Haile Selassie I
July 22, 1892 (132 years old) in Harar, Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
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- 2022 · The March on Rome as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as Self
- 1979 · Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 · Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia as Himself (archive)
- 1962 · To Arms, We Are Fascists! as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1961 · Adventures on the New Frontier as Self
- 1950 · The Century Is Fifty as Self
- 1942 · United We Stand as Self (archive footage)
- 1939 · The Fight For Peace as Self (archive footage)