Harry Belafonte
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)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in films such as Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), and Uptown Saturday Night (1974). He made his final screen appearance in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. Belafonte acted as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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- 2024 · Following Harry as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Greatest Night in Pop as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Sunday Best as
- 2023 · Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
- 2022 · 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self - Inductee (archive footage)
- 2022 · Is That Black Enough for You?!? as Self
- 2022 · Sidney as Self
- 2022 · Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice as Self - Subject (archive footage)
- 2021 · The One and Only Dick Gregory as Self
- 2020 · Dom Salvador & The Abolition as Self
- 2020 · The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show as Self
- 2020 · TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Man Behind the White Guitar as Self
- 2018 · BlacKkKlansman as Jerome Turner
- 2018 · Bobby Kennedy for President as Self
- 2018 · Mr. SOUL! as Self
- 2018 · Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self
- 2018 · Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald as Self - Singer
- 2018 · King in the Wilderness as Self
- 2017 · Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart as Self
- 2017 · JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala as Self
- 2017 · I Am Not Your Negro as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Madding Crowd as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Jackie Robinson as Self
- 2015 · Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity as Self
- 2014 · Selma as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014 · Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
- 2014 · Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark as Self
- 2013 · Moms Mabley as Self
- 2013 · Sternstunde Musik as Self
- 2013 · Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
- 2013 · JFK: The Private President as Self
- 2012 · Hava Nagila: The Movie as Self
- 2012 · Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
- 2012 · Sing Your Song as Self
- 2011 · Rise Like Lions as Self
- 2011 · Mama Africa as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Hamburg Journal as self
- 2011 · The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 as Self (voice)
- 2011 · The University of Sing Sing as Self
- 2009 · Anecdotes about Fidel as
- 2006 · Bobby as Nelson
- 2006 · When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts as Self
- 2006 · Mo & Me as
- 2006 · Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Peace! as Self
- 2005 · Legenden: Audrey Hepburn as Self
- 2004 · Muppet Music Moments as Self
- 2004 · Tanner on Tanner as Self
- 2004 · The Legendary Nat King Cole as Self
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2004 · Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The World of Nat King Cole as Self
- 2004 · TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Menschen bei Maischberger as Self
- 2002 · Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self (uncredited)
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 1999 · Swing Vote as Will Dunn
- 1999 · Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · PB&J Otter as The Ice Moose (voice)
- 1998 · Sabine Christiansen as Self
- 1997 · Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Self
- 1997 · Jazz '34 as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Kansas City as Seldom Seen
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 1995 · White Man's Burden as Thaddeus Thomas
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Magic Man (voice)
- 1995 · Willemsens Woche as Self
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Self
- 1994 · The World of Jim Henson as Self
- 1993 · The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · The Player as Harry Belafonte
- 1991 · Musik liegt in der Luft as Self - Singer
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1990 · The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson as Self
- 1989 · The Unforgettable Nat King Cole as Self
- 1988 · Flitterabend as Self - Singer
- 1988 · The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert as Self
- 1986 · The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · The Muppet Revue as Self
- 1985 · We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song as Self
- 1983 · Bei Bio as Self
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Grambling's White Tiger as Coach Eddie Robinson
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Heut' abend as Self
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1977 · Auf los geht's los as Self
- 1977 · The Tallest Tree in Our Forest as Self
- 1976 · Club 2 as Self
- 1976 · The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1974 · Uptown Saturday Night as Geechie Dan Beauford
- 1974 · Free to Be… You and Me as Self
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · Nationtime as Self
- 1972 · The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
- 1972 · Buck and the Preacher as Preacher
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 1970 · The Angel Levine as Alexander Levine
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Petula as Self
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self
- 1967 · The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self - Cameo
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Self
- 1966 · The Strolling '20s as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self - Laudatio
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Host
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1960 · Harry Belafonte in Concert as Self
- 1959 · Odds Against Tomorrow as Johnny Ingram
- 1959 · The World, the Flesh and the Devil as Ralph Burton
- 1959 · The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- 1957 · Aktuelle Schaubude as Self
- 1957 · Island in the Sun as David Boyeur
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · Was bin ich? as self
- 1954 · Carmen Jones as Joe
- 1953 · Bright Road as Mr. Williams - School Principal
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Vince
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Future · Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits as Self (archive footage)