Acting credits
125
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Harry Belafonte
Acting
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Movies: 87Series: 43Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 33162
IMDb ID: nm0000896
Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1927
Died: April 25, 2023
Age: 96
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2025
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q214959
Also known as
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
Other jobs
Producer (5)Executive Producer (2)Co-Producer (1)Music (1)Original Music Composer (1)Thanks (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Harry Belafonte.
10.0
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
2025 Movie
Following Harry
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.8
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.9
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.2
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
as Self
2023 Movie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023 Movie
8.2
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Inductee (archive footage)
2022 Movie
6.3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022 Movie
7.6
Sidney
as Self
2022 Movie
8.2
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
2022 Movie
7.8
The One and Only Dick Gregory
as Self
2021 Movie
3.0
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
as Self
2020 Movie
6.2
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as Self
2020 Movie
6.0
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
The Man Behind the White Guitar
as Self
2019 Movie
7.5
BlacKkKlansman
as Jerome Turner
2018 Movie
7.0
Mr. SOUL!
as Self
2018 Movie
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
as Self
2018 Movie
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
as Self - Singer
2018 Movie
6.9
King in the Wilderness
as Self
2018 Movie
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017 Movie
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
Året var 1966
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Movie
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Harry Belafonte.
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Bobby Kennedy for President
as Self • 4 eps
2018 Series
7.9
Jackie Robinson
as Self • 2 eps
2016 Series
7.5
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
as Self • 4 eps
2006 Series
6.9
The Colbert Report
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2005 Series
Tanner on Tanner
as Self • 4 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Kulturplatz
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
3.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.0
PB&J Otter
as The Ice Moose (voice) • 1 eps
1998 Series
3.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Magic Man (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
4.2
DAS!
as Self • 1 eps
1991 Series
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.3
Wetten, dass..?
as Self • 1 eps
1981 Series
Heut' abend
as Self • 2 eps
1980 Series
6.9
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
Auf los geht's los
as Self • 2 eps
1977 Series
8.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.0
Numéro un
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1972 Series
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self • 1 eps
1972 Series