---
name: "Bob Marley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-marley"
fi1m_id: "bob-marley"
imdb_id: "nm0002490"
tmdb_id: 123073
wikidata_id: "Q409"
roles: ["Songs"]
born: "6 February 1945"
died: "11 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:06:58.273177+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."
---

# Bob Marley

## Identity

Bob Marley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-marley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-marley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002490
- **TMDB ID:** 123073
- **Wikidata ID:** Q409
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123073

Songs. Born 6 February 1945 in Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica. Died 11 May 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 6 February 1945, Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica
- **Died:** 11 May 1981
- **Also known as:** Robert Nesta Marley, The Wailers, The Wailing Wailers, Berhane Selassie, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley and the Wailers, باب مارلی, ボブ・マーリー, Боб Марли, 巴布馬利, பாப் மார்லி, బాబ్ మార్లే
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 crew, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 48 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123073

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Marley*](https://film.one/film/marley.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bob Marley was a Jamaican musician and singer-songwriter. Credited under names including Robert Nesta Marley, he appears as Self (archive footage) in the documentary *Marley* (2012).

He was born on 6 February 1945 in Nine Miles, St Ann, Jamaica, and died on 11 May 1981 in Miami, Florida, USA. His archive footage features in several later documentaries, including *Bob Marley: One Love* (2024) and *ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff* (2018).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Bob Marley: One Love* (2024), Fi1m 48, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/bob-marley-one-love.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Marley* (2012), Fi1m 77, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/marley.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Ky-Mani Marley - Summerjam Festival 2026* (2026), Author
- *Julian Marley - Summerjam Festival 2026* (2026), Author
- *Sheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist* (2025), Music
- *Bob Marley: One Love* (2024), as Songs — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/bob-marley-one-love.md)
- *Bob Marley: Greatest Hits Vol. 1* (2003), as Him Self
- *Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live at the Rainbow* (1991), as Vocals
- *Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend* (1984), Music
- *All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music* (1977), series, Actor
- *Love Is Not a Game* (1971), Music

## Gallery

- ![Bob Marley in a press photo dated to 1976. Photo was published by the US branch of Island Records. Newspaper clipping on back can be traced to the Feburary 08 1](https://film.one/media/person/344180/gallery-275af3847e1d.jpg) Bob Marley in a press photo dated to 1976. Photo was published by the US branch of Island Records. Newspaper clipping on back can be traced to the Feburary 08 1 — Dennis Morris; Distributed by Island Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Bob_Marley_1976_press_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bob Marley performing 1975 publicity photo](https://film.one/media/person/344180/gallery-99a5ee278cd0.jpg) Bob Marley performing 1975 publicity photo — Ian Dickson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Bob_Marley_performing_1975_publicity.jpg/1280px-Bob_Marley_performing_1975_publicity.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Marley performing at Dalymount Park, on 6 July 1980.](https://film.one/media/person/344180/gallery-170cad39297c.jpg) Bob Marley performing at Dalymount Park, on 6 July 1980. — Eddie Mallin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bob-Marley_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bob Marley circa 1976](https://film.one/media/person/344180/gallery-4f01ecbac7bc.jpg) Bob Marley circa 1976 — Not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bob_Marley_circa_1976_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Marley_circa_1976_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Marley by Neville Garrick](https://film.one/media/person/344180/gallery-c0109ac862a4.jpg) Bob Marley by Neville Garrick — Neville Garrick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Bob_Marley_by_Neville_Garrick_1976.jpg/1280px-Bob_Marley_by_Neville_Garrick_1976.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Marley performing with Ziggy Marley in (according to this blog post) Boston on April 25, 1976. The photo was published in 1977 by the US branch of Island Re](https://film.one/media/person/344180/gallery-8662c6df4d08.jpg) Bob Marley performing with Ziggy Marley in (according to this blog post) Boston on April 25, 1976. The photo was published in 1977 by the US branch of Island Re — David Melhado; Distributed by Island Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Bob_Marley_performing_in_1976_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2001: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1994: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- Order of Merit 1981: Order of Merit (won)

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

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