Bob Geldof

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-10-05 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland

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.

Known For

  • DAS!

    DAS!

  • Top Gear

    Top Gear

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • ZDF-Fernsehgarten

    ZDF-Fernsehgarten

  • 3 nach 9

    3 nach 9

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen

    Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen

  • maybrit illner

    maybrit illner

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Skavlan

    Skavlan

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • ECHO-Verleihung

    ECHO-Verleihung

  • This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

  • Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

    Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • Going Live!

    Going Live!

  • Zombie Plane

    Zombie Plane

  • Fridays

    Fridays

  • Live Aid

    Live Aid

  • Quintessentially Irish

    Quintessentially Irish

  • Starsuckers

    Starsuckers

  • The Greatest Night in Pop

    The Greatest Night in Pop

  • Pink Floyd: The Wall

    Pink Floyd: The Wall

  • Legends

    Legends

  • Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

    Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

  • Diana & Me

    Diana & Me

  • Live 8

    Live 8

  • Number One

    Number One

  • Live Eighties

    Live Eighties

  • The Kenny Everett Television Show

    The Kenny Everett Television Show

  • The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

    The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

  • Modern Slavery

    Modern Slavery

  • Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped

    Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped

  • An Audience with Billy Connolly

    An Audience with Billy Connolly

  • Seven Ages of Rock

    Seven Ages of Rock

  • Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

  • The Kenny Everett Video Show

    The Kenny Everett Video Show

  • Schmidteinander

    Schmidteinander

  • Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid

    Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid

  • Sketches of Frank Gehry

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

  • The Secret Policeman's Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Ball

  • 8

    8

  • The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

    The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

  • The Quiet One

    The Quiet One

  • Doug and the Slugs and Me

    Doug and the Slugs and Me

  • An Audience with Mel Brooks

    An Audience with Mel Brooks

  • Bernard and the Genie

    Bernard and the Genie

  • The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

    The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

  • Semperopernball

    Semperopernball

  • I Am Bob

    I Am Bob

  • Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar

    Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar

  • Spice World

    Spice World

  • The Making of Sun City

    The Making of Sun City

  • Irish Rock at the BBC

    Irish Rock at the BBC

  • Live Aid

    Live Aid

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • Plattenküche

    Plattenküche

  • The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott

    The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott

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

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

  • The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

  • ABBA V Queen

    ABBA V Queen

  • London's Burning

    London's Burning

  • Berlin Live

    Berlin Live

  • Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

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

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

  • Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

    Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

  • Three of a Kind

    Three of a Kind

  • The Other Side of the Wall

    The Other Side of the Wall

  • Stranded

    Stranded

  • The World's Greatest Gigs

    The World's Greatest Gigs

  • Lovesongs Of The 70's

    Lovesongs Of The 70's

  • A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

    A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

  • Grumpy Old Men

    Grumpy Old Men

  • We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

    We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

  • Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher

    Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher

  • Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

    Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

  • Best Ever Spitting Image

    Best Ever Spitting Image

  • Pavarotti & Friends

    Pavarotti & Friends

  • Blair: The Inside Story

    Blair: The Inside Story

  • New York Doll

    New York Doll

  • In Conversation with Alan Yentob

    In Conversation with Alan Yentob

  • Live Aid Against All Odds

    Live Aid Against All Odds

  • The Noughties...Was That It?

    The Noughties...Was That It?

  • Paula

    Paula

  • The Best of Max Headroom

    The Best of Max Headroom

  • Stuck in the Middle

    Stuck in the Middle

  • The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

    The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

  • Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence

    Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence

  • There's Only One Paul McCartney

    There's Only One Paul McCartney

  • Punk in London

    Punk in London

  • The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

    The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

  • Bob Geldof: The Moment

    Bob Geldof: The Moment

  • The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978

    The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978

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

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

  • One World, One Voice

    One World, One Voice

  • Scarfe's Follies

    Scarfe's Follies

  • Postcards from the 48%

    Postcards from the 48%

  • Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

    Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

  • Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey

    Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey

  • The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

    The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

  • The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980

    The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980

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

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

  • Jools Holland: My Life in Music

    Jools Holland: My Life in Music

  • The Rory Gallagher Story

    The Rory Gallagher Story

  • The Old Fools

    The Old Fools

  • Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

    Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

  • On the Frontlines of Hunger

    On the Frontlines of Hunger

  • Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi

    Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi

  • BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard

    BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard

  • Bob Geldof - Berlin Live

    Bob Geldof - Berlin Live

  • The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities

    The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities

  • The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken

    The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken