Acting
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
April 8, 1898
Died
January 23, 1976 (age 77)
Born in
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.
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
2021
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Britain on Film: Black Britain
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2017
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Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007
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Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self (archival footage)
2007
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Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
2006
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe
2004
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White Sings Robeson
2001
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
1999
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
1998
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Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Himself (archive footage)
1998
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Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
as Self (archive footage)
1994
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The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1991
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I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
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Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
1979
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The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
1977
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973
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Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer, Writer
1954
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