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)", "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.
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Filmography
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Movies 108
TV Shows 55
Producer 3
Voice 2
The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
Sunday Best (2023)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte (2023)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
Sidney (2022)
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice (2022)
The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021)
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something (2020)
Dom Salvador & The Abolition (2020)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (2020)
TV Story Superstar (2020)
A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps (2019)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America (2018)
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)
King in the Wilderness (2018)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
The Madding Crowd (2017)
Jackie Robinson (2016)
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
Selma (2014)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014)
Moms Mabley (2013)
JFK: The Private President (2013)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
Hava Nagila: The Movie (2012)
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
Sing Your Song (2012)
Rise Like Lions (2011)
Mama Africa (2011)
Hamburg Journal (2011)
The University of Sing Sing (2011)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
When I Rise (2010)
Motherland (2010)
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
King (2008)
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007)
Bobby (2006)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
Mo & Me (2006)
Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
The Peace! (2005)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn (2005)
Muppet Music Moments (2004)
The Legendary Nat King Cole (2004)
Tanner on Tanner (2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
The World of Nat King Cole (2004)
Tavis Smiley (2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Conakry Kas (2004)
Menschen bei Maischberger (2003)
A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
Gero von Boehm begegnet... (2002)
Fidel: The Untold Story (2001)
Swing Vote (1999)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
Assassinated: The Last Days of Kennedy and King (1998)
PB&J Otter (1998)
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
Sabine Christiansen (1998)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997)
Jazz '34 (1997)
Kansas City (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
White Man's Burden (1995)
The Affair (1995)
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
Willemsens Woche (1995)
Ready to Wear (1994)
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years (1993)
The Player (1992)
Musik liegt in der Luft (1991)
DAS! (1991)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole (1989)
Flitterabend (1988)
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (1988)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
The Muppet Revue (1985)
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song (1985)
Beat Street (1984)
Bei Bio (1983)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Of Muppets & Men (1981)
Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (1981)
Heut' abend (1980)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
Auf los geht's los (1977)
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
Club 2 (1976)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Numéro un (1975)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
Nationtime (1972)
The Julie Andrews Hour (1972)
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
Great Performances (1971)
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
The Angel Levine (1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Petula (1968)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
The Strolling '20s (1966)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Harry Belafonte in Concert (1960)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
Aktuelle Schaubude (1957)
Island in the Sun (1957)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Was bin ich? (1955)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Bright Road (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Calypso Dreams
Die Traumfabrik und die Macht - Hollywood und die Politik
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
King Leopold’s Ghost
Like It Is
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-03-01
Deathday2023-04-25 (96 years old)
Birth NameHarold George Bellanfanti Jr.
Birth PlaceHarlem, United States of America
Height1.82-meter
ChildrenGina Belafonte, David Belafonte, Shari Belafonte
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Jamaica
ResidencesUpper West Side, United States of America
Also Known AsHarold George Bellanfanti Jr.
AwardsPaul Robeson Award, Marian Anderson Award, Library of Congress Living Legend, Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award, Ambassador of Conscience Award, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Emmy Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Spingarn Medal, Order of Jamaica, Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal, honorary degree from Spelman College
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