Bob Geldof

Sir Robert „Bob“ Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE (* 5. Oktober 1951 in Dún Laoghaire, Irland) ist ein irischer Rockmusiker, der neben seiner musikalischen Karriere seit den 1980er Jahren auch für die Initiierung der Live-Aid-Konzerte sowie für sein sozialpolitisches Engagement gegen die weltweite Armutsentwicklung und für die Entschuldung der sogenannten Dritten Welt bekannt wurde.

Im Alter von 18 Jahren versuchte Geldof sich als Lastwagenfahrer, war Straßensänger, Englischlehrer und schrieb schließlich Reportagen für das Musikmagazin „Georgia Street“ in Vancouver. 1975 kehrte er nach Irland zurück und arbeitete dort als freier Journalist für verschiedene Musikzeitungen, u. a. führte er Interviews für den New…

Filmografie
Filme
2025 – The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
2025 – BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025 – Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2024 – WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
2024 – The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024 – The Rory Gallagher Story
2024 – Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024 – Quintessentially Irish
2024 – The Greatest Night in Pop
2022 – ABBA V Queen
2022 – Doug and the Slugs and Me
2020 – Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2019 – The Quiet One
2019 – Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2018 – Postcards from the 48%
2017 – Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
2017 – Jazzopen Stuttgart 2017 - Festival der Weltstars und Wunderkinder
2016 – Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
2016 – London's Burning
2016 – A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2015 – Stranded
2015 – Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
2015 – Irish Rock at the BBC
2015 – The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
2014 – Bob Geldof: The Moment
2012 – Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012 – Mauvaise Fille
2012 – Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2010 – Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2009 – Starsuckers
2009 – Moderne slaveri
2008 – 8
2007 – The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007 – I Am Bob
2006 – Best Ever Spitting Image
2006 – Sketches of Frank Gehry
2005 – The World's Greatest Gigs
2005 – Live 8
2005 – Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005 – Live Aid Against All Odds
2005 – Stuck in the Middle
2005 – The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
2005 – New York Doll
2004 – Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 – Lovesongs Of The 70's
2004 – Live Aid
2004 – The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004 – Live Eighties
2004 – Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
2002 – The Old Fools
2002 – There's Only One Paul McCartney
2000 – Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
1999 – Queen: Is This the Real Life?
1997 – Spice World - Der Film
1997 – Diana & Me
1996 – The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1995 – Queen: Champions of the World
1994 – Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1993 – Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
1992 – Pavarotti & Friends
1992 – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1991 – Bernie und der Weihnachtsgeist
1990 – One World, One Voice
1988 – Scarfe's Follies
1987 – The Best of Max Headroom
1987 – Coast to Coast
1987 – The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1986 – Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986 – The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1985 – An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985 – Live Aid
1985 – Number One
1985 – We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 – The Making of Sun City
1984 – 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984 – An Audience with Mel Brooks
1982 – Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982 – The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 – The Other Side of the Wall
1977 – Punk in London
Fly Squad – First Strike!
On the Frontlines of Hunger
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
Za milion godina
Zombie Plane Serien
2025 – Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2023 – Paula
2022 – In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2020 – Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2011 – Berlin Live
2009 – The Noughties...Was That It?
2009 – The Meaning of Life
2009 – Skavlan
2007 – Seven Ages of Rock
2007 – Blair: The Inside Story
2006 – Legends
2006 – Semperopernball
2004 – Parkinson
2003 – Grumpy Old Men
2002 – Top Gear
2002 – V Graham Norton
2001 – Richard & Judy
2001 – Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
1999 – maybrit illner
1998 – Parkinson
1997 – Leute heute
1997 – HARDtalk
1993 – Late Show with David Letterman
1992 – ECHO-Verleihung
1991 – DAS!
1990 – Schmidteinander
1990 – Have I Got News for You
1990 – The Word
1987 – Going Live!
1986 – ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986 – Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1984 – Goldene Kamera
1982 – Wogan
1982 – The Kenny Everett Television Show
1981 – Three of a Kind
1978 – The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978 – An Audience with...
1976 – The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 – Plattenküche
1974 – 3 nach 9
1967 – Omnibus
1963 – World in Action
1955 – This Is Your Life

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