Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1892
Place of Birth
Harar, Ethiopia
Also Known As
- Ras Tafari Makonnen
- Tafari Makonnen
- á°á᪠ááŽáá
- ááłáá ááá áĽáá´
- Lij Tafari
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Biography
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
Known For - Movies
King Kong: Monster and Myth
as Self (archive footage)
The Fight For Peace
as Self (archive footage)
The March on Rome
as Self (archive footage)
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Self
Adventures on the New Frontier
as Self
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
as Self (archive footage)
The Century Is Fifty
as Self
United We Stand
as Self (archive footage)
