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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1951-10-05
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.9
- info Birth Place Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Bob Geldof
8
Doug and the Slugs and Me
2022-05-14
0
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002-06-02
4.9
Spice World
1997-12-18
8.4
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985-10-26
8
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982-07-14
7.3
Live 8
2005-11-07
0
Lovesongs Of The 70's
2004-11-17
0
Live Eighties
2004-06-01
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004-12-09
6.5
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984-02-04
7.5
I Am Bob
2007-04-26
6
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982-03-01
5
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987-01-01
8
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005-03-06
0
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996-01-03
5.3
Bad Girl
2012-11-28
0
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010-09-14
5
Number One
1985-03-01
0
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012-01-01
0
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
2016-09-17
7
Modern Slavery
2009-04-23
6.8
The Quiet One
2019-06-21
0
One World, One Voice
1990-12-09
0
Irish Rock at the BBC
2015-03-13
0
ABBA V Queen
2022-07-19
6.7
Starsuckers
2009-09-30
0
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
0
The Making of Sun City
1985-01-23
7.9
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024-01-19
0
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004-09-20
6.9
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006-05-12
6.5
Quintessentially Irish
2024-03-12
0
Stuck in the Middle
2005-06-06
5.2
8
2008-10-23
0
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012-12-07
7.3
Bernard and the Genie
1991-11-23
0
The Old Fools
2002-11-29
9
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024-06-03
0
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
2017-10-16
0
London's Burning
2016-08-13
0
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
2000-01-09
6.6
New York Doll
2005-01-20
1
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2016-04-03
8.3
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992-04-22
6
Coast to Coast
1987-01-04
7
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994-04-04
6
Postcards from the 48%
2018-07-06
0
Stranded
2015-09-15
4.5
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
2015-03-13
7.9
Live Aid
1985-07-13
6.2
The Other Side of the Wall
1982-01-01
0
Bob Geldof: The Moment
2014-10-09
6
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986-12-26
9.2
Live Aid
2004-11-16
7.3
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007-12-07
8.5
Pavarotti & Friends
1992-09-27
0
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017-10-12
0
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005-07-13
6
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986-04-25
9.5
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020-05-23
8.5
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985-01-28
10
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
2015-06-10
10
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
1993-11-26
6.6
Punk in London
1977-12-02
0
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984-12-01
0
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005-06-15
0
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005-11-09
6
Diana & Me
1997-12-04
0
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006-07-25
0
Does Anyone Care What Anyone Says In Rock’n’Roll?
0
Scarfe's Follies
1988-01-28
8
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
2024-11-25
6.5
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024-12-14
0
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024-06-09
0
The Best of Max Headroom
1987-03-05
4.6
The One Show
2006-08-14
5.8
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001-11-02
7.7
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978-07-03
5
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976-04-01
2.9
Richard & Judy
2001-11-26
4
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986-04-25
7
Paula
2023-03-13
5
V Graham Norton
2002-05-06
7
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982-02-25
0
Blair: The Inside Story
2007-03-16
6.7
Three of a Kind
1981-07-01
5
Skavlan
2009-01-16
6
Berlin Live
2011-05-07
4.6
The One Show
2006-08-14
5.3
An Audience with...
1978-01-08
7.1
Have I Got News for You
1990-09-28
4.5
Wogan
1982-05-04
7.5
Top Gear
2002-10-20
3
Leute heute
1997-07-23
6
Going Live!
1987-09-26
8
Schmidteinander
1990-12-16
7.2
Grumpy Old Men
2003-10-10
3.5
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
1984-02-03
0
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022-10-24
0
ECHO-Verleihung
1992-05-18
1.5
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986-06-29
5
Legends
2006-11-17
8
maybrit illner
1999-10-21
4.2
DAS!
1991-01-02
6.5
3 nach 9
1974-11-19
3.5
Plattenküche
1976-02-23
9
Seven Ages of Rock
2007-05-19
6.4
This Is Your Life
1955-07-29
0
Parkinson
1998-01-09
0
The Noughties...Was That It?
2009-11-04
0
Semperopernball
2006-01-12
7.2
Omnibus
1967-10-13
