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.

Filmography

• 2025The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken — Vocals / Guitar
• 2018Postcards from the 48%
• 2016A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats — Self, Writer
• 2016London's Burning — Bob Geldof
• 2015Bob Geldof - Berlin Live — Singer
• 2012Bad Girl — George
• 2012Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
• 2009Modern Slavery
• 2007I Am Bob — Bob
• 2005The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
• 2005The World's Greatest Gigs
• 2004Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
• 2004Live Aid — Self, Writer
• 2004Lovesongs Of The 70's — I Don't Like Mondays
• 2002The Old Fools — Narrator
• 2000Rat — Music
• HARDtalk
• 1997Spice World — Bob Geldof
• 1993Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi — Sänger, Producer
• The Word
• 1988Scarfe's Follies
• Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
• 1985Black Sabbath: Live Aid — Idea
• 1985Live Aid — Self, Scenario Writer
• 1985Number One — Harry 'Flash' Gordon
• 1985The Making of Sun City
• 1982Pink Floyd: The Wall — Pink
• The Kenny Everett Video Show
• World in Action
• Fly Squad – First Strike! — (voice)
• The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
• Zombie Plane — Mort Pudlin

Appearances as themselves (98)

• 2025BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard — Self
• Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World — Self
• 2025Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible — Self
• 2024Quintessentially Irish — Self
• 2024Rory Gallagher: Calling Card — Self
• 2024The Greatest Night in Pop — Self (archive footage)
• 2024The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? — Self
• 2024The Rory Gallagher Story — Self
• 2024Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped — Self
• Paula — Self (archive footage)
• 2022ABBA V Queen — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Doug and the Slugs and Me — Self
• In Conversation with Alan Yentob — Self
• 2020Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats — Self
• Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments — Self - Guest (archive footage)
• 2019Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid — Self (archival footage)
• 2019The Quiet One — Self
• 2017Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies — Self
• 2017Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said — Self
• 2015Irish Rock at the BBC — Self
• 2015Stranded — Self
• 2015The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities — Self
• 2014Bob Geldof: The Moment — Himself
• 2012Jools Holland: My Life in Music — Self
• Berlin Live — Self - Performer
• 2010Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher — Self
• Skavlan — Self - Guest
• 2009Starsuckers — Self (archive footage)
• The Meaning of Life — Self
• The Noughties...Was That It? — Self
• 20088 — Himself
• Blair: The Inside Story — Self
• Seven Ages of Rock — Self
• 2007The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? — Self
• 2006Best Ever Spitting Image — Self
• Legends — Self
• Semperopernball — Self
• 2006Sketches of Frank Gehry — Self
• 2005Live 8 — Self
• 2005Live Aid Against All Odds — Self
• 2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today — Self
• 2005New York Doll — Self
• 2005Stuck in the Middle — Self
• 2004Live Eighties — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer
• 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? — Self
• 2004The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition — Self
• Grumpy Old Men — Self
• 2002There's Only One Paul McCartney — Self
• Top Gear — Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
• V Graham Norton — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• Richard & Judy — Self
• 2000Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Queen: Is This the Real Life? — Self
• maybrit illner — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• 1997Diana & Me — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• 1996The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott — Self
• 1995Queen: Champions of the World — Self
• 1994Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• ECHO-Verleihung — Self
• 1992Pavarotti & Friends — Self
• 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert — Self
• 1991Bernard and the Genie — Himself
• DAS! — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• 1990One World, One Voice — Self
• Schmidteinander — Self
• 1987Coast to Coast — Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
• Going Live! — Self
• 1987The Best of Max Headroom — Self
• 1987The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball — Self
• 1986Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey — Self
• 1986The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live — Self
• ZDF-Fernsehgarten — Self
• 1985An Audience with Billy Connolly — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
• 1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song — Self
• 1984'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video — Self
• 1984An Audience with Mel Brooks — Self (uncredited)
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• The Kenny Everett Television Show — Self
• 1982The Other Side of the Wall — Self
• 1982The Secret Policeman's Other Ball — Self
• Wogan — Self
• Three of a Kind — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• 1977Punk in London — Self
• Plattenküche — Self
• The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• 3 nach 9 — Self
• Omnibus — Self
• This Is Your Life — Self
• For a Million Years — Himself
• On the Frontlines of Hunger — Self