2015) The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
as Self
(1985) Live Aid
as Self
(1982) The Other Side of the Wall
as ---
(2014) Bob Geldof: The Moment
as Himself
(1986) Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
as Himself
(1992) The Return of Spinal Tap
as Bob Geldof (extended version)
(2004) Live Aid
as Self
(2007) The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
as Self
(1992) Pavarotti & Friends
as Self
(2017) Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
as Self
(2005) Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
(1986) The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as ---
(2020) Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
as Self
(2015) Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
as Singer
(1985) We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
(1993) Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
as Sänger
(1977) Punk in London
as Self
(1984) 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
as Self
(2005) Live Aid Against All Odds
as Self
(2005) The World's Greatest Gigs
as ---
(1997) Diana & Me
as Self
(2006) Best Ever Spitting Image
as Self
Does Anyone Care What Anyone Says In Rock’n’Roll?
as Self
(1988) Scarfe's Follies
as ---
(2024) The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
as Self
(2024) Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
as Self
(2024) The Rory Gallagher Story
as Himself
(2006) The One Show
as Self - Guest
(2001) Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
(1978) The Kenny Everett Video Show
as ---
(1976) The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
(2001) Richard & Judy
as Self
(1986) Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
as ---
(2023) Paula
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) V Graham Norton
as Self
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
(2007) Blair: The Inside Story
as Self
(1981) Three of a Kind
as Self
(2009) Skavlan
as Self - Guest
(2011) Berlin Live
as Self - Performer
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Guest
(2006) The One Show
as Self
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1990) Have I Got News for You
as Himself
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(2002) Top Gear
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
(1997) Leute heute
as Self
(1987) Going Live!
as Self
(1990) Schmidteinander
as Self
(2003) Grumpy Old Men
as Self
(1966) Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
(2022) In Conversation with Alan Yentob
as Self
(1992) ECHO-Verleihung
as Self
(1986) ZDF-Fernsehgarten
as Self
(2006) Legends
as Self
(1999) Maybrit Illner
as Self
(1991) DAS!
as Self
(1974) 3 nach 9
as Self
(1976) Plattenküche
as Self
(2007) Seven Ages of Rock
as Self
(1955) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1998) Parkinson
as Self
(2002) Bo' Selecta!
as Self
(2009) The Noughties...Was That It?
as Self
(2006) Semperopernball
as Self