Bob Geldof
Born
5 October 1951 (74)
Place of Birth
Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Also known as
The Boomtown Rats, Robert Frederick Zenon 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 ...
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.
Filmography (40)
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
I Am Bob
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