Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Paul Robeson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 36Series: 1Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 98568
IMDb ID: nm0732079
Known for: Acting
Born: April 8, 1898
Died: January 23, 1976
Age: 77
Place of birth: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1925 - 2024
Years active: 100
Average TMDB rating: 6.29
Wikidata: Q273233
Also known as
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Other jobs
Music (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Paul Robeson.
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 • Movie
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017 • Movie
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007 • Movie
as Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006 • Movie
as Joe
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 • Movie
White Sings Robeson
2001 • Movie
as Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 • Movie
as Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994 • Movie
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991 • Movie
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990 • Movie
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985 • Movie
as Himself (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979 • Movie
as Self
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 • Movie
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 • Movie
as Voice of Singer
Song of the Rivers
1954 • Movie
as Narrator
South Africa Uncensored
1951 • Movie
as Himself
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949 • Movie
as Self
Easy to Get
1947 • Movie
as Luke
Tales of Manhattan
1942 • Movie
as Narrator
Native Land
1942 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paul Robeson.
