Acting · Princeton, New Jersey, USA · Born April 8, 1898
Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
TVHollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBritain on Film: Black Britain
2017
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
MovieFred Baker - filmmaker
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self (archival footage)
MovieHoward Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
as Self
MovieAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Joe
MovieWhite Sings Robeson
2001
MoviePaul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
MovieScandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePaul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
as Himself (archive footage)
MoviePaul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
MovieI’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
MovieMusical Comedy Tonight III
1985
MoviePaul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
as Himself (archive footage)
MovieThe Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977
as Self
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieContradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
MovieSong of the Rivers
1954
as Voice of Singer
MovieSouth Africa Uncensored
1951
as Narrator
MovieMining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949
as Himself
MovieEasy to Get
1947
as Self
MovieTales of Manhattan
1942
as Luke
MovieNative Land
1942
as Narrator
MovieThe Proud Valley
1940
as David Goliath
MovieBig Fella
1938
as Joe
MovieJericho
1937
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
MovieKing Solomon's Mines
1937
as Umbopa
My Song Goes Forth
1937
as Self
MovieSong of Freedom
1936
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
MovieShow Boat
1936
as Joe
MovieSanders of the River
1935
as Bosambo
MovieEmperor Jones
1933
as Brutus Jones
MovieBorderline
1930
as Pete Varond
MovieCamille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Alexandre Dumas fils
MovieBody and Soul
1925
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
