Bob Geldof

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

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 recognis...

Acting

1997

1985

An Audience with Billy Connolly

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

2005

Live 8

as Self

2004

Lovesongs Of The 70's

as I Don't Like Mondays

2004

1984

An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)

2007

I Am Bob

as Bob

2012

Bad Girl

as George

1985

Number One

as Harry 'Flash' Gordon

2019

2022

ABBA V Queen

as Self (archive footage)

2009

Starsuckers

as Self (archive footage)

2024

The Greatest Night in Pop

as Self (archive footage)

2008

8

as Himself

1991

2002

The Old Fools

as Narrator

2017

Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar

as Self (archive footage)

2016

London's Burning

as Bob Geldof

2000

Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence

as Self (archive footage)

2005

1987

Coast to Coast

as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)

2015

Stranded

as Self

1985

Live Aid

as Self

2004

Live Aid

as Self

1977

1997

Diana & Me

as Self

2019

Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid

as Self (archival footage)

Production

2000

Rat

as Music

1985

Live Aid

as Scenario Writer

2004

Live Aid

as Writer

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