Harry Belafonte
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1 March 1927
Died25 April 2023 (age 96)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits160
Biography
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jam…
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026 · self
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
2025
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Following Harry
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023 · Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self - Inductee (archive footage)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Self
Sidney
2022 · Self
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
2022 · Self - Subject (archive footage)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021 · Self
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
2020 · Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020 · Self
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020 · Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar
2020 · Self (archive footage)
The Man Behind the White Guitar
2019 · Self
BlacKkKlansman
2018 · Jerome Turner
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Self
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018 · Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018 · Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018 · Self - Singer
King in the Wilderness
2018 · Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 · Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017 · Self
The Madding Crowd
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
2016 · Self
Året var 1966
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015 · Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2014 · Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 · Self
Sternstunde Musik
2013 · Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013 · Self
JFK: The Private President
2013 · Self
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012 · Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012 · Self
Sing Your Song
2012 · Self
Rise Like Lions
2011 · Self
Mama Africa
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Hamburg Journal
2011 · self
The University of Sing Sing
2011 · Self
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011 · Self (voice)
Motherland
2010 · Self
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009 · Self
Bobby
2006 · Nelson
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