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Harry Belafonte Net Worth
Harry Belafonte Net Worth 2023: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships
Harold George Belafonte Jr. net worth is
$28 Million
Harold George Belafonte Jr. Wiki Biography
Harold George “Harry” Bellanfanti, Jr. is a singer, songwriter, actor and social activist born on 1st March, 1927 in Harlem, New York City USA, and as Harry Belafonte is one of the most successful Caribbean American pop stars in history, a three times Grammy Award winner, as well as an Emmy Award and a Tony Award winner, and the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Belafonte has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 1987, and most recently a critic of the George W.Bush and Barack Obama policies.
Have you ever wondered how rich Harry Belafonte is? According to sources it has been estimated that Harry Belafonte’s overall net worth is $28 million, as of mid-2016, accumulated primarily thanks to his extremely successful musical career since the late 1940s. However, since he is still active in the media, his net worth continues to grow.
Harry Belafonte Net Worth $28 Million
Born the oldest son of Caribbean immigrants, Harry grew up in New York City. His parents divorced when he was a young child and he was sent to Jamaica, where he lived with his relatives for a while. It was then that he first saw the oppression of blacks by the authorities, which made a big impact on him. In 1939, Belafonte returned to New York to live with his mother, who struggled in poverty. After he dropped out of high school, Harry enlisted in the US Navy in 1944, serving in the Pacific until the end of World War II, when he returned to New York to work a series of jobs before finding inspiration in an American Negro Theater performance he attended. This sparked Harry to become an actor, so he studied drama at the Dramatic Workshop run by Erwin Piscator, where one of his classmates was Marlon Brando.
Belafonte went on to appear in numerous American Negro Theater plays, but his big break came after he impressed Monte Kay while singing for a class project, and was then offered a chance to perform at the “Royal Roost” jazz club. Alongside his talented colleagues – musicians Charlie Parker and Miles Davis – Harry became popular in the club as well, making it to his first recording deal in 1949. However, by 1950 Harry had changed his musical style, favoring folk instead of popular music. He avidly studied traditional folk songs from around the world, and appeared in New York folk clubs. Belafonte debuted on Broadway in 1953 with his performance in “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac”, in which he sang several of his own songs, earning a Tony Award for his performance. His net worth was rising.
It was the mid ‘50s when Harry started his film career, appearing in his first movie “Bright Road” in 1953, and soon in Otto Preminger’s “Carmen-Jones”, in which he portrayed soldier Joe for which he received an Academy Award nomination. This success made Belafonte a star and he soon became a music sensation too. He released his “Calypso” album in 1956, which featured his view on traditional Caribbean folk music and introduced America to a new genre of music; the album sold one million copies.
Apart from his film and music career, Belafonte became the first African-American television producer. His later career included several other films and albums that didn’t achieve as much success as the previous. In 1995 he starred with John Travolta in “White Man’s Burden” which turned out to be a commercial disappointment.
However, Belafonte found his inspiration in activism. Harry met Martin Luther King in the 1950s and the two became good friends. He was next to King on many of his speeches, and participated in numerous protests and rallies.
Belafonte started supporting African artists in the mid-60s and led an effort to help people in Africa in the 1980s. He raised funds for those struck by famine in Ethiopia by recording the song “We Are the World” with several other famous artists like Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Ray Charles, Diana Ross and Bruce Springsteen. The song was released in 1985 and raised millions of dollars. Belafonte is UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador and a strong critic of the current political system and regime in America.
When it comes to his private life, Harry has married three times. He has two daughters from his first marriage to Marguerite Byrd(1948-57), two children from his second marriage to dancer Julie Robinson(1957-2008), and a daughter with his wife Malena Mathiesen, who he married in 2009.
| Full Name | Harry Belafonte |
| Net Worth | $28 Million |
| Date Of Birth | March 1, 1927 |
| Place Of Birth | Harlem, Manhattan, New York City New York, U.S. |
| Height | 1.82 m |
| Profession | Singer, Author, Songwriter, Actor, Television producer, Film producer, Social activist |
| Education | The New School |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Pamela Frank (m. 2008), Julie Robinson (m. 1957–2008), Marguerite Belafonte (m. 1948–1957) |
| Children | Shari Belafonte, Gina Belafonte, David Belafonte, Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer |
| Parents | Melvine Bellanfanti, Harold George Bellanfanti, Sr. |
| Siblings | Raymond Wright, Raymond Wright |
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| MySpace | https://myspace.com/harrybelafonte |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000896/ |
| Allmusic | http://www.allmusic.com/artist/harry-belafonte-mn0000952794 |
| Awards | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Kennedy Center Honors, BET Humanitarian Award, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Grammy Hall of Fame, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Vari... |
| Nominations | Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety O... |
| Movies | Sing Your Song, Carmen Jones, Buck and the Preacher, Odds Against Tomorrow, Uptown Saturday Night, White Man's Burden, Bright Road, The Angel Levine, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, Island in the Sun, Beat Street, Bobby, Grambling's White Tiger, Roots of Rhythm, Kansas City, The Affair, Tony Ben... |
| TV Shows | Harry and Lena |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Carmen Jones (1954) | $1,800 /week |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on first meeting Martin Luther King] He had said that we would take maybe twenty or thirty minutes to just talk. It was almost four hours when we finally broke for breath. |
| 2 | We who came back from [World War II], having expectations and finding that there were none to be harvested, were put upon to make a decision. We could accept the status quo as it was beginning to reveal itself, with those repressive laws still in place. Or, as had begun to appear on the horizon, stimulated by something Mahatma Gandhi of India had done, we could start this quest for social change by confronting the state a little differently. Let's do it non-violently, let's use passive thinking applied to aggressive ideas, and perhaps we could overthrow the oppression by making it morally unacceptable. |
| 3 | [on planning for 'The March on Washington', August 28, 1963] In my instruction to my fellow artists when we met several times discussing strategy for what to do, I said, 'The more we can find ourselves in the heart of the people gathered at the event, the more we can be seen and identified with the everyday citizen, the more we are all linking arms together - not just celebrity to celebrity, but a truck driver, a dentist or a housewife - and we're all linking arms together, the more powerful that imagery becomes'. My task was to make sure that we salt-and-peppered the afternoon into the early evening to look that way. |
| 4 | [on 'The March on Washington'] In the end, the day was a complete win-win. The Kennedys heaved a huge sigh of relief that there was not one act of violence. And to see at the end everybody singing 'We Shall Overcome' and all the arms linked - we've said it often, but it's worth saying as often as necessary - there wasn't a dry eye in the house. And it was all of America. All of it. You went through that crowd and you couldn't find any type missing, any gender, any race, any religion. It was America at its most transformative moment. |
| 5 | When my mother gave birth to me, the city so terrified her-the intensity of it, the complicated way people pass through people's lives-she thought the best thing to do was to take her children back to the Caribbean, let them be raised by the village, and then at some point bring them back to America. I stayed in the Caribbean from 1 and a half to 12. |
| 6 | One of the things that made New York particularly complicated was that there were no laws in the state or on the books that segregated its citizens. There was no law on the book that said, "A black person cannot live here. A black person cannot eat here. A black person cannot go to school here." It was all something we just understood. We didn't go below 110th Street. We didn't go north of 150th Street ... or 145th Street. We didn't go farther west than Riverside Drive-well, I guess there's not much farther to go there! And we didn't go farther east than the East River. That was our ghetto. |
| 7 | I believe that my time was a remarkable one. I am aware that we now live in a world overrun by cruelty and destruction, and as our earth disintegrates and our spirits numb we lose moral purpose and creative vision. But still I must believe, as I always have, that our best times lie ahead, and in the final analysis, along the way we will be comforted by one another. That is my song. |
| 8 | I was good as a singer, but I wasn't the best, and I'd known that from the start. I had to rely on my acting. And in the end I could make a case that I was the greatest actor in the world: I'd convinced everyone I could sing. |
| 9 | In the days of slavery there were those slaves who lived on the plantation, in shacks out back, and those who lived in the master's house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master well. When Colin Powell dares to suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture. |
| 10 | To me, faith as practiced all around me was blindly tied to religion, and religion was preachers in Harlem and Jamaica passing the hat for Jesus and driving off in fancy cars. It was nuns invoking the Christian spirit and rapping my knuckles with sticks. It was priests blessing Italian troops on the newsreels, sending them off to slaughter defenseless Ethiopians. I failed to see any good in the hypocrisy of that. |
| 11 | Knowing I was playing to an influential crowd, I'd snuck a little politics, with new lines for old songs, like 'Michael, Row the Boat Ashore': 'Mississippi on your knees, Hallelujah!/ Another bus is on the way, Hallelujah.' |
| 12 | I wasn't an artist who became an activist. I was an activist who became an artist. Ever since my mother had drummed it into me, I'd felt the need to fight injustice wherever I saw it, in whatever way I could. |
| 13 | [on Harlem, 2011] One of the foremost things that we suffer from, for children, is the lack of models, of tangible role models. A lot of us, as kids, had no such problems. Because then, a lot of the achievers were also required to live in the middle of Harlem, or in the South Side of Chicago. 'Rich nigs' couldn't go anywhere. We saw Robeson. We saw Duke Ellington: he lived with us. Now, none of those heroic figures live in Bed-Stuy or the heart of Harlem. Now they live in Martha's Vineyard, Fire Island. In California, they live in Beverly Hills. |
| 14 | People from the Caribbean did not respond to America's repressions in the same way that black Americans did. We were constantly in a state of rebellion, constantly in a state of thinking way above that which we were given. My people were gangsters and lived in the underworld. And I don't mean major American crime. I mean, as an immigrant, if you can't find work within the law, you find work outside the law. Running numbers and so on. Which is, of course, a characteristic of the poor, who find ways to break the rules, since the rules are always stacked against them. |
| 15 | I've always looked at the world and thought what can I do next? Where do we go from here? How can we fix it? And that's still how I look at the world, because there is so much to be done. The whole world is caught in human suffering. And those who professed about making change have not come up with answers. We have failed in terms of the moral side. We have to do more. |
| 16 | No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush, says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people support your revolution. - Remarks made to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in January 2006 |
| 17 | On "Larry King Live (1985)," October, 2002, clarifying his comments on Colin Powell: "It is my personal feeling that plantations exist all over America. If you walk into South Central Los Angeles, into Watts, or you walk into Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati, you'll find people who live lives that are as degrading as anything that slavery had ever produced. They live in economic oppression, they live in a disenfranchised way. In the hearts and minds of those people, and millions of others, you're always looking for hope, and whenever somebody within our tribe, within our group, emerges that has the position of authority and power to make a difference in the way business is done, our expectations run high. Many times, those expectations are not fulfilled. But when such an individual is in the service of those who not only perpetuate the oppression, but sometimes design the way in which it is applied, it then becomes very, very, very, very critical that we raise our voices and be heard." |
| 18 | Unless you have had the experience of sitting in a village in war-ravaged Guatemala, or a humble, box-like room in the wretched South African township of Alexandra, or in a dust-covered hovel on a Native American reservation, or in the tin shacks that house the thousands who live desperate lives in East Kingston Jamaica, or in an overcrowded, below-poverty-level dwelling in a Ghetto in New York, Chicago, or Detroit, among people whose lives are dominated by their bitter struggle for existence and some bit of dignity, unless you've seen from these places the looks on the faces of small children as they watched Sesame Street or the Muppets, you'll never really understand what Jim and his colleagues have done for millions of children all over the world, children who have never smiled, nor dared to dream, had it not been for Jim Henson. I come from those places; I know these faces. Through them I came to fully appreciate Jim. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was a friend of Martin Luther King. |
| 2 | Vocal, public supporter in 2013--along with other celebs such as Susan Sarandon--of Democrat Bill de Blasio as the next Mayor of New York City. |
| 3 | Father-in-law of Malena Belafonte. |
| 4 | Is a long time friend of fellow actor and activist Sidney Poitier. They were born 9 days apart. They met in New York at age 20 before either was in show business. |
| 5 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6721 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood,California. |
| 6 | Appeared in the 1946 American Negro Theatre play "Days of Our Youth" in 1946. Sidney Poitier eventually replaced Harry and was spotted by a talent agent who ignited his Hollywood career. |
| 7 | Has been awarded six Gold Records. |
| 8 | Has received Grammy Awards for the albums Swing That Hammer (1960) and An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba (1965). The latter album featuring legendary African singer Miriam Makeba dealt with the political plight of black South Africans under apartheid. |
| 9 | Son David is executive director of the family-held company Belafonte Enterprises Inc. |
| 10 | A veteran critic of U.S. foreign policy, his controversial political statements on this subject in the early 1980s have included opposing the U.S. embargo on Cuba, praising Soviet peace initiatives, attacking the U.S. invasion of Grenada, praising the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, honoring Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and praising Fidel Castro. On a Martin Luther King Day speech at Duke University in 2006, Belafonte compared the American government to the 9/11 terrorists. |
| 11 | Achieved widespread attention for his political views in 2002 when he began making a series of negative comments about President George W. Bush, his administration and the Iraq War. |
| 12 | In 1968, Belafonte appeared on a Petula Clark TV special on NBC. In the middle of a song, Clark smiled and briefly touched Belafonte's arm. The show's sponsor, Plymouth Motors, wanted to cut out the segment, but Clark, who had ownership of the special, told NBC that the performance would be shown intact or not at all. American newspapers published articles reporting the controversy and, when the special aired, it grabbed huge ratings. |
| 13 | Appeared on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and performed a controversial "Mardi Gras" number with footage intercut from the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots. CBS censors deleted the entire segment from the program. |
| 14 | In 1985, he was one of the organizers behind the Grammy Award winning song "We Are the World," a multi-artist effort to raise funds for Africa, and performed in the Live Aid concert that same year. |
| 15 | His triumphant success as an entertainer in the arts did not protect him from racial discrimination, particularly in the South. As a result, he refused to perform in the southern region of the U.S. from 1954 until 1961. |
| 16 | He was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994, and he won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. |
| 17 | Was the first African-American man to win an Emmy, with his first solo TV special "Tonight with Belafonte" in 1959. |
| 18 | His album Midnight Special (1962) featured the first-ever recorded appearance by a then young harmonica player named Bob Dylan. |
| 19 | Father-in-law of Sam Behrens and Scott McCray and Malena Belafonte. |
| 20 | He was a close friend of Burt Lancaster. |
| 21 | He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1994 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C. |
| 22 | Performed "Turn the World Around" at Jim Henson's memorial service. |
| 23 | Underwent surgery for prostate cancer in 1996. |
| 24 | Won Broadway's 1954 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "John Murray Anderson's Almanac," becoming the first Black performer to win a Tony Award. |
| 25 | An admirer and personal pal of Cuban President Fidel Castro. |
| 26 | Has a granddaughter, Sarafina and a grandson, Amadeus. |
| 27 | Served in the United States Navy. |
| 28 | A best-selling artist on RCA Victor records, his most successful albums with the label have included "Calypso", "Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean", "Belafonte at Carnegie Hall", "Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall", "Jump Up Calypso", "My Lord, What a Mornin'", "Belafonte at the Greek Theater", "The Midnight Special", "Streets I Have Walked", "Belefonte Sings of Love" and "Homeward Bound". |
| 29 | Recorded the first million-selling LP album with "Calypso" (RCA: 1956), which started a craze for this traditional Jamaican folk music in the United States. |
| 30 | Always outspoken in his beliefs, he created controversy in October of 2002 when he made disparaging remarks about Secretary of State Colin Powell. Far from being upset, Powell reportedly took the remarks good-humoredly, refusing to inflame the situation any further. |
| 31 | Father, with Marguerite Byrd (aka Marguerite Belafonte), of Shari Belafonte. |
| 32 | Father, with Julie Robinson, of Gina Belafonte and David Belafonte. |
| 33 | He won a Tony in 1953 for "John Murray Anderson's Almanac.". |
| 34 | Born at 10:30am-EST |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who's Doing the Dishes? | 2016 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Lip Sync Battle | 2015 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World | 2013 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Danny Boy" - uncredited | |
| Dancing with the Stars | TV Series 1 episode, 2012 performer - 2 episodes, 2008 - 2009 | ||
| Beer and Board Games | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2012 | ||
| Some Jerk with a Camera | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Violet & Daisy | 2011 | performer: "Mama Look a Boo Boo" | |
| So You Think You Can Dance | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Independent Lens | 2011 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Sing Your Song | 2011 | Documentary performer: "Another Man Done Gone", "And I Love You So", "Day-O", "Give Us Our Land", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Island in the Sun", "Jump in the Line", "Lean on Me", "Mark Twain", "Nongoongod To Those We Love", "Oh Freedom", "Suzanne Every Night When the Sun Goes Down", "There's a Hole in the Bucket" / writer: "Bald Headed Woman", "Coconut Woman", "Hold 'Em Joe", "In That Great Gettin' Up Morning", "Island in the Sun", "Jump Down Spin Around", "Jump in the Line", "Man Smart Woman | |
| Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers | 2010 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Baker | 2007 | performer: "Jump in the Line" | |
| Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | 2007 | Documentary performer: "Day-O" | |
| Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice | 2006 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| American Masters | TV Series documentary arranger - 1 episode, 2005 performer - 1 episode, 2005 | ||
| The Lazarus Child | 2005 | writer: "Turn Around" | |
| Beyond the Sea | 2004 | writer: "Jump Down, Spin Around" 1958 | |
| Life and Debt | 2001 | Documentary performer: "Day-O" The Banana Boat Song / writer: "Island in the Sun" | |
| Belle maman | 1999 | writer: "Coconut Woman" | |
| An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends | 1997 | TV Movie performer: "We Are The Wave", "Turn The World Around", "Island In The Sun", "Skin To Skin", "Kwela Listen To The Man", "Eyala", "Matilda", "Dangerous Times", "The Glow Of Lightness", "Try To Remember", "Paradise In Gazankulu", "Eyando", "Jamaica Farewell", "The Banana Boat Song Day-O" | |
| Squish Story | 1996 | Documentary performer: "The Banana Boat Song Day-O" | |
| Tohuwabohu | 1996 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Grumpier Old Men | 1995 | performer: "Jump In The Line Shake Señora" / writer: "Jump In The Line Shake Señora" | |
| The Muppet Christmas Carol | 1992 | writer: "Island in the Sun" | |
| The Wonder Years | 1990 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter | 1989 | TV Special performer: "Angelina" | |
| Beetlejuice | 1988 | performer: "Day-O", "Man Smart, Woman Smarter", "Sweethart from Venezuela", "Jump in the Line Shake Señora" | |
| Frank's Place | 1988 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Club Paradise | 1986 | writer: "Island In The Sun" | |
| Schöne Ferien | 1985 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song | 1985 | TV Movie documentary "We Are the World", uncredited | |
| Mother's Meat Freuds Flesh | 1984 | writer: "Trio Theme - Banana Boat Song" | |
| Parade of Stars | 1983 | TV Movie performer: "Say a Prayer for a Stranger" | |
| Dolly and Carol in Nashville | 1979 | TV Movie writer: "Turn Around" | |
| The Muppet Show | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1979 writer - 1 episode, 1979 | ||
| Free to Be... You & Me | 1974 | TV Movie performer: "Parents Are People" | |
| RCA's Opening Night | 1973 | TV Movie performer: "Jamaica Farewell", "Auntie Mary" - uncredited | |
| That Girl | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1969 music - 1 episode, 1969 | ||
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1965 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Odds Against Tomorrow | 1959 | performer: "My Baby's Not Around", "All Men Are Evil" / writer: "My Baby's Not Around", "All Men Are Evil" | |
| The World, the Flesh and the Devil | 1959 | performer: "I Don't Like It Here", "Gotta Travel On", "Fifteen" - uncredited / writer: "I Don't Like It Here" - uncredited | |
| Island in the Sun | 1957 | performer: "Island in the Sun" / writer: "Island in the Sun" | |
| The 28th Annual Academy Awards | 1956 | TV Special performer: "Unchained Melody" | |
| Carmen Jones | 1954 | performer: "YOU TALK JUS' LIKE MY MAW", "DIS FLOWER", "FINAL DUET", "STRING ME HIGH ON A TREE" | |
| Bright Road | 1953 | performer: "Suzanne Ev'ry Night When the Sun Goes Down" - uncredited / writer: "Suzanne Ev'ry Night When the Sun Goes Down" - uncredited |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby | 2006 | Nelson | |
| Breathe | 2005 | Short | Spokesperson |
| PB&J Otter | 1999 | TV Series | Ice Moose |
| Swing Vote | 1999 | TV Movie | Will Dunn |
| Kansas City | 1996 | Seldom Seen | |
| White Man's Burden | 1995 | Thaddeus Thomas | |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995 | TV Series | Magician |
| The Player | 1992 | Harry Belafonte | |
| USA for Africa: We Are the World | 1985 | Video short | Harry Belafonte |
| Grambling's White Tiger | 1981 | TV Movie | Coach Eddie Robinson |
| Uptown Saturday Night | 1974 | Geechie Dan Beauford | |
| The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People | 1974 | TV Series | |
| Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | Preacher | |
| The Angel Levine | 1970 | Alexander Levine | |
| Odds Against Tomorrow | 1959 | Johnny Ingram | |
| The World, the Flesh and the Devil | 1959 | Ralph Burton | |
| Island in the Sun | 1957 | David Boyeur | |
| General Electric Theater | 1955 | TV Series | Vince |
| Front Row Center | 1955 | TV Series | |
| Carmen Jones | 1954 | Joe | |
| Bright Road | 1953 | Mr. Williams - School Principal |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parting the Waters | 2000 | TV Mini-Series executive producer | |
| An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends | 1997 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| The Affair | 1995 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| Harry Belafonte in Concert | 1985 | TV Special producer | |
| Beat Street | 1984 | producer | |
| Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | producer - uncredited | |
| The Angel Levine | 1970 | producer - uncredited | |
| ABC Stage 67 | 1967 | TV Series executive producer - 1 episode | |
| The Strolling '20s | 1966 | TV Movie executive producer / producer | |
| Odds Against Tomorrow | 1959 | co-producer - uncredited | |
| The World, the Flesh and the Devil | 1959 | producer - uncredited |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beat Street | 1984 |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beat Street | 1984 | music producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nas: Time Is Illmatic | 2014 | Documentary thanks | |
| Al midan | 2013 | Documentary special thanks | |
| The Last White Knight | 2012 | Documentary thanks | |
| Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! | 2010 | special thanks | |
| Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | 1998 | Documentary special thanks | |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | 1970 | Documentary particular thanks for contributing their talents | |
| Listen to Me Marlon | 2015 | Documentary thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scales of Injustice | 2012 | Documentary post-production | Himself |
| Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy | Documentary post-production | Himself | |
| Mr. SOUL! | 2018 | Documentary | Himself |
| Politics Nation with Al Sharpton | 2017 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Tavis Smiley | 2004-2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Democracy Now! | 2010-2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ripple of Hope Awards | 2016 | Video | Himself |
| Today | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| In Confidence | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors | 2013 | TV Special | Himself |
| The March | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| 44th NAACP Image Awards | 2013 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Last White Knight | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| OnePeople: The Celebration | 2012 | Documentary | Himself - Performer / Civil Rights Activist |
| Hava Nagila: The Movie | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| The 2012 Annual Actors Fund Gala Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Honoree |
| Menschen bei Maischberger | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| DAS! | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hamburg Journal | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| 43rd NAACP Image Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself |
| Independent Lens | 2012 | TV Series documentary | |
| Under African Skies | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| The MLK Streets Project | 2012 | Documentary short | Commentary |
| Rise Like Lions | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1996-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Colbert Report | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Zero Percent | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cinema 3 | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | 2011 | Documentary | Himself (voice) |
| Sing Your Song | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| When I Rise | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Motherland | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Larry King Live | 1993-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Soundtrack for a Revolution | 2009 | Documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Sidney Poitier, un outsider à Hollywood | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | |
| King | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Power of Their Song: The Untold Story of Latin America's New Song Movement | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1996-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| TV One on One | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bobby: The Making of an American Epic | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| BET Awards 2006 | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| History in Focus | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The 60th Annual Tony Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Leading Actor in a Musical |
| Mo & Me | 2006 | Documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Best Ever Muppet Moments | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| That's What I'm Talking About | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Voices Among Us | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Peace! DVD | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Live from Lincoln Center | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Once Upon a Time... | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Sabine Christiansen | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tanner on Tanner | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ladders | 2004 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Vivement dimanche | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Calypso Dreams | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Conakry Kas | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Get Up, Stand Up | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Mein Leben | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Raymann is laat | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gero von Boehm begegnet... | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| XXI Century | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor & Singer |
| Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Intimate Portrait | 1998-2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Nightclub Years | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Power of Peace | 2001 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Petula Clark: This Is My Song | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Mark Twain Prize: Whoopi Goldberg | 2001 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Fidel | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
| An Evening with Harry Belafonte | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Hunger Heroes | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 2000 Essence Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Himself |
| 30th NAACP Image Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself |
| Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | 1998 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Marian Anderson Award Honoring Harry Belafonte | 1998 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Willemsens Woche | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| The G.I. Bill: The Law That Changed America | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Biography | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| Great Performances | 1994-1997 | TV Series | Himself - Narrator / Himself |
| An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 50th Annual Tony Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| We Are the World: A 10th Anniversary Tribute | 1995 | TV Special | |
| Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream | 1995 | Documentary | Himself |
| Ready to Wear | 1994 | Himself | |
| Querida Concha | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Sesame Street | 1982-1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Gregory Peck | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself - Speaker |
| The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia | 1990 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Honoree |
| The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| We Shall Overcome | 1989 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Lou Rawls Parade of Stars | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Champs-Elysées | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Live! Dick Clark Presents | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sábado noche | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Harry Belafonte - en samtale | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 13th Annual American Music Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself |
| An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Memories of Martin | 1986 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Harry Belafonte in Concert | 1985 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 6th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
| Der schönste Traum | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
| exclusiv | 1984 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Wetten, dass..? | 1984 | TV Series | Interpret |
| New York, New York | 1981-1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| Roots of Rhythm | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Sag nein | 1983 | Documentary | |
| Auf los geht's los | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Parade of Stars | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Drei Lieder | 1983 | Documentary short | Himself |
| A veces miro mi vida | 1982 | Himself | |
| Night of 100 Stars | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker | 1981 | Documentary | Himself (voice) |
| The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Himself |
| Heut' abend | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
| Numéro 1 | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Muppet Show | 1979 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest Star |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1978 | TV Movie | Himself |
| America Salutes the Queen | 1977 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972-1974 | TV Series | Himself - Vocalist |
| Free to Be... You & Me | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Flip | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| RCA's Opening Night | 1973 | TV Movie | Himself |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1973 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1964-1973 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host / Himself - Guest / Himself |
| The Julie Andrews Hour | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The New Bill Cosby Show | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1970-1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema | 1972 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Film Night | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Weiße Rosen aus Athen | 1971 | TV Movie | Himself - Musician |
| The 43rd Annual Academy Awards | 1971 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay |
| A World of Love | 1970 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Real Tom Kennedy Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1962-1970 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Singer / Himself - Vocalist |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | 1970 | Documentary | Himself |
| Harry and Lena | 1970 | TV Movie | Himself |
| An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte | 1969 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 23rd Annual Tony Awards | 1969 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Himself - Cameo / Himself |
| 13 Stars for Channel 13 | 1968 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Laugh-In | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| Petula | 1968 | TV Special | Himself |
| ABC Stage 67 | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 21st Annual Tony Awards | 1967 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Strolling '20s | 1966 | TV Movie | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1955-1966 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Panelist |
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | 1959-1965 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| Freedom Spectacular | 1964 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 18th Annual Tony Awards | 1964 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1953-1964 | TV Series | Himself / Singer |
| The 15th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1963 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Talent Scouts | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| At This Very Moment | 1962 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 13th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Belafonte, New York 19 | 1960 | TV Movie | Himself - Singer |
| The Revlon Revue | 1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| Person to Person | 1959 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Singer / Himself |
| The Nat King Cole Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| The Heart of Show Business | 1957 | Short | Himself |
| The 28th Annual Academy Awards | 1956 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| Cavalcade of Stars | 1951 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Vocalist |
| Sugar Hill Times | 1949 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Football Life | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| I Am Not Your Negro | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Austropop-Legenden | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The 87th Annual Academy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
| Selma | 2014 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Petula Clark Special |
| Democracy Now! | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Birth of the Living Dead | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Anyone for Demis? How the World Invaded the Charts | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Mama Africa | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| My Music: John Sebastian Presents Folk Rewind | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Free at Last | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Die Lugners | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Wiener Opernball, 1992 |
| A Company of Players | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Les grands du rire | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ein Leben wie im Flug | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| USA the Movie | 2005 | Video | Himself |
| Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Century of Black Cinema | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Classified X | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Mitomanía | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Speeches of Malcolm X | 1997 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Nat King Cole: The Incomparable Nat King Cole Volume 2 | 1992 | Video | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| Beetlejuice | 1988 | The Balladeer (uncredited) | |
| The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | 1986 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Years | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Black Hollywood | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself |
| Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Film Night | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Himself - Singer / Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Academy Awards, USA | ||
| 2014 | CineCause ChangeMaker Icon | Hollywood Film Festival | ||
| 2011 | Berlinale Camera | Berlin International Film Festival | ||
| 2011 | Pioneer Award | Black Film Critics Circle Awards | A renaissance artist who brought his unique talent to all areas of entertainment in a career that ... More | |
| 2006 | BET Award | BET Awards | Humanitarian Award | |
| 2006 | Hollywood Film Award | Hollywood Film Awards | Ensemble of the Year | Bobby (2006) |
| 2000 | Freedom in Film Award | Nashville Film Festival | ||
| 1999 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Jamerican International Film Festival | ||
| 1996 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Kansas City (1996) |
| 1968 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Recording | On February 8, 1960. On 6721 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series | The Revlon Revue (1959) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Bobby (2006) |
| 2007 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Bobby (2006) |
| 2007 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Bobby (2006) |
| 1971 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music | Harry and Lena (1970) |
| 1961 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series | Belafonte, New York 19 (1960) |
| 1956 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Male Singer | |
| 1956 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Specialty Act - Single or Group |
Known for movies
Sing Your Song (2011)
as Himself
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
as Himself
Free to Be... You & Me (1974)
as Himself
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
as Himself
