Bob Geldof: movies and TV shows
Bob Geldof has 132 credits in the archive: 90 films and 42 TV series, from 1955 to 2025. Highest rated: maybrit illner (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2025 · busiest year: 1985 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World | Self | TV | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2025 | Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible | Self | Film | 8.3 | 73 |
| 2025 | BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2025 | The Boomtown Rats: Live at Wacken | Vocals / Guitar | Film | — | 73 |
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.9 | 72 |
| 2024 | Quintessentially Irish | Self | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2024 | The Rory Gallagher Story | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2024 | The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? | Self | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2024 | Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped | Self | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2024 | Rory Gallagher: Calling Card | Self | Film | 8.5 | 72 |
| 2023 | Paula | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2022 | In Conversation with Alan Yentob | Self | TV | — | 70 |
| 2022 | ABBA V Queen | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 70 |
| 2022 | Doug and the Slugs and Me | Self | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 2020 | Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 68 |
| 2020 | Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats | Self | Film | 9.5 | 68 |
| 2019 | The Quiet One | Self | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 2019 | Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid | Self (archival footage) | Film | 8.9 | 67 |
| 2018 | Postcards from the 48% | Film | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2017 | Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 65 |
| 2017 | Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2016 | A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats | Self | Film | 1.0 | 64 |
| 2016 | A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats | Film | 1.0 | 64 | |
| 2016 | Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2016 | London's Burning | Bob Geldof | Film | — | 64 |
| 2015 | Bob Geldof - Berlin Live | Singer | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 2015 | Stranded | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2015 | Irish Rock at the BBC | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2015 | The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities | Self | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2014 | Bob Geldof: The Moment | Himself | Film | — | 62 |
| 2012 | Bad Girl | George | Film | 5.2 | 60 |
| 2012 | Jools Holland: My Life in Music | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2012 | Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2011 | Berlin Live | Self - Performer | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2010 | Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher | Self | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 2009 | Skavlan | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2009 | The Meaning of Life | Self | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2009 | The Noughties...Was That It? | Self | TV | — | 57 |
| 2009 | Modern Slavery | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 2009 | Starsuckers | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2008 | 8 | Himself | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 2007 | Seven Ages of Rock | Self | TV | 9.2 | 55 |
| 2007 | Blair: The Inside Story | Self | TV | — | 55 |
| 2007 | The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? | Self | Film | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2007 | I Am Bob | Bob | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2006 | Legends | Self | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2006 | Semperopernball | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 2006 | Best Ever Spitting Image | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 2006 | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Self | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 2005 | Live 8 | Self | Film | 7.4 | 53 |
| 2005 | Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2005 | Live Aid Against All Odds | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2005 | The World's Greatest Gigs | Film | — | 53 | |
| 2005 | New York Doll | Self | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2005 | The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978 | Film | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 2005 | Stuck in the Middle | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 2004 | Live Eighties | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 2004 | Live Aid | Self | Film | 9.2 | 52 |
| 2004 | Live Aid | Film | 9.2 | 52 | |
| 2004 | Clan Banlieue, 1992-2004: La Grande Famiglia in Movimento | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2004 | The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 2004 | Lovesongs Of The 70's | I Don't Like Mondays | Film | — | 52 |
| 2003 | Grumpy Old Men | Self | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | TV | 5.3 | 50 |
| 2002 | There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2002 | The Old Fools | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self | TV | 3.4 | 49 |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | TV | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2000 | Rat | Film | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 2000 | Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 48 |
| 1999 | maybrit illner | Self | TV | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1999 | Queen: Is This The Real Life? | Self | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 46 |
| 1997 | Leute heute | Self | TV | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1997 | HARDtalk | TV | 8.7 | 45 | |
| 1997 | Spice World | Bob Geldof | Film | 4.9 | 45 |
| 1997 | Diana & Me | Self | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1996 | The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1995 | Queen: Champions of the World | Self | Film | 8.3 | 43 |
| 1994 | Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era | Self | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1993 | Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi | Sänger | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1993 | Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1992 | ECHO-Verleihung | Self | TV | — | 40 |
| 1992 | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert | Self | Film | 8.4 | 40 |
| 1992 | Pavarotti & Friends | Self | Film | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1991 | DAS! | Self | TV | 4.7 | 39 |
| 1991 | Bernard and the Genie | Himself | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1990 | The Word | TV | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 1990 | Schmidteinander | Self | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1990 | One World, One Voice | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1988 | Scarfe's Follies | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1987 | The Best of Max Headroom | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 1987 | The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball | Self | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1987 | Coast to Coast | Himself - Scruffy Person (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1986 | ZDF-Fernsehgarten | Self | TV | 2.8 | 34 |
| 1986 | Omnibus Presents Comic Relief | TV | 4.0 | 34 | |
| 1986 | Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey | Self | Film | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1986 | The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live | Self | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1985 | Live Aid | Self | Film | 7.9 | 33 |
| 1985 | Live Aid | Film | 7.9 | 33 | |
| 1985 | We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song | Self | Film | 8.5 | 33 |
| 1985 | An Audience with Billy Connolly | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | Film | 8.4 | 33 |
| 1985 | The Making of Sun City | Film | 9.5 | 33 | |
| 1985 | Black Sabbath: Live Aid | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1985 | Number One | Harry 'Flash' Gordon | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1984 | An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1984 | 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video | Self | Film | — | 32 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1982 | The Kenny Everett Television Show | Self | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1982 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | Pink | Film | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Self | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1982 | The Other Side of the Wall | Self | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1981 | Three of a Kind | Self | TV | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 26 |
| 1978 | The Kenny Everett Video Show | TV | 7.9 | 26 | |
| 1977 | Punk in London | Self | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1976 | Plattenküche | Self | TV | 4.0 | 24 |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | TV | 5.0 | 24 |
| 1974 | 3 nach 9 | Self | TV | 7.2 | 22 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 15 |
| 1963 | World in Action | TV | 7.0 | 11 | |
| 1955 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.7 | 3 |
| Zombie Plane | Mort Pudlin | Film | 9.0 | — | |
| On the Frontlines of Hunger | Self | Film | — | — | |
| The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980 | Film | — | — | ||
| Fly Squad – First Strike! | (voice) | Film | — | — |