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.
80 movies · 42 shows
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
2025·0.0
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025·0.0
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025·8.3
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024·6.6
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024·8.0
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024·0.0
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024·8.5
Quintessentially Irish
2024·6.4
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024·7.9
ABBA V Queen
2022·0.0
Doug and the Slugs and Me
2022·8.0
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020·9.5
The Quiet One
2019·6.8
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019·8.9
Postcards from the 48%
2018·6.0
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
2017·0.0
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017·0.0
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
2016·0.0
London's Burning
2016·0.0
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2016·1.0
Stranded
2015·0.0
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
2015·10.0
Irish Rock at the BBC
2015·0.0
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
2015·5.3
Bob Geldof: The Moment
2014·0.0
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012·0.0
Bad Girl
2012·5.2
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012·0.0
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010·9.0
Starsuckers
2009·6.7
Modern Slavery
2009·7.0
8
2008·5.3
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007·7.8
I Am Bob
2007·7.5
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006·0.0
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006·6.9
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005·0.0
Live 8
2005·7.4
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005·0.0
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005·0.0
Stuck in the Middle
2005·0.0
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005·8.0
New York Doll
2005·6.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004·4.8
Lovesongs Of The 70's
2004·0.0
Live Aid
2004·9.2
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004·0.0
Live Eighties
2004·0.0
Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
2004·0.0
The Old Fools
2002·7.0
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002·8.0
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
2000·0.0
Queen: Is This The Real Life?
1999·8.0
Spice World
1997·4.9
Diana & Me
1997·6.0
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996·0.0
Queen: Champions of the World
1995·8.3
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994·7.7
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
1993·10.0
Pavarotti & Friends
1992·7.8
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992·8.4
Bernard and the Genie
1991·7.3
One World, One Voice
1990·0.0
Scarfe's Follies
1988·0.0
The Best of Max Headroom
1987·0.0
Coast to Coast
1987·7.0
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987·7.5
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986·5.5
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986·8.0
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985·8.4
Live Aid
1985·7.9
Number One
1985·6.7
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985·8.5
The Making of Sun City
1985·9.5
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984·0.0
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984·7.0
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982·7.9
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982·6.3
The Other Side of the Wall
1982·6.4
Punk in London
1977·6.7