Bob Geldof - Фильмы

Роберт Фредерик Зинон Боб Гелдоф, KBE, (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to выдающееся положение as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his compositions "Rat Trap" and "I don't Like Mondays". He co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles of all time. He starred as Pink Pink Floyd в 1982 году фильм Pink Floyd The Wall. Гелдоф is widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. В 1984 he and Мидж founded the благотворительной супергруппы Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super Live Aid concert the following year and the concerts Live 8 в 2005. Гелдоф currently serves as an adviser to the ONE Campaign, founded by Irish fellow humanitarian Боно. A single father, Гелдоф has also been for the outspoken fathers' rights movement. Гелдоф has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, что granted an почетный knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, and is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made "an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace", among numerous other awards and nominations.