Bob Geldof
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-10-05
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.
Also Known For
Doug and the Slugs and Me
May 14, 2022
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Jun 02, 2002
Spice World
Dec 18, 1997
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Oct 26, 1985
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Jul 14, 1982
Live 8
Nov 07, 2005
Live Eighties
Jun 01, 2004
Lovesongs Of The 70's
Nov 17, 2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Dec 09, 2004
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Feb 04, 1984
I Am Bob
Apr 26, 2007
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Mar 01, 1982
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Jan 01, 1987
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
Mar 06, 2005
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
Jan 03, 1996
Bad Girl
Nov 28, 2012
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Sep 14, 2010
Number One
Mar 01, 1985
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Jan 01, 2012
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
Sep 17, 2016
Modern Slavery
Apr 23, 2009
The Quiet One
Jun 21, 2019
One World, One Voice
Dec 09, 1990
Irish Rock at the BBC
Mar 13, 2015
ABBA V Queen
Jul 19, 2022
Starsuckers
Sep 30, 2009
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
The Making of Sun City
Jan 23, 1985
The Greatest Night in Pop
Jan 19, 2024
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Sep 20, 2004
Sketches of Frank Gehry
May 12, 2006
Quintessentially Irish
Mar 12, 2024
Stuck in the Middle
Jun 06, 2005
8
Oct 23, 2008
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
Dec 07, 2012
Bernard and the Genie
Nov 23, 1991
The Old Fools
Nov 29, 2002
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Jun 03, 2024
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Oct 16, 2017
London's Burning
Aug 13, 2016
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
Jan 09, 2000
New York Doll
Jan 20, 2005
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Apr 03, 2016
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Apr 22, 1992
Coast to Coast
Jan 04, 1987
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
Apr 04, 1994
Postcards from the 48%
Jul 06, 2018
Stranded
Sep 15, 2015
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
Mar 13, 2015
Live Aid
Jul 13, 1985
The Other Side of the Wall
Jan 01, 1982
Bob Geldof: The Moment
Oct 09, 2014
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
Dec 26, 1986
Live Aid
Nov 16, 2004
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
Dec 07, 2007
Pavarotti & Friends
Sep 27, 1992
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
Oct 12, 2017
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Jul 13, 2005
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Apr 25, 1986
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
May 23, 2020
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
Jun 10, 2015
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Jan 28, 1985
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
Nov 26, 1993
Punk in London
Dec 02, 1977
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Dec 01, 1984
Live Aid Against All Odds
Jun 15, 2005
The World's Greatest Gigs
Nov 09, 2005
Diana & Me
Dec 04, 1997
Best Ever Spitting Image
Jul 25, 2006
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Jul 12, 2025
Scarfe's Follies
Jan 28, 1988
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Nov 25, 2024
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
Dec 14, 2024
The Rory Gallagher Story
Jun 09, 2024
The Best of Max Headroom
Mar 05, 1987
Zombie Plane
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Feb 19, 2019
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Nov 02, 2001
The Kenny Everett Video Show
Jul 03, 1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Apr 01, 1976
Richard & Judy
Nov 26, 2001
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Apr 25, 1986
Paula
Mar 13, 2023
V Graham Norton
May 06, 2002
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Feb 25, 1982
Blair: The Inside Story
Mar 16, 2007
Three of a Kind
Jul 01, 1981
Skavlan
Jan 16, 2009
Berlin Live
May 07, 2011
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
Have I Got News for You
Sep 28, 1990
Wogan
May 04, 1982
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
Leute heute
Jul 23, 1997
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
Schmidteinander
Dec 16, 1990
Grumpy Old Men
Oct 10, 2003
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Feb 03, 1984
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
Oct 24, 2022
ECHO-Verleihung
May 18, 1992
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Jun 29, 1986
Legends
Nov 17, 2006
maybrit illner
Oct 21, 1999
DAS!
Jan 02, 1991
3 nach 9
Nov 19, 1974
Plattenküche
Feb 23, 1976
Seven Ages of Rock
May 19, 2007
This Is Your Life
Jul 29, 1955
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
The Noughties...Was That It?
Nov 04, 2009
Semperopernball
Jan 12, 2006
Omnibus
Oct 13, 1967
