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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 5, 1951
Place of Birth
Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- The Boomtown Rats
- Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof
- Sir Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Geldof, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Mort Pudlin
Zombie Plane
2025
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Vocals / Guitar
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
2025
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Self
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025
6.9
Self
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025
9.0
Self
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025
6.6
Self
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024
8.0
Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
0.0
Self
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024
8.5
Self
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
6.4
Self
Quintessentially Irish
2024
Credits
Zombie Plane
as Mort Pudlin
2025
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The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
as Vocals / Guitar
2025
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🎬
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
as Self
2025
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Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
as Self
2025
6.9
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
as Self
2025
9.0
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
as Self
2024
6.6
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
2024
8.0
The Rory Gallagher Story
as Self
2024
0.0
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
as Self
2024
8.5
Quintessentially Irish
as Self
2024
6.4
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.9
Paula
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.0
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
as Self
2022
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ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
2022
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Doug and the Slugs and Me
as Self
2022
8.0
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
as Self
2020
9.5
The Quiet One
as Self
2019
6.8
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
as Self (archival footage)
2019
8.9
Postcards from the 48%
2018
6.0
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
as Self (archive footage)
2017
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Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
as Self
2017
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Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
as Self
2016
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London's Burning
as Bob Geldof
2016
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A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
as Self
2016
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Stranded
as Self
2015
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Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
as Singer
2015
10.0
Irish Rock at the BBC
as Self
2015
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The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
as Self
2015
4.5
Bob Geldof: The Moment
as Himself
2014
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Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
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Bad Girl
as George
2012
5.2
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Self
2012
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Berlin Live
as Self - Performer
2011
6.0
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
as Self
2010
9.0
The Noughties...Was That It?
as Self
2009
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Starsuckers
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.7
Modern Slavery
2009
7.0
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
2009
5.0
8
as Himself
2008
5.2
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
as Self
2007
7.8
Seven Ages of Rock
as Self
2007
9.0
🎬
I Am Bob
as Bob
2007
7.5
Blair: The Inside Story
as Self
2007
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Legends
as Self
2006
5.0
Best Ever Spitting Image
as Self
2006
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Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
2006
6.9
🎬
Semperopernball
as Self
2006
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🎬
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005
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Live 8
as Self
2005
7.4
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
2005
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Live Aid Against All Odds
as Self
2005
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Stuck in the Middle
as Self
2005
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The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005
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New York Doll
as Self
2005
6.6
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
2004
4.8
Lovesongs Of The 70's
as I Don't Like Mondays
2004
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Live Aid
as Self
2004
9.2
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
as Self
2004
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Live Eighties
as Self
2004
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Grumpy Old Men
as Self
2003
7.2
🎬
The Old Fools
as Narrator
2002
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Top Gear
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
2002
7.5
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
2002
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V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
5.0
Richard & Judy
as Self
2001
2.9
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2001
6.0
🎬
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
as Self (archive footage)
2000
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maybrit illner
as Self
1999
8.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
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Spice World
as Bob
1997
4.9
Diana & Me
as Self
1997
5.3
🎬
Leute heute
as Self
1997
4.8
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
as Self
1996
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Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
as Self
1994
7.5
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
as Sänger
1993
10.0
Pavarotti & Friends
as Self
1992
8.5
🎬
ECHO-Verleihung
as Self
1992
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
as Self
1992
8.4
Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
1991
7.3
DAS!
as Self
1991
4.2
Schmidteinander
as Self
1990
7.5
One World, One Voice
as Self
1990
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Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
7.1
Scarfe's Follies
1988
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Going Live!
as Self
1987
6.0
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self
1987
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Coast to Coast
as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
1987
6.0
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Self
1987
5.0
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
as Self
1986
5.5
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
as Self
1986
1.5
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as Self
1986
6.0
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
4.0
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
8.3
Live Aid
as Self
1985
7.9
Number One
as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
1985
5.0
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
1985
8.5
The Making of Sun City
1985
9.0
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
as Self
1984
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An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
1984
6.5
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Pink
1982
7.9
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self
1982
6.0
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
1982
7.0
The Other Side of the Wall
1982
6.2
Three of a Kind
as Self
1981
6.7
Fridays
as Self - Musical Guest
1980
5.4
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
7.7
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
Punk in London
as Self
1977
6.6
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
5.0
Plattenküche
as Self
1976
2.7
🎬
3 nach 9
as Self
1974
6.5
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
This Is Your Life
as Self
1955
6.4
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
N/A
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On the Frontlines of Hunger
as Self
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