Bob Geldof

Known for ActingBorn 1951-10-05 (age 74)Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Bob Geldof - Berlin Live

Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi

Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

The Making of Sun City

Live Aid

Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher

Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid

Seven Ages of Rock

maybrit illner

Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

HARDtalk

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Queen: Champions of the World

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

Paula

Doug and the Slugs and Me

The Greatest Night in Pop

The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978

There's Only One Paul McCartney

Queen: Is This The Real Life?

Schmidteinander

The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

Going Live!

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Live Aid

The Kenny Everett Video Show

Pavarotti & Friends

Top Gear

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

I Am Bob

Grumpy Old Men

Live 8

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

Bernard and the Genie

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

Modern Slavery

The Meaning of Life

Have I Got News for You

The Old Fools

The Quiet One

Sketches of Frank Gehry

3 nach 9

New York Doll