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 …
Known For
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Pink
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Self
Live Aid
Self
Spice World
Bob
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Bernard and the Genie
Himself
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Self (archival footage)
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Filmography
Acting (121)
Movies (80)
Zombie Plane
2025as Mort Pudlin
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025as Self
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025as Self
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
2025as Vocals / Guitar
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024as Self
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024as Self (archive footage)
Quintessentially Irish
2024as Self
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024as Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024as Self
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024as Self
Doug and the Slugs and Me
2022as Self
ABBA V Queen
2022as Self (archive footage)
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020as Self
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019as Self (archival footage)
The Quiet One
2019as Self
Postcards from the 48%
2018
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
2017as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017as Self
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2016as Self
London's Burning
2016as Bob Geldof
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
2016as Self
Stranded
2015as Self
Irish Rock at the BBC
2015as Self
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
2015as Self
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
2015as Singer
Bob Geldof: The Moment
2014as Himself
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012as Self
Bad Girl
2012as George
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010as Self
Starsuckers
2009as Self (archive footage)
Modern Slavery
2009
8
2008as Himself
I Am Bob
2007as Bob
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006as Self
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006as Self
Stuck in the Middle
2005as Self
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005
Live 8
2005as Self
New York Doll
2005as Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005as Self
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005as Self
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004as Self
Live Eighties
2004as Self
Live Aid
2004as Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004as Self
Lovesongs Of The 70's
2004as I Don't Like Mondays
The Old Fools
2002as Narrator
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002as Self
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
2000as Self (archive footage)
Spice World
1997as Bob
Diana & Me
1997as Self
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996as Self
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994as Self
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
1993as Sänger
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992as Self
Pavarotti & Friends
1992as Self
Bernard and the Genie
1991as Himself
One World, One Voice
1990as Self
Scarfe's Follies
1988
The Best of Max Headroom
1987as Self
Coast to Coast
1987as Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987as Self
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986as Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986as Self
Live Aid
1985as Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985as Self
The Making of Sun City
1985
Number One
1985as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984as Self (uncredited)
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984as Self
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982as Pink
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982as Self
The Other Side of the Wall
1982
Punk in London
1977as Self
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
On the Frontlines of Hunger
as Self
Television (41)
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025as Self
Paula
2023as Self (archive footage)
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022as Self
Berlin Live
2011as Self - Performer
Skavlan
2009as Self - Guest
The Noughties...Was That It?
2009as Self
Seven Ages of Rock
2007as Self
Blair: The Inside Story
2007as Self
Legends
2006as Self
Semperopernball
2006as Self
Grumpy Old Men
2003as Self
Top Gear
2002as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
V Graham Norton
2002as Self
Bo' Selecta!
2002as Self
Richard & Judy
2001as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001as Self
maybrit illner
1999as Self
Parkinson
1998as Self
Leute heute
1997as Self
HARDtalk
1997 ECHO-Verleihung
1992as Self
DAS!
1991as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990as Self
Schmidteinander
1990as Self
Going Live!
1987as Self
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986as Self
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
The Max Headroom Show
1985as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984as Self
Wogan
1982as Self
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982as Guest
Three of a Kind
1981as Self
Fridays
1980as Self - Musical Guest
An Audience with...
1978as Self
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976as Self
Plattenküche
1976as Self
3 nach 9
1974as Self
Omnibus
1967as Self
World in Action
1963
This Is Your Life
1955as Self
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