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Movies starring Bob Geldof have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 66%.
New York Doll - released in 2005 - is Bob Geldof's highest rated movie, with a score of 77% based on 133 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Bob Geldof is Spice World - released in 1997 - with a score of 39% based on 387 reviews.
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his compositions "rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". He co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles of all time. He starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd The Wall. Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In 1984 he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid the following year and the Live 8 concerts in 2005. Geldof currently serves as an adviser to the ONE Campaign, founded by fellow Irish humanitarian Bono. A single father, Geldof has also been outspoken for the fathers' rights movement. Geldof has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which granted to honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, and is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made "an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace", among numerous other awards and nomination.
Bob Geldof has acted in films with Bob Hoskins, Elton John, Barry Humphries and Eric Clapton.
Bob Geldof has worked with these film directors: Sydney Pollack, Alan Parker, Julien Temple and Bob Spiers.
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