Person · Composer
Harry Belafonte
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- Music Artist
- Actor
- Producer
In short · Composed for eight decades — 86 credits, 1 Academy Award win.
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Para Vivir, the Implacable Time of Pablo Milanés(2025)
Harry Belafonto
Andrew Young: The Dirty Work(2025)
Self
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan(2025)
Self - Singer, Actor & Civil Rights Leader
Following Harry(2024)
Self
The Greatest Night in Pop(2024)
Self
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan(2023)
Self
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Actor
18 creditsPara Vivir, the Implacable Time of Pablo Milanés(2025)
Harry Belafonto
Film
BlacKkKlansman(2018)
Jerome Turner
Film
Bobby(2006)
Nelson
Film
Swing Vote(1999)
Will Dunn
Film
Kansas City(1996)
Seldom Seen
Film
White Man's Burden(1995)
Thaddeus Thomas
Film
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child(1995)
Magic Man (voice) (1 Episode)
TV
The Player(1992)
Harry Belafonte
Film
We Shall Overcome(1989)
Narrator
FilmSag nein(1983)
Actor
Film
Uptown Saturday Night(1974)
Geechie Dan Beauford
Film
Buck and the Preacher(1972)
Preacher
Film
The Angel Levine(1970)
Alexander Levine
Film
Odds Against Tomorrow(1959)
Ingram
Film
The World, the Flesh and the Devil(1959)
Ralph Burton
Film
Island in the Sun(1957)
David Boyeur
Film
Carmen Jones(1954)
Joe
Film
Bright Road(1953)
Mr. Williams - School Principal
Film
Producer
1 credit
Awards & Nominations
1 winAcademy Awards
- Won2014Oscar — Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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- Andrew Young: The Dirty WorkSelf · 2025
- Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed SullivanSelf - Singer, Actor & Civil Rights Leader · 2025
- Following HarrySelf · 2024
- The Greatest Night in PopSelf · 2024
- Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed SullivanSelf · 2023
- Sidney Poitier - The man who changed HollywoodSelf - Friend · 2023
- Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf · 2023
- Reinventing Elvis: The 68' ComebackSelf · 2023
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni ProjectSelf · 2023
- SidneySelf · 2022
- Harry Belafonte - Zwischen Calypso und GerechtigkeitSelf - Subject · 2022
- Is That Black Enough for You?!?Self · 2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf - Inductee (archive footage) · 2022
- Lead Belly: Life, Legend, LegacySelf · 2021
- Song for CesarSelf · 2021
- The One and Only Dick GregorySelf · 2021
- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowSelf · 2020
- Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do SomethingSelf · 2020
- Shared LegaciesSelf · 2020
- Da 5 BloodsSelf · 2020
- A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace CorpsSelf · 2019
- The Man Behind the White GuitarSelf - Musician · 2019
- King in the WildernessSelf · 2018
- Bobby Kennedy for PresidentSelf · 2018
- Mr. Soul!Self · 2018
- Sighted Eyes/Feeling HeartSelf · 2017
- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeSelf · 2017
- I Am Not Your NegroSelf · 2016
- Marsha Hunt's Sweet AdversitySelf · 2015
- Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeSelf · 2014
- Nat King Cole: Afraid of the DarkSelf · 2014
- SelmaSelf · 2014
- Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableySelf · 2013
- Hava NagilaSelf · 2012
- Under African SkiesSelf · 2012
- The Last White KnightSelf · 2012
- Zero PercentSelf · 2011
- Sing Your SongSelf · 2011
- Rise Like LionsSelf · 2011
- Tony Curtis: Driven to StardomSelf · 2011
- Mama AfricaSelf · 2011
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975Self (voice) · 2011
- When I RiseSelf · 2010
- MotherlandSelf · 2010
- William Kunstler: Disturbing the UniverseSelf · 2009
- American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical HumanistSelf · 2009
- Classified XSelf · 2007
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four ActsSelf (4 Episodes) · 2006
- Mo & MeSelf - Interviewee · 2006
- Conakry KasSelf · 2004
- Tavis SmileySelf · 2004
- Tanner on TannerSelf · 2004
- Calypso DreamsSelf · 2003
- FidelSelf · 2001
- The Last Days of Kennedy and KingSelf · 1998
- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the BlacklistSelf · 1998
- Hank Aaron: Chasing the DreamSelf · 1995
- I'm a Negro - I'm an AmericanSelf · 1990
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim HensonSelf · 1990
- Live! Dick Clark PresentsSelf · 1988
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 YearsSelf · 1986
- We Are the WorldSelf · 1985
- Bei BioSelf - Musician · 1983
- Fundi: The Story of Ella BakerSelf · 1981
- Free to Be... You & MeSelf · 1974
- NationtimeSelf - Poems recited by · 1972
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf - Co-Host · 1969
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