Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/5/1951
Place of Birth
Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
The Boomtown RatsRobert Frederick Zenon GeldofSir Bob Geldof
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-s...
Known For
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
Unknown Role
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
Zombie Plane
as Mort Pudlin
Live Aid
as Self
Quintessentially Irish
as Self
Starsuckers
as Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Pink
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
as Self
Diana & Me
as Self
Live 8
as Self
Number One
as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
Live Eighties
as Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
Modern Slavery
Unknown Role
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
as Self
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Bad Girl
as George
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
as Self (archival footage)
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self