Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 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 - Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Joe
Tales of Manhattan
as Luke
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
Show Boat
as Joe
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Big Fella
as Joe
King Solomon's Mines
as Umbopa
Native Land
as Narrator
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
Emperor Jones
as Brutus Jones