Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.

Filmography

• 2007Fred Baker - filmmaker
• 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies — Joe
• 2001White Sings Robeson
• 1990I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
• 1985Musical Comedy Tonight III
• 1973Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 — Self/Cameo (archive footage)
• 1954Song of the Rivers — Voice of Singer, Writer
• 1951South Africa Uncensored — Narrator
• 1942Native Land — Narrator
• 1942Tales of Manhattan — Luke
• 1940The Proud Valley — David Goliath
• 1938Big Fella — Joe
• 1937Jericho — Cpl. Jericho Jackson
• 1937King Solomon's Mines — Umbopa
• 1936Show Boat — Joe
• 1936Song of Freedom — John 'Johnny' Zinga
• 1935Sanders of the River — Bosambo
• 1933Emperor Jones — Brutus Jones
• 1932Black and White — Music
• 1930Borderline — Pete Varond
• 1926Camille: The Fate of a Coquette — Alexandre Dumas fils
• 1925Body and Soul — Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Appearances as themselves (17)

• Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Britain on Film: Black Britain — Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
• 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson — Self (archival footage)
• 2006Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States — Self
• 1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand — Self
• 1998Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am — Himself (archive footage)
• 1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist — Self (archive footage)
• 1994Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist — Self (archive footage)
• 1991The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes — Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
• 1979Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist — Himself (archive footage)
• 1977The Tallest Tree in Our Forest — Self
• 1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• 1949Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 — Himself
• 1947Easy to Get — Self
• 1937My Song Goes Forth — Self