Bob Geldof
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.
Movies (79)
Zombie Plane
2025
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
2025
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
Quintessentially Irish
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
ABBA V Queen
2022
Doug and the Slugs and Me
2022
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020
The Quiet One
2019
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019
Postcards from the 48%
2018
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
2017
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
2016
London's Burning
2016
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2016
Stranded
2015
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
2015
Irish Rock at the BBC
2015
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
2015
Bob Geldof: The Moment
2014
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Bad Girl
2012
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010
Starsuckers
2009
Modern Slavery
2009
8
2008
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005
Live 8
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
Stuck in the Middle
2005
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005
New York Doll
2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Lovesongs Of The 70's
2004
Live Aid
2004
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
Live Eighties
2004
Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
2004
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
Spice World
1997
Diana & Me
1997
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
1993
Pavarotti & Friends
1992
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
Bernard and the Genie
1991
One World, One Voice
1990
Scarfe's Follies
1988
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
Coast to Coast
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
Live Aid
1985
Number One
1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
The Making of Sun City
1985
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
The Other Side of the Wall
1982
Punk in London
1977
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
On the Frontlines of Hunger
TV Shows (35)
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025
Paula
2023
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022
Berlin Live
2011
The Noughties...Was That It?
2009
The Meaning of Life
2009
Skavlan
2009
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
Blair: The Inside Story
2007
Legends
2006
Grumpy Old Men
2003
Top Gear
2002
V Graham Norton
2002
Richard & Judy
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
maybrit illner
1999
Parkinson
1998
Leute heute
1997
HARDtalk
1997
DAS!
1991
Schmidteinander
1990
Have I Got News for You
1990
Going Live!
1987
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Wogan
1982
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
Three of a Kind
1981
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
An Audience with...
1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
Plattenküche
1976
Omnibus
1967
World in Action
1963
This Is Your Life
1955