Bob Geldof

Characters played by Bob Geldof

Pink — Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

Depressed rock star who builds a psychological wall due to childhood trauma, parental loss, school humiliation, and marital breakdown. Experiences a drug-induced fascist hallucination, stages a trial, and ultimately orders the destruction of the wall.

Career Overview

Bob Geldof has 98 screen credits in a career dating back to 1955. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Quintessentially Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities, Live Aid Against All Odds. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 98
Birth Date: 1951-10-05
Birth Place: Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

Quintessentially Collection (1 titles)
Pavarotti & Friends Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Bono (5 collaborations)
Phil Collins (3 collaborations)
Sting (3 collaborations)
Sinéad O'Connor (2 collaborations)
Midge Ure (2 collaborations)
Billy Connolly (2 collaborations)
Elton John (2 collaborations)
Brian May (2 collaborations)
David Bowie (2 collaborations)
Alison Moyet (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (92 credits)
- The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken
  Vocals / Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- The Rory Gallagher Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Quintessentially Irish
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- The Greatest Night in Pop
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- ABBA V Queen
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Doug and the Slugs and Me
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- The Quiet One
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
  Self (archival footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Postcards from the 48%
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- London's Burning
  Bob Geldof
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Stranded
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Bob Geldof - Berlin Live
  Singer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Irish Rock at the BBC
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Bob Geldof: The Moment
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Bad Girl
  George
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Jools Holland: My Life in Music
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Starsuckers
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Modern Slavery
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- 8
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- I Am Bob
  Bob
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Best Ever Spitting Image
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Sketches of Frank Gehry
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- The World's Greatest Gigs
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Live 8
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Live Aid Against All Odds
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Stuck in the Middle
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- New York Doll
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Lovesongs Of The 70's
  I Don't Like Mondays
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Live Aid
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Live Eighties
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Old Fools
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- There's Only One Paul McCartney
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Top Gear
  
  - Episode 5 (2011) ... Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car actor actors
  
  2002
- Richard & Judy
  
  - Series 5, Episode 1 (2006) ... Self actor actors
  
  2001
- Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Queen: Is This the Real Life?
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Spice World
  Bob Geldof
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Diana & Me
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Leute heute
  
  - Episode 194 (2018) ... Self actor actors
  
  1997
- The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- Queen: Champions of the World
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
  Sänger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Pavarotti & Friends
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Bernard and the Genie
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- DAS!
  
  - Episode 326 (2016) ... Self actor actors
  
  1991
- One World, One Voice
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Have I Got News for You
  
  - Griff Rhys Jones, Bob Geldof (1993) ... Self actor actors
  
  1990
- Scarfe's Follies
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- The Best of Max Headroom
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Coast to Coast
  Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- ZDF-Fernsehgarten
  
  - Episode 1 (1994) ... Self actor actors
  
  1986
- An Audience with Billy Connolly
  Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Live Aid
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Number One
  Harry 'Flash' Gordon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- The Making of Sun City
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- An Audience with Mel Brooks
  Self (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Pink Floyd: The Wall
  Pink
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- The Other Side of the Wall
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Wogan
  
  - Series 6, Show 36 (1986) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Series 5, Show 105 (1985) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Series 5, Show 62 (1985) ... Self actor actors
  
  1982
- Punk in London
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- This Is Your Life
  
  - Episode 11 (1985) ... Self actor actors
  
  1955
- The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
  actor
  
  actors
- On the Frontlines of Hunger
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
- Fly Squad – First Strike!
  (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
- For a Million Years
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
- Zombie Plane
  Mort Pudlin
  
  actor
  
  actors
writing (4 credits)
- A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2016
- Live Aid
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2004
- Live Aid
  scenario writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Black Sabbath: Live Aid
  idea
  
  writing
  
  1985
sound (1 credits)
- Rat
  music
  
  sound
  
  2000
production (1 credits)
- Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi
  producer
  
  production
  
  1993