Paul Robeson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1898-04-08 – 1976-01-23 (aged 77)

From: Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.

Filmography (38)

TV★ 3.7
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
MOVIE
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007
MOVIE
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self (archival footage)
MOVIE
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Joe
MOVIE
White Sings Robeson
2001
MOVIE★ 8.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
as Himself (archive footage)
MOVIE
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
MOVIE
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
MOVIE★ 7.3
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
as Himself (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Song of the Rivers
1954
as Voice of Singer
MOVIE
South Africa Uncensored
1951
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949
as Himself
MOVIE★ 9.0
Easy to Get
1947
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Luke
MOVIE★ 6.3
Native Land
1942
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Proud Valley
1940
as David Goliath
MOVIE★ 7.3
Big Fella
1938
as Joe
MOVIE★ 6.2
Jericho
1937
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
MOVIE★ 5.4
King Solomon's Mines
1937
as Umbopa
MOVIE
My Song Goes Forth
1937
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Song of Freedom
1936
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
MOVIE★ 6.7
Show Boat
1936
as Joe
MOVIE★ 5.8
Sanders of the River
1935
as Bosambo
MOVIE★ 5.6
Emperor Jones
1933
as Brutus Jones
MOVIE★ 6.0
Borderline
1930
as Pete Varond
MOVIE★ 4.2
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Alexandre Dumas fils
MOVIE★ 6.3
Body and Soul
1925
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester