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.
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Películas (103)
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026 · Self
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
2025
Following Harry
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson: el hombre y las ideas
2024 · Self (archive footage)
La gran noche del pop
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Lo mejor del domingo: La historia jamás contada de Ed Sullivan
2023 · Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self - Inductee (archive footage)
¿¡Soy lo bastante negro para ti!?
2022 · Self
El gran legado de Sidney Poitier
2022 · Self
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
2022 · Self - Subject (archive footage)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021 · Self
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
2020 · Self
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
2020 · Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020 · Self
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
2020 · Self
The Man Behind the White Guitar
2019 · Self
El infiltrado del KKKlan
2018 · Jerome Turner
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018 · Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018 · Self - Singer
La Lucha Pacífica De Martin Luther King
2018 · Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 · Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017 · Self
The Madding Crowd
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Året var 1966
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015 · Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2014 · Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 · Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013 · Self
JFK: The Private President
2013 · Self
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012 · Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012 · Self
Sing Your Song
2012 · Self
Rise Like Lions
2011 · Self
Mama Africa
2011 · Self (archive footage)
The University of Sing Sing
2011 · Self
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011 · Self (voice)
Motherland
2010 · Self
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009 · Self
Bobby
2006 · Nelson
Mo & Me
2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006 · Self
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
2005 · Music
The Peace!
2005 · Self
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005 · Self
Muppet Music Moments
2004 · Self
The Legendary Nat King Cole
2004 · Self
Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
2004 · self
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The World of Nat King Cole
2004 · Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002 · Self (uncredited)
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Self
Swing Vote
1999 · Will Dunn
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 · Self, Thanks
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997 · Self
Jazz '34
1997 · Self - Narrator
Kansas City
1996 · Seldom Seen
White Man's Burden
1995 · Thaddeus Thomas
The Affair
1995 · Executive Producer
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Self
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Self
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Haiti: Killing the Dream
1992 · Producer
The Player
1992 · Harry Belafonte
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990 · Self
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989 · Self
We Shall Overcome
1989 · Self - Narrator
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988 · Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988 · Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 · Self (archive footage)
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
The Muppet Revue
1985 · Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 · Self
Beat Street
1984 · Original Music Composer
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Grambling's White Tiger
1981 · Coach Eddie Robinson
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977 · Self
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977 · Self
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 · Geechie Dan Beauford
Free to Be… You and Me
1974 · Self
Nationtime: Gary
1972 · Self
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Preacher, Producer
The Angel Levine
1970 · Alexander Levine, Producer
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Petula
1968 · Self
The Strolling '20s
1966 · Self
The Day of the Oath
1965 · Self
Harry Belafonte in Concert
1960 · Self
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Johnny Ingram, Co-Producer
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959 · Ralph Burton, Producer
Island in the Sun
1957 · David Boyeur
Carmen Jones
1954 · Joe
Bright Road
1953 · Mr. Williams - School Principal
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
· Self (archive footage)
King Leopold’s Ghost
· Producer
Series (61)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018 · Self
Jackie Robinson
2016 · Self
JFK
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Sternstunde Musik
2013 · Self
Hamburg Journal
2011 · self
Una tragedia americana: Una mirada de Spike Lee sobre el Katrina
2006 · Self
The Colbert Report
2005 · Self - Guest
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · Self
Kulturplatz
2004 · Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002 · Self
Democracy Now!
2001 · Self (archive footage), Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
PB&J Otter
1998 · The Ice Moose (voice)
Sabine Christiansen
1998 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Magic Man (voice)
Willemsens Woche
1995 · Self
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991 · Self - Singer
DAS!
1991 · Self
Nase vorn
1988 · Self
Flitterabend
1988 · Self - Singer
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self - Laudatio
Bei Bio
1983 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Heut' abend
1980 · Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Auf los geht's los
1977 · Self
Club 2
1976 · Self
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
Numéro un
1975 · Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
Great Performances
1971 · Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967 · Self, Self - Cameo
ABC Stage 67
1966 · Self, Executive Producer
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self - Guest Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957 · Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Singer
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
Was bin ich?
1955 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
General Electric Theater
1953 · Vince
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self