Harry Belafonte
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Harry Belafonte
The Player
Nelson
Bobby
Ralph Burton
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Seldom Seen
Kansas City
Thaddeus Thomas
White Man's Burden
Self - Singer
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Preacher
Buck and the Preacher
Johnny Ingram
Odds Against Tomorrow
Self (archive footage)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Geechie Dan Beauford
Uptown Saturday Night
David Boyeur
Island in the Sun
Self
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Self
Harry Belafonte in Concert
Joe
Carmen Jones
Self
The Muppet Revue
Self
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self
Sing Your Song
Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
Rise Like Lions
Self
The Legendary Nat King Cole
Mr. Williams - School Principal
Bright Road
Self (archive footage)
Mama Africa
Self
The Peace!
Self
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Self - Narrator
Jazz '34
Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
Prêt-à-Porter
Alexander Levine
The Angel Levine
Self
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte: Zwischen Calypso und Gerechtigkeit
Self
Sidney
Self
Tony Curtis - le gamin de Bronx
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Mo & Me
Will Dunn
Swing Vote
Self
Free to Be… You and Me
Self
The University of Sing Sing
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self - Inductee (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Self
Muppet Music Moments
Self
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Self
The Man Behind the White Guitar
Self (archive footage)
Following Harry
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (voice)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Anécdotas Sobre Fidel
Self
JFK: The Private President
Self
The Strolling '20s
Self
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Coach Eddie Robinson
Grambling's White Tiger
Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Self
King in the Wilderness
Self (uncredited)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
The World of Nat King Cole
Self
Petula
Jerome Turner
BlacKkKlansman
Self (archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Self (archive footage)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self
The World of Jim Henson
Self
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
Nationtime
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Dom Salvador & Abolição
Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
Self
Mr. SOUL!
Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Self (archive footage)
Året var 1966
Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self
Altman on His Own Terms
Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self
Motherland
Self
The Day of the Oath
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
87
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-03-01
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.