Harry Belafonte: movies and TV shows
Harry Belafonte has 165 credits in the archive: 103 films and 62 TV series, from 1948 to 2025. Highest rated: Sabine Christiansen (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2025 · busiest year: 2004 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CIRILO, A Legacy Untold | Film | 10.0 | 98 | |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self (archive footage) | TV | 3.7 | 97 |
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.9 | 97 |
| 2024 | Following Harry | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 97 |
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.9 | 97 |
| 2023 | Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan | Self | Film | 6.8 | 96 |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | Film | — | 96 |
| 2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self - Inductee (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 95 |
| 2022 | Sidney | Self | Film | 7.0 | 95 |
| 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | Film | 6.2 | 95 |
| 2022 | Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice | Self - Subject (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 95 |
| 2021 | The One and Only Dick Gregory | Self | Film | 7.5 | 94 |
| 2020 | TV Story Superstar | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 93 |
| 2020 | Dom Salvador & The Abolition | Self | Film | 3.0 | 93 |
| 2020 | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | Film | 5.9 | 93 |
| 2020 | Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 93 |
| 2019 | The Man Behind the White Guitar | Self | Film | — | 92 |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Jerome Turner | Film | 7.5 | 91 |
| 2018 | Bobby Kennedy for President | Self | TV | 7.8 | 91 |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Self | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2018 | King in the Wilderness | Self | Film | 6.9 | 91 |
| 2018 | Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America | Self | Film | — | 91 |
| 2018 | Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald | Self - Singer | Film | — | 91 |
| 2017 | The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 2017 | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | Film | 6.2 | 90 |
| 2017 | JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2016 | Jackie Robinson | Self | TV | 7.9 | 89 |
| 2016 | Året var 1966 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2015 | Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2014 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | Film | 1.5 | 87 |
| 2014 | Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark | Self | Film | 7.0 | 87 |
| 2013 | Sternstunde Musik | Self | TV | — | 86 |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | Film | 6.7 | 86 |
| 2013 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | Film | 10.0 | 86 |
| 2013 | JFK: The Private President | Self | Film | — | 86 |
| 2012 | Hava Nagila: The Movie | Self | Film | 7.0 | 85 |
| 2012 | Sing Your Song | Self | Film | 6.9 | 85 |
| 2012 | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Self | Film | 7.4 | 85 |
| 2011 | Hamburg Journal | self | TV | — | 84 |
| 2011 | Mama Africa | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.6 | 84 |
| 2011 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | Self (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 84 |
| 2011 | Rise Like Lions | Self | Film | — | 84 |
| 2011 | The University of Sing Sing | Self | Film | 5.5 | 84 |
| 2010 | Motherland | Self | Film | 8.0 | 83 |
| 2009 | Anecdotes about Fidel | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2009 | American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist | Self | Film | — | 82 |
| 2006 | Bobby | Nelson | Film | 6.4 | 79 |
| 2006 | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Self | TV | 7.5 | 79 |
| 2006 | Best Ever Muppet Moments | Self | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2006 | Mo & Me | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self - Guest | TV | 6.9 | 78 |
| 2005 | The Peace! | Self | Film | 5.0 | 78 |
| 2005 | Legenden: Audrey Hepburn | Self | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2005 | Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1 | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV | 6.0 | 77 |
| 2004 | Tanner on Tanner | Self | TV | 10.0 | 77 |
| 2004 | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2004 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2004 | Muppet Music Moments | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2004 | Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker | self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 77 |
| 2004 | Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2004 | The Legendary Nat King Cole | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2003 | Menschen bei Maischberger | Self | TV | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV | — | 75 |
| 2002 | Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self (uncredited) | Film | 4.5 | 75 |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1999 | Swing Vote | Will Dunn | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Self | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self | TV | 3.6 | 71 |
| 1998 | Sabine Christiansen | Self | TV | 10.0 | 71 |
| 1998 | PB&J Otter | The Ice Moose (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 71 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self | Film | 8.3 | 71 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Film | 8.3 | 71 | |
| 1997 | Jazz '34 | Self - Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1997 | Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Self | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | TV | 4.1 | 69 |
| 1996 | Kansas City | Seldom Seen | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Magic Man (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden | Thaddeus Thomas | Film | 5.1 | 68 |
| 1995 | Willemsens Woche | Self | TV | 9.0 | 68 |
| 1995 | The Affair | Film | 4.2 | 68 | |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Self | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Self | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 1993 | The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 66 |
| 1992 | The Player | Harry Belafonte | Film | 7.2 | 65 |
| 1991 | DAS! | Self | TV | 4.7 | 64 |
| 1991 | Musik liegt in der Luft | Self - Singer | TV | — | 64 |
| 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Self | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1989 | We Shall Overcome | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1989 | The Unforgettable Nat King Cole | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 1988 | Flitterabend | Self - Singer | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1988 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | TV | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 1988 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute | Self | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1988 | The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self | Film | 10.0 | 61 |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self | TV | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1985 | We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song | Self | Film | 8.5 | 58 |
| 1985 | The Muppet Revue | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self - Laudatio | TV | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1984 | Beat Street | Film | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1983 | Bei Bio | Self | TV | — | 56 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1981 | Grambling's White Tiger | Coach Eddie Robinson | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1980 | Heut' abend | Self | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1977 | Auf los geht's los | Self | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1977 | The Royal Variety Performance 1977 | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1977 | The Tallest Tree in Our Forest | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1976 | Club 2 | Self | TV | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Self | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | Geechie Dan Beauford | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | The Julie Andrews Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Self | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Preacher | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 43 |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Alexander Levine | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Film | 5.4 | 43 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1968 | Petula | Self | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self - Cameo | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Self | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | TV | 6.8 | 39 | |
| 1966 | The Strolling '20s | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 1965 | The Day of the Oath | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self - Guest Host | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1960 | Harry Belafonte in Concert | Self | Film | — | 33 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1959 | Odds Against Tomorrow | Johnny Ingram | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1959 | Odds Against Tomorrow | Film | 6.9 | 32 | |
| 1959 | The World, the Flesh and the Devil | Ralph Burton | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1959 | The World, the Flesh and the Devil | Film | 6.4 | 32 | |
| 1957 | Aktuelle Schaubude | Self | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1957 | Island in the Sun | David Boyeur | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 29 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Singer | TV | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1955 | Was bin ich? | Self | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1954 | Carmen Jones | Joe | Film | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Vince | TV | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1953 | Bright Road | Mr. Williams - School Principal | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 21 |
| King Leopold’s Ghost | Film | — | — | ||
| Haiti: Killing the Dream | Film | 9.0 | — | ||
| Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | — |