Bob Geldof

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Age

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Born: October 5, 1951
From: Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland

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.

Works

84 films

Pink Floyd: The Wall

19827.9

Spice World

19974.9

The Greatest Night in Pop

20247.9

Live 8

20057.4

Live Aid

19857.9

There's Only One Paul McCartney

20028.0

Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher

20109.0

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

19877.5

Bad Girl

20125.2

Zombie Plane

20269.0

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

19928.4

An Audience with Mel Brooks

19847.0

Queen: Champions of the World

19958.3

An Audience with Billy Connolly

19858.4

The Best of Max Headroom

1987

Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar

2017

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

19858.5

Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey

19865.5

The Quiet One

20196.8

Live Eighties

2004

A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

20161.0

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

19826.3

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

2005

20085.3

Best Ever Spitting Image

2006

Quintessentially Irish

20246.4

The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott

1996

Jools Holland: My Life in Music

2012

Sketches of Frank Gehry

20066.9

Live Aid Against All Odds

2005

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

20044.8

Diana & Me

19976.0

Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped

20246.6

Bernard and the Genie

19917.3

Punk in London

19776.7

New York Doll

20056.8

One World, One Voice

1990

Number One

19856.7

I Am Bob

20077.5

London's Burning

2016

Pavarotti & Friends

19927.8

Live Aid

20049.2

The Making of Sun City

19859.5

BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard

2025

Scarfe's Follies

1988

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

19947.7

The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978

20058.0

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

20258.3

Postcards from the 48%

20186.0

Stranded

2015

Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento

2004

Queen: Is This the Real Life?

19998.0

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

19868.0

On the Frontlines of Hunger

2026

Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid

20198.9

The Old Fools

20027.0

Bob Geldof: The Moment

2014

Lovesongs Of The 70's

2004

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video

1984

The World's Greatest Gigs

2005

The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

20077.8

The Rory Gallagher Story

2024

Coast to Coast

19877.0

The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken

2025

Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence

2000

The Other Side of the Wall

19826.4

Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

20248.5

Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi

199310.0

Starsuckers

20096.7

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

20248.0

The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities

20155.3

Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies

2017

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004

ABBA V Queen

2022

Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said

2016

Bob Geldof - Berlin Live

201510.0

Fly Squad – First Strike!

2026

Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

20209.5

Doug and the Slugs and Me

20228.0

Irish Rock at the BBC

2015

Modern Slavery

20097.0

Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen

2012

The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980

2026

Stuck in the Middle

2005