Haile Selassie I
Birthday
1892/07/22
Day of death
1975/08/26 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Harar, Ethiopia
Also know as
Ras Tafari Makonnen, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, Tafari Makonnen, Emperor Haile Selassie
Biography
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
Acting
(1979) Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Self
(1962) To Arms, We Are Fascists!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022) The March on Rome
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) United We Stand
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) The Fight For Peace
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) Adventures on the New Frontier
as Self
(1965) Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia
as Himself (archive)
(1950) The Century Is Fifty
as Self