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Paul Robeson

Acting

Born: 1898-04-08
Died: 1976-01-23
From: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Height: 75.00 m
Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson

Biography

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.

Photos4

Awards & Nominations8 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

New Jersey Hall of Fame

2009
🏆 Won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1998
🏆 Won

Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

1974
🏆 Won

Paul Robeson Award

1974
🏆 Won

Spingarn Medal

1945
🏆 Won

International Stalin Prize for Peace

🏆 Won

Donaldson Awards

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Acting36 titles

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
9.0
Movie

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

1973Documentary
Easy to Get
9.0
Movie

Easy to Get

1947Documentary
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
8.3
Movie

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998Documentary
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
8.3
Movie

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004Drama
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
8.0
Movie

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999Documentary
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
8.0
Movie

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

1991Documentary
The Real Charlie Chaplin
7.6
Movie

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021Documentary
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
7.3
Movie

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

1979Documentary
Big Fella
7.3
Movie

Big Fella

1938Drama
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
7.0
Movie

I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

1990Documentary
Show Boat
6.7
Movie

Show Boat

1936Drama
Tales of Manhattan
6.5
Movie

Tales of Manhattan

1942Drama
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
6.5
Movie

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11

1949Documentary
Native Land
6.3
Movie

Native Land

1942Drama
Body and Soul
6.3
Movie

Body and Soul

1925Drama
The Proud Valley
6.3
Movie

The Proud Valley

1940Drama
Song of the Rivers
6.3
Movie

Song of the Rivers

1954Documentary
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.3
Movie

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975Documentary
Jericho
6.2
Movie

Jericho

1937Action
Borderline
6.0
Movie

Borderline

1930Drama
Song of Freedom
6.0
Movie

Song of Freedom

1936Drama
Sanders of the River
5.8
Movie

Sanders of the River

1935Action
Emperor Jones
5.6
Movie

Emperor Jones

1933Drama
King Solomon's Mines
5.4
Movie

King Solomon's Mines

1937Action
Hollywood Black
5.0
Series

Hollywood Black

2024Documentary
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
4.2
Movie

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

1926Drama
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
0
Movie

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

1998Documentary
Britain on Film: Black Britain
0
Movie

Britain on Film: Black Britain

2017Documentary
Fred Baker - filmmaker
0
Movie

Fred Baker - filmmaker

2007Documentary
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
0
Movie

Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

1994Documentary
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
0
Movie

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

2006Documentary
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0
Movie

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975Documentary
South Africa Uncensored
0
Movie

South Africa Uncensored

1951Documentary
Musical Comedy Tonight III
0
Movie

Musical Comedy Tonight III

1985Drama
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
0
Movie

The Tallest Tree in Our Forest

1977Documentary
White Sings Robeson
0
Movie

White Sings Robeson

2001Drama

Writing1 title

Song of the Rivers
6.3
Movie

Song of the Rivers

1954Documentary

Sound1 title

Black and White
4.7
Cartoon

Black and White

1932Animation