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Bob Geldof

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Frontman for the late 70s to late 80s band, the Boomtown Rats Also wrote and produced Band Aid's tune, "Do They Know It's Christmas-time?" with musician Midge Ure. Band Aid later evolved into Live Aid, the first international real-time concert, broadcast across the globe for two days. Live Aid and Band Aid were created to bring relief to the starving in Ethiopia. See full bio »

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Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof
in Dublin, Ireland
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2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #18.104 (2011) (writer: "How I Roll" - uncredited / performer: "How I Roll" - uncredited)
 
2010 't Schaep Met De 5 Pooten (TV series)
– Hallo, gezellig! (2010) (music: "Daarom haat ik mijn verjaardag" I Don't Like Mondays)
 
2008-2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– 80's Good, Bad & Ugly (2010) (writer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?")
– Music with a Message (2008) (writer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?")
 
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
– Episode #1.87 (2010) (writer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" / performer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?")
 
2008 Gavin & Stacey (TV series)
– Episode #2.8 (2008) ("Do They Know It's Christmas?")
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
– Episode #1.11 (2007) (writer: "I Don't Like Mondays")
 
2006 Wo ist Fred? (writer: "Room 19 Sha La La La Lee" / performer: "Room 19 Sha La La La Lee")
 
2006 The Benchwarmers (writer: "Room 19 Sha La La La Lee" / as Robert Geldof / performer: "Room 19 Sha La La La Lee")
 
2005 Brit Awards 2005 (TV special) (writer: "I Don't Like Mondays", "Rat Trap" / performer: "I Don't Like Mondays", "Rat Trap")
 
2003 Interaktiv (TV series)
– TV Allstars X-Mas Special (2003) (writer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?")
 
1985-1999 EastEnders (TV series)
– Christmas Day 1999: Part 1 (1999) (writer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.87 (1985) (writer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - uncredited)
 
1998 The Parent Trap (writer: "Happy Club" / performer: "Happy Club")
 
1994 Drop the Dead Donkey (TV series)
– The Wedding (1994) (writer: "I Don't Like Mondays")
 
1993 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– A Very Special Christmas with Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) (writer: "Do They Know It's Christmas?")
 
1980 Up the Academy (music: "Rat Trap" / lyrics: "Rat Trap")
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
2002 The Old Fools (short) (voice)
 
1990 Beyond the Groove (TV movie)
Musician
 
1985 Number One (TV movie)
Harry 'Flash' Gordon
 
1982 Pink Floyd The Wall
Pink
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2005 Live 8 (TV special documentary) (idea)
 
1985 Live Aid (TV special documentary) (idea)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2005 Live 8 (TV special documentary) (organizer - as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
1988 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary) (contributor - 1 episode)
– Scarfe's Follies (1988) (contributor)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2000 Rat (music supervisor)
 
1992 Pavarotti & Friends (TV special documentary) (composer: song "Room 19 {Sha La La La Lee}")
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2006 Live 8: What a Difference a Day Made (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2000 Rat
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1986 BBC TV Cricket (TV series) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Sport Aid: West Indies vs Rest of the World (1986) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (135 titles)
2011 Daybreak (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 September 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 July 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Top Gear (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #17.5 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Skavlan (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #5.11 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #18.104 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2011 The Marilyn Denis Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.43 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Seitenblicke (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 2011 (2011) … Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
– Episode dated 3 March 2011 (2011) … Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2011 The ONE Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 That Sunday Night Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #15.108 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Songwriter
– Episode dated 7 February 2011 (2011) … Himself - Singer/Songwriter (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2011 Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Thin Lizzy: Bad Reputation (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Video Killed the Radio Star (TV series documentary)
Himself
– David Mallet (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Music Video Exposed (TV series)
Himself
– David Mallet (2010) … Himself
 
2009 The Noughties... Was That It? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Oh My God (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Welcome to the 80's (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Charts, Clips und Kommerz (2009) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2009 Modern Slavery (documentary)
 
2008 Quantum of Solace: Royal World Premiere Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 8
Himself
 
2008 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 One Giant Leap 2: What About Me? (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Unterwegs - Die Herbert Grönemeyer-Tour 2007 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Berlin Mitte (TV series)
Himself
– Armut, Klima, Sicherheit - Was kann der Gipfel bewegen? (2007) … Himself
 
2007 I Am Bob (short)
Himself
 
2007 Deadline (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2007) … Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2007 Happy Birthday Elton! From Madison Square Garden, New York (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Comic Relief 2007: The Big One (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998-2007 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
2007 4th Irish Film and Television Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Impact: Songs That Changed the World - Band-Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas? (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 There's Only One Elvis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Story of Punk (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Rock Legends: Platinum Weird (TV movie)
Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2006 Best Ever Spitting Image (TV documentary)
Himself (as Bob Geldof KBE)
 
2004-2006 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 June 2006 (2006) … Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
– Episode dated 22 January 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2006 Imagine (TV series)
Himself
– The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens (2006) … Himself
 
2005 '05: How Was It for You? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 2005 Review of the Year (TV documentary)
Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2005 Live 8: A Bittersweet Symphony (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Live 8: Twenty Years Ago Today (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Først & sist (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #14.13 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 (TV special)
Himself - Free Your Mind Award Recipient
 
2005 Tubridy Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Gaybo (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Live 8 (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Live Aid Remembered (TV documentary)
Himself (2005)
 
2003-2005 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.12 (2005) … Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
– Episode #5.13 (2003) … Himself
 
2005 Geldof in Africa (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.7 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 CD:UK (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004-2005 The Late Late Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2005 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Brits Backstage (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Brit Awards 2005 (TV special)
Winner 'Outstanding Contribution to Music'/Performer 'I Don't Like Mondays' (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2005 New York Doll (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Band Aid Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Band Aid 20: Justice, Not Charity (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (TV documentary)
Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2004 Close Encounters with Keith Barry (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition (video)
Himself
 
2004 Ray Davies: The World from My Window (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Jeremy Vine Meets... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2004) … Himself
 
2002-2004 Kelly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 April 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 February 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2004 Bob Geldof: Saint or Singer? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Get Up, Stand Up (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 Grumpy Old Men (TV series documentary)
– So Who's to Blame? (2003)
– A Life in the Day (2003)
– Is This the World We Created? (2003)
 
2003 V Graham Norton (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.1 (2003) … Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2003 The Dunphy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Fame Academy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 September 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 A Day to Remember (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Breakfast with Frost (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Die 10... (TV series)
Himself
– Bewegendsten Ereignisse (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Stuck in the Middle (video)
Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
2002 Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 David Gilmour in Concert (video)
Himself
 
2002 There's Only One Paul McCartney (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 I Love 1980's (TV series documentary)
Himself
– New Years Compilation (2001) … Himself
 
2001 III nach neun (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 2001 (2001) … Himself (as Sir Robert 'Bob' Geldof)
 
2001 Being Mick (TV documentary)
Himself (Party Guest)
 
2001 HARDtalk (TV series)
Himself
– Bob Geldof (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Happiness (TV series)
Himself
– Desperate Dan (2001) … Himself (as Sir Bob Geldof)
 
2001 The Weakest Link (TV series)
Himself
– Comic Relief's Weakest Link (2001) … Himself
 
2001 100 Greatest Number One Singles (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Festival Europeo de la Solidaridad 1998 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 Everyman (TV series)
Himself
– Idol Pursuits (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Spice World
Himself
 
1997 Diana & Me
Himself (as Bob Geldorf)
 
1997 Very Important Pennis (TV series)
Himself
– Very Important Pennis: Part 3 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 The Works (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Michael Grade: The Last Showman (1997) … Himself
 
1996 The Sunday Show (TV series)
Himself
– Christmas Special (1996) … Himself
 
1996 The Rocker: Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Brit Awards 1996 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1995 We Are the World: A 10th Anniversary Tribute (TV special)
 
1995 Champions of the World (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Brit Awards 1994 (TV movie)
Himself (prerecorded footage)
 
1993 Have I Got News for You (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.9 (1993) … Himself
 
1992 The Big Breakfast (TV series)
Interviewer
 
1992 A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Pavarotti & Friends (TV special documentary)
Himself - Guest Performer
 
1991 Bernard and the Genie (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Queen: The Days of Our Lives (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Rage (TV series)
Himself
– Bob Geldof Guest Programs Rage (1991) … Himself
 
1990 Schmidteinander (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1987-1990 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.14 (1990) … Himself
– Episode #4.2 (1987) … Himself
 
1985-1988 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Phil Collins (1988) … Himself
– Bob Geldof (1985) … Himself
 
1987 The 14th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The Max Headroom Show (TV series)
Himself
– Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey (1986) … Himself
 
1986/II Comic Relief (TV documentary)
Himself (video version)
 
1986 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
– Comic Relief (1986)
 
1986 Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (video documentary)
Himself
 
1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1985 MTV Video Music Awards 1985 (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 Live Aid (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 July 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1982-1984 Pop Quiz (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.7 (1984) … Himself
– Episode #3.8 (1983) … Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1982) … Himself
 
1984 The Secret Policeman's Private Parts (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 An Audience with Mel Brooks (TV special)
Himself
 
1982 Three of a Kind (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.4 (1982) … Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
1982 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Musikladen (TV series)
– Episode #1.71 (1982) (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
1981-1982 The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1982) … Himself
– Episode #1.0 (1981) … Himself
 
1982 SCTV Network (TV series)
Himself
– Teacher's Pet (1982) … Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
1980 Punk and Its Aftershocks (documentary)
Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
1980 Fridays (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1980) … Himself
 
1978 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 October 1978 (1978) … Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
– Episode dated 6 April 1978 (1978) … Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
1977 Punk in London (documentary)
Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
1977 Marc (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1977) … Himself (as The Boomtown Rats)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2012 Top of the Pops: The Story of 1977 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Starsuckers (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Provinssirock 30 (TV series documentary)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2006 Time Trumpet (TV series)
 
2005 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Have I Got News for You (TV series)
 
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (video)
Himself (segment "Man in the Mirror")
 
2003 VH1: All Access (TV series)
 

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Biography: : -- To those that know him, Bob Geldof is still the messy-haired punk rocker from The Boomtown Rats. But to the rest of the world, Geldof will be most known for his Live Aid and Live 8 concerts to raise money for famine relief. VH1 News Present: Girls Gone Wild - Joe Francis on Trial -- Singer Bob Geldof has come forward to say that he's sick of hearing the 1984 holiday song he co-wrote, "Do They Know It's Christmas," which originally helped raise money to fight famine in Africa. Oh My God -- Oh My God asks people from all walks of life, from celebrities, to the religious, to atheists and the common Man - the question - "What is God?"
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Article, "'People can sing every note he played'," Published in "The Daily Telegraph (UK)," 1 December 2001. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | 13 Articles  | 5 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

The Boomtown Rats | Sir Bob Geldof | Sir Robert 'Bob' Geldof | Bob Geldorf | Bob Geldof KBE | Boomtown Rats

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

I was interested in the blues, because Mick [Jagger] and Keith [Richards] used to say, "forget about us, go and listen to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf". So I dutifully went to the record shop and said "have you heard of these people?" That someone could be called Howlin' Wolf. Wow. I listened to that music and I adored its primitivism... See more »

Trivia:

Was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his continuing efforts to eradicate world hunger sparked by his creation of Live Aid. See more »

Trademark:

Scruffy hairdo See more »

Star Sign:

Libra