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Personal Info

Known Credits 85

Gender Male

Birthdate 1927-03-01 (98 Y.O)

Place Of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known For Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.

Harry Belafonte

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

Following Harry

Jim Henson Idea Man

The Greatest Night in Pop

Sunday Best

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Acting

2024 -- Following Harry | Self (archive footage)

2024 -- Jim Henson Idea Man | Self (archive footage)

2024 -- The Greatest Night in Pop | Self (archive footage)

2023 -- Sunday Best |

2023 -- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self

2022 -- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self - Inductee (archive footage)

2022 -- Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self

2022 -- Sidney | Self

2022 -- Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice | Self - Subject (archive footage)

2021 -- The One and Only Dick Gregory | Self

2020 -- Dom Salvador & The Abolition | Self

2020 -- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self

2019 -- The Man Behind the White Guitar | Self

2018 -- BlacKkKlansman | Jerome Turner

2018 -- Mr. SOUL! | Self

2018 -- Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America | Self

2018 -- Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald | Self - Singer

2018 -- King in the Wilderness | Self

2017 -- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self

2017 -- JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | Self

2017 -- I Am Not Your Negro | Self (archive footage)

2017 -- The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage)

2016 -- Året var 1966 | Self (archive footage)

2015 -- Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self

2014 -- Selma | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014 -- Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self

2014 -- Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark | Self

2013 -- Moms Mabley | Self

2013 -- JFK: The Private President | Self

2013 -- Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self

2012 -- Hava Nagila: The Movie | Self

2012 -- Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Self

2012 -- Sing Your Song | Self

2011 -- Rise Like Lions | Self

2011 -- Mama Africa | Self (archive footage)

2011 -- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | Self (voice)

2011 -- The University of Sing Sing | Self

2009 -- Anecdotes about Fidel |

2006 -- Bobby | Nelson

2006 -- Mo & Me |

2006 -- Best Ever Muppet Moments | Self

2005 -- The Peace! | Self

2005 -- Legenden: Audrey Hepburn | Self

2004 -- Muppet Music Moments | Self

2004 -- The Legendary Nat King Cole | Self

2004 -- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | Self (archive footage)

2004 -- The World of Nat King Cole | Self

2004 -- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage)

2002 -- Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self (uncredited)

2000 -- Altman on His Own Terms | Self

1999 -- Swing Vote | Will Dunn

1999 -- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Self

1998 -- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self

1997 -- Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Self

1997 -- Jazz '34 | Self - Narrator

1996 -- Kansas City | Seldom Seen

1995 -- White Man's Burden | Thaddeus Thomas

1994 -- Prêt-à-Porter | Self

1994 -- The World of Jim Henson | Self

1993 -- The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years | Self (archive footage)

1992 -- The Player | Harry Belafonte

1990 -- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Self

1989 -- The Unforgettable Nat King Cole | Self

1988 -- The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self

1986 -- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage)

1985 -- The Muppet Revue | Self

1985 -- We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song | Self

1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self

1981 -- Grambling's White Tiger | Coach Eddie Robinson

1977 -- The Tallest Tree in Our Forest | Self

1974 -- Uptown Saturday Night | Geechie Dan Beauford

1974 -- Free to Be… You and Me | Self

1972 -- Nationtime | Self

1972 -- Buck and the Preacher | Preacher

1970 -- The Angel Levine | Alexander Levine

1970 -- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage)

1968 -- Petula | Self

1966 -- The Strolling '20s | Self

1960 -- Harry Belafonte in Concert | Self

1959 -- Odds Against Tomorrow | Johnny Ingram

1959 -- The World, the Flesh and the Devil | Ralph Burton

1957 -- Island in the Sun | David Boyeur

1954 -- Carmen Jones | Joe

1953 -- Bright Road | Mr. Williams - School Principal