Harry Belafonte
Biography
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best …
Known For
BlacKkKlansman
Jerome Turner
The Player
Harry Belafonte
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
Bobby
Nelson
Beat Street
Original Music Composer
Odds Against Tomorrow
Johnny Ingram
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
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Filmography
Acting (147)
Movies (90)
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
2025
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024as Self (archive footage)
Following Harry
2024as Self (archive footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023as Self
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023as Self
Sidney
2022as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022as Self
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
2022as Self - Subject (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022as Self - Inductee (archive footage)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021as Self
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
2020as Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020as Self
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020as Self (archive footage)
The Man Behind the White Guitar
2019as Self
BlacKkKlansman
2018as Jerome Turner
Mr. SOUL!
2018as Self
King in the Wilderness
2018as Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018as Self - Singer
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018as Self
The Madding Crowd
2017as Self (archive footage)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017as Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017as Self
Året var 1966
2016as Self (archive footage)
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015as Self
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2014as Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014as Self
JFK: The Private President
2013as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013as Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013as Self
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012as Self
Sing Your Song
2012as Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012as Self
The University of Sing Sing
2011as Self
Rise Like Lions
2011as Self
Mama Africa
2011as Self (archive footage)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011as Self (voice)
Motherland
2010as Self
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009as Self
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006as Self
Bobby
2006as Nelson
Mo & Me
2006 The Peace!
2005as Self
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005as Self
The World of Nat King Cole
2004as Self
Muppet Music Moments
2004as Self
The Legendary Nat King Cole
2004as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004as Self (archive footage)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004as Self (archive footage)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002as Self (uncredited)
Altman on His Own Terms
2000as Self
Swing Vote
1999as Will Dunn
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999as Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998as Self
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997as Self
Jazz '34
1997as Self - Narrator
Kansas City
1996as Seldom Seen
White Man's Burden
1995as Thaddeus Thomas
The World of Jim Henson
1994as Self
Prêt-à-Porter
1994as Self
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993as Self (archive footage)
The Player
1992as Harry Belafonte
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990as Self
We Shall Overcome
1989as Self - Narrator
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989as Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988as Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986as Self (archive footage)
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985as Self
The Muppet Revue
1985as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982as Self
Grambling's White Tiger
1981as Coach Eddie Robinson
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977as Self
Free to Be… You and Me
1974as Self
Uptown Saturday Night
1974as Geechie Dan Beauford
Nationtime
1972as Self
Buck and the Preacher
1972as Preacher
The Angel Levine
1970as Alexander Levine
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970as Self (archive footage)
Petula
1968as Self
The Strolling '20s
1966as Self
The Day of the Oath
1965as Self
Harry Belafonte in Concert
1960as Self
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959as Johnny Ingram
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959as Ralph Burton
Island in the Sun
1957as David Boyeur
Carmen Jones
1954as Joe
Bright Road
1953as Mr. Williams - School Principal
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
as Self (archive footage)
Television (57)
TV Story Superstar
2020as Self (archive footage)
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018as Self
Jackie Robinson
2016as Self
Sternstunde Musik
2013as Self
Hamburg Journal
2011as self
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006as Self
The Colbert Report
2005as Self - Guest
Kulturplatz
2004as Self
Tanner on Tanner
2004as Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002as Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998as Self
PB&J Otter
1998as The Ice Moose (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995as Magic Man (voice)
Willemsens Woche
1995as Self
DAS!
1991as Self
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991as Self - Singer
Flitterabend
1988as Self - Singer
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Sacrée Soirée
1987as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984as Self - Laudatio
Bei Bio
1983as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981as Self
Heut' abend
1980as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978as Self
Auf los geht's los
1977as Self
The Muppet Show
1976as Self - Special Guest Star
Club 2
1976as Self
Numéro un
1975as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972as Self
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972as Self
Great Performances
1971as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968as Self (uncredited)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967as Self
ABC Stage 67
1966as Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self - Guest Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959as Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957as Self
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Presenter
The Steve Allen Show
1956as Self - Singer
Was bin ich?
1955as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
General Electric Theater
1953as Vince
What's My Line?
1950as Self - Mystery Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
Crew (11)
Movies (10)
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
2005Music
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998Thanks
The Affair
1995Executive Producer
Beat Street
1984Original Music Composer
Buck and the Preacher
1972Producer
The Angel Levine
1970Producer
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959Co-Producer
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959Producer
Haiti: Killing the Dream
Producer
King Leopold’s Ghost
Producer
Television (1)
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