Biography
Paul David Hewson, better known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best recognized as the frontman of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, frequently using religious, social, and political themes. During U2's early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to their rebellious and spiritual to; as the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with the other members.
Outside the band, he has collaborated and recorded with numerous artists, is managing director and a managing partner of Elevation Partners, and has refurbished and owns The Clarence Hotel in Dublin with The Edge. He was granted a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and, with Bill and Melinda Gates, was named Time Person of the Year in 2005, among other awards and nominations. On 17 July 2013, the BBC announced that Bono had been made a Commandeur of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters).
Filmography
all 230
Movies 196
self 176
TV Shows 34
Writer 3
Voice 2
Producer 2
Narrator 1
Kiss the Future (2024)
Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari (2023)
Peter & the Wolf (2023)
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2023)
Wham! (2023)
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (2023)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici (2022)
The Sound of 007 (2022)
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL (2022)
Roy Orbison Forever (2022)
ABBA V Queen (2022)
U2: Rockumentary (2022)
Sing 2 (2021)
Fauci (2021)
This Is Pop (2021)
The Busk - A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street (2020)
70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020)
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020)
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats (2020)
Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker (2020)
Pavarotti (2019)
Waiting for the Miracle to Come (2019)
Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019)
ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium (2019)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail (2019)
U2: eXPERIENCE - Live in Berlin (2018)
Quincy (2018)
Liner Notes (2018)
Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90 (2018)
U2 - Live from Abbey Road (2017)
U2 at The BBC (2017)
Linkin Park and Friends - Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington (2017)
U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 (2017)
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar (2017)
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America (2017)
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star (2017)
Kygo: Stole the Show (2017)
The Defiant Ones (2017)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
Lost in London (2017)
Eagles of Death Metal - Nos Amis (Our Friends) (2017)
Unknown Brood (2016)
Hero With A Thousand Faces (2016)
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said (2016)
Sing Street (2016)
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America (2015)
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris (2015)
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert (2015)
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015 (2015)
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015 (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
U2 - Vancouver, Canada (2015)
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities (2015)
Irish Rock at the BBC (2015)
Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014)
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled (2014)
Meteor Choice Music Prize 2014 (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Here Comes the Night Time (2013)
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies (2013)
Muscle Shoals (2013)
Who the F**K Is Arthur Fogel (2013)
Miracle Rising: South Africa (2013)
Give Us the Money (2012)
U2: War - The Ultimate Critical Review (2012)
B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012)
U2: Unbroken Toys (2012)
Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012)
U2: From the Sky Down (2011)
U2 - Live from Moncton 2011 (2011)
U2: Live at Glastonbury 2011 (2011)
B.B. King: Glastonbury Festival 2011 (2011)
u2 360 tour - under the rainy belgium sky (2010)
U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle (2010)
U2: 360° at the Rose Bowl (2010)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up (2010)
Music Nuggets (2010)
Hope for Haiti Now (2010)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
Pop Galerie Reloaded - U2 (2009)
U2 Live Tour 360° - Paris 11 et 12 Juillet 2009 (2009)
Brüno (2009)
Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records (2009)
Linear (2009)
Q: The Man (2009)
We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama (2009)
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (2009)
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers (2008)
Pavarotti The Duets (2008)
Ronnie Drew: September Song (2008)
Fiscal Paradise: The Great Evasion (2008)
U2: The Joshua Tree (Bonus DVD) (2007)
White Diamond: A Personal Portrait of Kylie Minogue (2007)
Across the Universe (2007)
U2 3D (2007)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Make Poverty History - Music Concert (2006)
Off The Record (2006)
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2006)
Legends (2006)
U2: 18 Videos (2006)
The Art of Football from A to Z (2006)
Thank You Billy Graham (2006)
U2 Phenomenon - The Independent Review (2006)
U2: City of blinding lights - Live in Buenos Aires (2006)
U2: Vertigo Tour Live at River Plate Stadium (2006)
U2: Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review (2006)
Iconoclasts (2005)
U2: Vertigo 2005 - Live from Chicago (2005)
Live 8 (2005)
Horslips: Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts (2005)
The Pretenders: No Turn Left Unstoned (2005)
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (2005)
The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui (2005)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)
Pavarotti: The Last Tenor (2005)
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today (2005)
Live Aid Against All Odds (2005)
Escape To Canada (2005)
U2: Vertigo 05 - Live from Milan (2005)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
The Band Aid Story (2004)
U2 - Live Under the Brooklyn Bridge (2004)
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004)
U2 and 3 songs (2004)
The Culture Show (2004)
Band Aid: The Song That Rocked the World (2004)
Entourage (2004)
Bono: Big Daddy (2004)
U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland (2003)
The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
U2: An Unforgettable Journey (2003)
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
U2: The Best of 1990-2000 (2002)
Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 3 From The Waist Up (2002)
American Idol (2002)
There's Only One Paul McCartney (2002)
The Corrs Live from Dublin (2002)
Being Mick (2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
We Know Where You Live. Live! (2001)
U2: Elevation 2001 - Live from Boston (2001)
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001)
U2 - Live from Irving Plaza 2000 (2000)
The Beatles Revolution (2000)
No Maps for These Territories (2000)
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven (2000)
Diary (2000)
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
The Ten Commandments of Creativity (2000)
From a Whisper to a Scream: The Living History of Irish Music (2000)
The Pretenders - Greatest Hits (2000)
Roy Orbison: The Anthology (1999)
Entropy (1999)
Tina Turner : Celebrate! (1999)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999)
A Tribute To Johnny Cash (1999)
TV Total (1999)
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree (1999)
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money (1998)
U2 - The Best of 1980-1990 (1998)
U2 - Live at Johannesburg Stadium, South Africa, 1998 (1998)
U2: Live from Santiago 1998 (1998)
Sabine Christiansen (1998)
U2: Popmart - Live from Mexico City (1997)
U2: A Year in Pop (1997)
Bravo Profiles: Björk (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan (1997)
Taff (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott (1996)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way (1995)
GoldenEye (1995)
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia (1995)
The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995)
The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995)
Dancing Barefoot (1995)
Miss Sarajevo (1995)
MTV Europe Music Awards (1994)
U2: Zoo TV - Live from Sydney (1994)
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
U2 Zoo TV Live in Adelaide 1993 (1993)
New Order Story (1993)
Daniel Lanois "Rocky World" (1993)
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special (1992)
U2 - Live from Stockholm 1992 (1992)
U2: Achtung Baby, the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV (1992)
ECHO-Verleihung (1992)
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
U2: Lovetown (1989)
The Simpsons (1989)
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
U2 - Live from Los Angeles 1987 (1987)
U2: Live from Syracuse 1987 (1987)
U2 Live from Paris (1987)
U2: Outside It's America (1987)
U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope (1986)
U2: Unforgettable Fire (1985)
Live Aid (1985)
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video (1984)
U2: A Fire in Dortmund (1984)
U2: The Unforgettable Fire Collection (1984)
MTV Video Music Awards (1984)
U2: Live at Red Rocks - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
No Nukes! muziekfestival (1982)
The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982)
U2: Follies (1981)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Top of the Pops (1964)
The Grammy Awards (1959)
Tony Awards (1956)
Bambi Awards (1948)
Eminem: Behind the Mask
B.B. King: On the Road
Untitled KROQ Documentary
The Beatles Revolution
A Closer Walk
The Making of Sun City
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Message of Love
U2 - Island 50 Festival: Live
Elevation 2001: Live from Boston
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1960-05-10 (63 years old)
Birth NamePaul David Hewson
Birth PlaceDublin, Republic of Ireland
ReligionChristianity
Height5.5-foot
SpouseAli Hewson
ChildrenElijah Hewson, Eve Hewson
FatherBob Hewson
CitizenshipsIreland
ResidencesFinglas, Republic of Ireland, The San Remo, United States of America, Killiney · Bray, Ireland, Èze, France
Also Known AsBono Vox, Paul David Hewson, U2, ボノ
AwardsNAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, TED Prize, Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of Liberty, doctor honoris causa of Keiō University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Man of Peace, MusiCares Person of the Year, Time Person of the Year, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Philadelphia Liberty Medal
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