Acting · Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland · Born October 5, 1951
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.
MovieThe Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
2025
as Vocals / Guitar
MovieBP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025
as Self
TVLive Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025
as Self
MovieSimple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025
as Self
MovieWham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024
as Self
MovieThe Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
as Self
MovieThe Rory Gallagher Story
2024
as Self
MovieRory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
as Self
MovieQuintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
MovieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024
as Self (archive footage)
TVPaula
2023
as Self (archive footage)
TVIn Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022
as Self
MovieABBA V Queen
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDoug and the Slugs and Me
2022
as Self
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCitizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020
as Self
MovieThe Quiet One
2019
as Self
MovieBohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019
as Self (archival footage)
MoviePostcards from the 48%
2018
MovieMichael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017
as Self
MovieElectric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
2016
as Self
MovieLondon's Burning
2016
as Bob Geldof
MovieA Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2016
as Self
MovieStranded
2015
as Self
MovieBob Geldof - Berlin Live
2015
as Singer
MovieIrish Rock at the BBC
2015
as Self
MovieThe Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
2015
as Self
MovieBob Geldof: The Moment
2014
as Himself
MovieNichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
MovieBad Girl
2012
as George
MovieJools Holland: My Life in Music
2012
as Self
TVBerlin Live
2011
as Self - Performer
MovieGhost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010
as Self
TVThe Noughties...Was That It?
2009
as Self
MovieStarsuckers
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieModern Slavery
2009
TVThe Meaning of Life
2009
as Self
TVSkavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
Movie8
2008
as Himself
MovieThe Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007
as Self
TVSeven Ages of Rock
2007
as Self
I Am Bob
2007
as Bob
TVBlair: The Inside Story
2007
as Self
TVLegends
2006
as Self
MovieBest Ever Spitting Image
2006
as Self
MovieSketches of Frank Gehry
2006
as Self
Semperopernball
2006
as Self
MovieThe World's Greatest Gigs
2005
MovieLive 8
2005
as Self
MovieLive Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
as Self
MovieLive Aid Against All Odds
2005
as Self
MovieStuck in the Middle
2005
as Self
MovieThe Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005
MovieNew York Doll
2005
as Self
MovieRemember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
MovieLovesongs Of The 70's
2004
as I Don't Like Mondays
MovieLive Aid
2004
as Self
MovieThe Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
as Self
MovieLive Eighties
2004
as Self
MovieClan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
2004
TVGrumpy Old Men
2003
as Self
The Old Fools
2002
as Narrator
TVTop Gear
2002
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
MovieThere's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
as Self
TVV Graham Norton
2002
as Self
TVRichard & Judy
2001
as Self
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieQueen: Is This The Real Life?
1999
as Self
TVmaybrit illner
1999
as Self
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
MovieSpice World
1997
as Bob Geldof
MovieDiana & Me
1997
as Self
TVLeute heute
1997
as Self
TVHARDtalk
1997
MovieThe Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996
as Self
MovieQueen: Champions of the World
1995
as Self
MovieSmashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994
as Self
MovieBob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
1993
as Sänger
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
MoviePavarotti & Friends
1992
as Self
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
as Self
MovieThe Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
as Self
MovieBernard and the Genie
1991
as Himself
TVDAS!
1991
as Self
TVSchmidteinander
1990
as Self
MovieOne World, One Voice
1990
as Self
TVHave I Got News for You
1990
as Self
TVThe Word
1990
MovieScarfe's Follies
1988
TVGoing Live!
1987
as Self
MovieThe Best of Max Headroom
1987
as Self
MovieCoast to Coast
1987
as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
MovieThe Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
as Self
MovieMax Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986
as Self
TVZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986
as Self
MovieThe Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
as Self
TVOmnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
MovieAn Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
MovieLive Aid
1985
as Self
MovieNumber One
1985
as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
MovieWe Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
as Self
MovieThe Making of Sun City
1985
Movie'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984
as Self
MovieAn Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
MoviePink Floyd: The Wall
1982
as Pink
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self
TVThe Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Self
MovieThe Other Side of the Wall
1982
as Self
TVThree of a Kind
1981
as Self
TVThe Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
MoviePunk in London
1977
as Self
TVThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
TVPlattenküche
1976
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
TVWorld in Action
1963
TVThis Is Your Life
1955
as Self
MovieThe Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
MovieZombie Plane
as Mort Pudlin
MovieOn the Frontlines of Hunger
as Self
Fly Squad – First Strike!
as (voice)
