---
name: "Bob Geldof"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-geldof"
fi1m_id: "bob-geldof"
imdb_id: "nm0002097"
tmdb_id: 47991
wikidata_id: "Q216608"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 October 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:49:52.083551+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bob Geldof

## Identity

Bob Geldof

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-geldof
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-geldof
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002097
- **TMDB ID:** 47991
- **Wikidata ID:** Q216608
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Geldof, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47991

Actor. Born 5 October 1951 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 October 1951, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 1982–1997
- **Also known as:** The Boomtown Rats, Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, Sir Bob Geldof
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (1), 1990s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Geldof, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47991

## Biography

Bob Geldof is an Irish singer and actor. Born on 5 October 1951 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, he is best known in film for playing the lead role of Pink in the 1982 musical *Pink Floyd: The Wall*, directed by Alan Parker.

He has appeared in several other films, frequently as himself, including *Spice World* (1997). Additional acting credits include Harry "Flash" Gordon in *Number One* (1985) and George in *Bad Girl* (2012). Geldof first rose to prominence as the lead singer of the rock band the Boomtown Rats.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Spice World* (1997), Fi1m 62, as Bob Geldof — [page](https://film.one/film/spice-world.md)
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Fi1m 69, as Pink — [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken* (2025), as Vocals / Guitar
- *Postcards from the 48%* (2018), Actor
- *London's Burning* (2016), as Bob Geldof
- *A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats* (2016), Writer
- *Bob Geldof - Berlin Live* (2015), as Singer
- *Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen* (2012), Actor
- *Bad Girl* (2012), as George
- *Modern Slavery* (2009), Actor
- *I Am Bob* (2007), as Bob
- *The World's Greatest Gigs* (2005), Actor
- *The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978* (2005), Actor
- *Lovesongs Of The 70's* (2004), as I Don't Like Mondays
- *Live Aid* (2004), Writer
- *Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento* (2004), Actor
- *The Old Fools* (2002), as Narrator
- *Rat* (2000), Music
- *Spice World* (1997), as Bob Geldof — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/spice-world.md)
- *Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi* (1993), as Sänger · Producer
- *Scarfe's Follies* (1988), Actor
- *Omnibus Presents Comic Relief* (1986), series, Actor
- *Live Aid* (1985), Scenario Writer
- *Black Sabbath: Live Aid* (1985), Idea
- *Number One* (1985), as Harry 'Flash' Gordon
- *The Making of Sun City* (1985), Actor
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), as Pink — Fi1m 69, [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)
- *The Kenny Everett Video Show* (1978), series, Actor
- *Zombie Plane*, as Mort Pudlin
- *The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980*, Actor
- *Fly Squad – First Strike!*, as (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Bob Geldof, speaking in November 2010](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-9ef6b14db73b.jpg) Bob Geldof, speaking in November 2010 — Miljøstiftelsen ZERO, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Bob_Geldof%2C_November_2010_04_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Geldof%2C_November_2010_04_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Geldof](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-2dab99cb008c.jpg) Bob Geldof — International Monetary Fund Photograph/Stephen Jaffe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Geldof%2C_Bob_%28IMF_2009%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![500px provided description: Bob Geldof [#music ,#artist ,#musician ,#singer ,#boomtown rats ,#Bob Geldof]](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-f0777f44942c.jpg) 500px provided description: Bob Geldof [#music ,#artist ,#musician ,#singer ,#boomtown rats ,#Bob Geldof] — Roger Woolman, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Bob_Geldof_%2855208394%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Geldof_%2855208394%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Geldof, speaking in November 2010](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-78d5037743e8.jpg) Bob Geldof, speaking in November 2010 — Miljøstiftelsen ZERO, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bob_Geldof%2C_November_2010_03.jpg/1280px-Bob_Geldof%2C_November_2010_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Geldof](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-817b8431a267.jpg) Bob Geldof — Image via TMDB
- ![Bob Geldof](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-eb523a0541bc.jpg) Bob Geldof — Image via TMDB
- ![Bob Geldof](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-96c63e774d0b.jpg) Bob Geldof — Image via TMDB
- ![Bob Geldof at the 2014 One Young World Conference in Dublin, Ireland.](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-f6005c4bab4f.jpg) Bob Geldof at the 2014 One Young World Conference in Dublin, Ireland. — Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BobGeldof2014_1.jpg/1280px-BobGeldof2014_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Boomtown Rats at Lechlade Festival May 2022](https://film.one/media/person/362650/gallery-89bcebdb5221.jpg) The Boomtown Rats at Lechlade Festival May 2022 — Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bob_Geldof%2C_May_2022_09_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Geldof%2C_May_2022_09_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria 2025: Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (won)
- Patron’s Medal 2016: Patron’s Medal (won)
- M100 Media Award 2007: M100 Media Award (won)
- North–South Prize 2005: North–South Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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