Acting
Harry Belafonte
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
Film · 2026
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
Film · 2025
The Greatest Night in Pop
Film · 2024
Following Harry
Film · 2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Film · 2024
Hollywood Black
Series · 2024
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Film · 2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Film · 2023
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
Film · 2022
Sidney
Film · 2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Film · 2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Film · 2022
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Film · 2021
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
Film · 2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Film · 2020
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Film · 2020
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
Film · 2020
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Film · 2020
TV Story Superstar
Series · 2020
The Man Behind the White Guitar
Film · 2019
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Film · 2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Film · 2018
King in the Wilderness
Film · 2018
BlacKkKlansman
Film · 2018
Mr. SOUL!
Film · 2018
Bobby Kennedy for President
Series · 2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Film · 2017
The Madding Crowd
Film · 2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Film · 2017
Året var 1966
Film · 2016
Jackie Robinson
Series · 2016
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Film · 2015
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Film · 2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Film · 2014
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Film · 2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Film · 2013
JFK: The Private President
Film · 2013
Sternstunde Musik
Series · 2013
Sing Your Song
Film · 2012
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Film · 2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Film · 2012
Rise Like Lions
Film · 2011
Mama Africa
Film · 2011
The University of Sing Sing
Film · 2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Film · 2011
Hamburg Journal
Series · 2011
Motherland
Film · 2010
Anecdotes about Fidel
Film · 2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Film · 2009
Bobby
Film · 2006
Mo & Me
Film · 2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Film · 2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Series · 2006
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Film · 2005
The Peace!
Film · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Film · 2004
The Legendary Nat King Cole
Film · 2004
Muppet Music Moments
Film · 2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Film · 2004
The World of Nat King Cole
Film · 2004
Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
Film · 2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Film · 2004
Kulturplatz
Series · 2004
Tanner on Tanner
Series · 2004
Menschen bei Maischberger
Series · 2003
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Film · 2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Series · 2002
Democracy Now!
Series · 2001
Altman on His Own Terms
Film · 2000
Swing Vote
Film · 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Film · 1999
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Film · 1998
PB&J Otter
Series · 1998
Sabine Christiansen
Series · 1998
Vivement dimanche
Series · 1998
Jazz '34
Film · 1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Film · 1997
Kansas City
Film · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
White Man's Burden
Film · 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Series · 1995
Willemsens Woche
Series · 1995
Prêt-à-Porter
Film · 1994
The World of Jim Henson
Film · 1994
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Film · 1993
The Player
Film · 1992
Musik liegt in der Luft
Series · 1991
DAS!
Series · 1991
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Film · 1990
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
Film · 1990
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Film · 1989
We Shall Overcome
Film · 1989
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Film · 1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Film · 1988
Flitterabend
Series · 1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Series · 1988
Nase vorn
Series · 1988
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Film · 1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Film · 1986
The Muppet Revue
Film · 1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Film · 1985
Goldene Kamera
Series · 1984
Bei Bio
Series · 1983
Night of 100 Stars
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Grambling's White Tiger
Film · 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981
Heut' abend
Series · 1980
CBS News Sunday Morning
Series · 1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Film · 1977
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
Film · 1977
Auf los geht's los
Series · 1977
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
Club 2
Series · 1976
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Uptown Saturday Night
Film · 1974
Free to Be… You and Me
Film · 1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
Buck and the Preacher
Film · 1972
Nationtime: Gary
Film · 1972
The Julie Andrews Hour
Series · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
Series · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
The Angel Levine
Film · 1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Film · 1970
The Flip Wilson Show
Series · 1970
Petula
Film · 1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Series · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Series · 1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Series · 1967
The Strolling '20s
Film · 1966
ABC Stage 67
Series · 1966
The Day of the Oath
Film · 1965
The Danny Kaye Show
Series · 1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Harry Belafonte in Concert
Film · 1960
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Film · 1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
Film · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
Island in the Sun
Film · 1957
Aktuelle Schaubude
Series · 1957
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Was bin ich?
Series · 1955
Carmen Jones
Film · 1954
Bright Road
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Film