Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/8/1898
Place of Birth
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Paul 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.
Known For
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Native Land
as Narrator
Jericho
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
Show Boat
as Joe
Song of Freedom
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
The Proud Valley
as David Goliath
Sanders of the River
as Bosambo
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Unknown Role
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Big Fella
as Joe
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe
Song of the Rivers
as Voice of Singer
Fred Baker - filmmaker
Unknown Role
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Himself (archive footage)
Body and Soul
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)