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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
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Release Date:14/02/2025
Following Harry
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/06/2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/05/2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/01/2024
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Character:Self
Release Date:12/03/2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Character:Self - Inductee (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Character:Self
Release Date:09/10/2022
Sidney
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/2022
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
Character:Self - Subject (archive footage)
Release Date:22/07/2022
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Character:Self
Release Date:19/06/2021
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
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Release Date:09/09/2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/2020
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/04/2020
The Man Behind the White Guitar
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Release Date:10/06/2019
BlacKkKlansman
Character:Jerome Turner
Release Date:09/08/2018
Mr. SOUL!
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Character:Self
Release Date:04/04/2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Character:Self - Singer
Release Date:22/03/2018
King in the Wilderness
Character:Self
Release Date:22/01/2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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Release Date:14/10/2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
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Release Date:23/05/2017
The Madding Crowd
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Release Date:01/02/2017
Året var 1966
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Release Date:08/02/2016
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
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Release Date:13/09/2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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Release Date:22/06/2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Character:Self
Release Date:13/05/2014
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
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Release Date:20/04/2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Release Date:01/01/2013
JFK: The Private President
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Release Date:01/01/2013
Hava Nagila: The Movie
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Release Date:19/07/2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
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Release Date:20/03/2012
Sing Your Song
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Release Date:13/01/2012
Rise Like Lions
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Release Date:12/10/2011
Mama Africa
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Release Date:12/08/2011
The University of Sing Sing
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Release Date:01/04/2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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Release Date:01/04/2011
Motherland
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Release Date:23/02/2010
Anecdotes about Fidel
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Release Date:01/01/2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
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Release Date:01/01/2009
Bobby
Character:Nelson
Release Date:05/09/2006
Mo & Me
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Release Date:16/03/2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2006
The Peace!
Character:Self
Release Date:20/09/2005
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2005
Muppet Music Moments
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2004
The Legendary Nat King Cole
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/2004
The World of Nat King Cole
Character:Self
Release Date:15/06/2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2004
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:04/12/2002
Altman on His Own Terms
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
Swing Vote
Character:Will Dunn
Release Date:19/04/1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/1999
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Character:Self
Release Date:21/03/1997
Jazz '34
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:29/01/1997
Kansas City
Character:Seldom Seen
Release Date:16/08/1996
White Man's Burden
Character:Thaddeus Thomas
Release Date:01/12/1995
Prêt-à-Porter
Character:Self
Release Date:23/12/1994
The World of Jim Henson
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/1994
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1993
The Player
Character:Harry Belafonte
Release Date:08/05/1992
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/1990
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1989
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1988
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/01/1986
The Muppet Revue
Character:Self
Release Date:16/04/1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Character:Self
Release Date:28/01/1985
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Grambling's White Tiger
Character:Coach Eddie Robinson
Release Date:04/10/1981
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1977
Uptown Saturday Night
Character:Geechie Dan Beauford
Release Date:26/07/1974
Free to Be… You and Me
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/1974
Nationtime
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/1972
Buck and the Preacher
Character:Preacher
Release Date:17/03/1972
The Angel Levine
Character:Alexander Levine
Release Date:28/07/1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/1970
Petula
Character:Self
Release Date:02/04/1968
The Strolling '20s
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/1966
The Day of the Oath
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1965
Harry Belafonte in Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:30/07/1960
Odds Against Tomorrow
Character:Johnny Ingram
Release Date:15/10/1959
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Character:Ralph Burton
Release Date:01/05/1959
Island in the Sun
Character:David Boyeur
Release Date:12/06/1957
Carmen Jones
Character:Joe
Release Date:28/10/1954
Bright Road
Character:Mr. Williams - School Principal
Release Date:17/04/1953
Television Appearances
TV Story Superstar
Character:Self (archive footage)
Bobby Kennedy for President
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Jackie Robinson
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Sternstunde Musik
Character:Self
Hamburg Journal
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
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The Colbert Report
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Tanner on Tanner
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Kulturplatz
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Menschen bei Maischberger
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Gero von Boehm begegnet...
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Vivement dimanche
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PB&J Otter
Character:The Ice Moose (voice)
Sabine Christiansen
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character:Magic Man (voice)
Willemsens Woche
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Musik liegt in der Luft
Character:Self - Singer
DAS!
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Flitterabend
Character:Self - Singer
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Sacrée Soirée
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Goldene Kamera
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Bei Bio
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Champs-Elysées
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Wetten, dass..?
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Heut' abend
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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Auf los geht's los
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Club 2
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The Muppet Show
Character:Self - Special Guest Star
Numéro un
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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The Julie Andrews Hour
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Le Grand Échiquier
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V.I.P. Schaukel
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Great Performances
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The Flip Wilson Show
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The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character:Self - Cameo
ABC Stage 67
Character:Self
The Danny Kaye Show
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self - Guest Host
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
Character:Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
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The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Singer
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Was bin ich?
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Vince
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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