Harry Belafonte
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
as Jerome Turner
The Player (1992)
as Harry Belafonte
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
as Self
Carmen Jones (1954)
as Joe
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
as Self
Mama Africa (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
as Self
Bobby (2006)
as Nelson
The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Following Harry (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Peace! (2005)
as Self
Dom Salvador & The Abolition (2020)
as Self
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
as Johnny Ingram
Sidney (2022)
as Self
The Royal Variety Performance 1977 (1977)
as Self
Motherland (2010)
as Self
Sing Your Song (2012)
as Self
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
as Geechie Dan Beauford
Hava Nagila: The Movie (2012)
as Self
Island in the Sun (1957)
as David Boyeur
Anecdotes about Fidel (2009)
Actor
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
as Ralph Burton
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
as Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
as Self
White Man's Burden (1995)
as Thaddeus Thomas
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
as Self (voice)
Kansas City (1996)
as Seldom Seen
The World of Nat King Cole (2004)
as Self
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (2023)
as Self
The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021)
as Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
as Self
The Madding Crowd (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
as Self
Petula (1968)
as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
as Self - Inductee (archive footage)
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
as Preacher
Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006)
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013)
as Self
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self
King in the Wilderness (2018)
as Self
Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker (2004)
as self
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
as Self
The Angel Levine (1970)
as Alexander Levine
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song (1985)
as Self
The Muppet Revue (1985)
as Self
Swing Vote (1999)
as Will Dunn
Muppet Music Moments (2004)
as Self
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist (2009)
as Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
as Self
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice (2022)
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997)
as Self
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn (2005)
as Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
as Self
Bright Road (1953)
as Mr. Williams - School Principal
Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
as Coach Eddie Robinson
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold (2025)
Actor
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
as Self
Mo & Me (2006)
Actor
Jazz '34 (1997)
as Self - Narrator
We Shall Overcome (1989)
as Self - Narrator
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014)
as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Strolling '20s (1966)
as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (2004)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
JFK: The Private President (2013)
as Self
The Legendary Nat King Cole (2004)
as Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)
as Self
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
as Self
The Man Behind the White Guitar (2019)
as Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
as Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
as Self
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America (2018)
as Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
as Self
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
The Day of the Oath (1965)
as Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
as Self
Rise Like Lions (2011)
as Self
Året var 1966 (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (1988)
as Self
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
as Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
as Self
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole (1989)
as Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)
as Self - Singer
The University of Sing Sing (2011)
as Self
Harry Belafonte in Concert (1960)
as Self
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky (2026)
as self