Portrait of Harry Belafonte

Acting

Harry Belafonte

Career

Active from 1953 to 2006, with a break from 1960 to 1969, busiest in 1959 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Odds Against Tomorrow
Odds Against Tomorrow
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Harry Belafonte Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    1.0, average 1.7
  • Uncanny
    1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Political Commentary 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Inspirational 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
King Leopold’s Ghost
King Leopold’s Ghost

Producer

2010s

1 title · average score 82
BlacKkKlansman
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
GoodWatch score 82

as Jerome Turner

2000s

2 titles · average score 59
Bobby
Bobby (2006)
GoodWatch score 59

as Nelson

Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1 (2005)

Music

1990s

9 titles · average score 60
Swing Vote
Swing Vote (1999)
GoodWatch score 58

as Will Dunn

PB&J Otter
PB&J Otter (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as The Ice Moose (voice)

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)

Thanks

Kansas City
Kansas City (1996)
GoodWatch score 57

as Seldom Seen

White Man's Burden
White Man's Burden (1995)
GoodWatch score 35

as Thaddeus Thomas

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Magic Man (voice)

The Affair
The Affair (1995)
GoodWatch score 52

Executive Producer

The Player
The Player (1992)
GoodWatch score 84

as Harry Belafonte

Haiti: Killing the Dream
Haiti: Killing the Dream (1992)

Producer

1980s

3 titles · average score 63
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988)

TV show

Beat Street
Beat Street (1984)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Grambling's White Tiger
Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
GoodWatch score 61

as Coach Eddie Robinson

1970s

3 titles · average score 61
Uptown Saturday Night
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
GoodWatch score 69

as Geechie Dan Beauford

Buck and the Preacher
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as Preacher

The Angel Levine
The Angel Levine (1970)
GoodWatch score 54

as Alexander Levine

1950s

6 titles · average score 67
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
GoodWatch score 61

as Ralph Burton

Odds Against Tomorrow
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
GoodWatch score 82

as Johnny Ingram

Island in the Sun
Island in the Sun (1957)
GoodWatch score 61

as David Boyeur

Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones (1954)
GoodWatch score 61

as Joe

Bright Road
Bright Road (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mr. Williams - School Principal

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Vince