Bono

Acting

1960-05-10 · Dublin, Ireland

Paul David Hewson, better known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best recognized as the frontman of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, frequently using religious, social, and political themes. During U2's early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to their rebellious and spiritual to; as the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with the other members. Outside the band, he has collaborated and recorded with numerous artists, is managing director and a managing partner of Elevation Partners, and has refurbished and owns The Clarence Hotel in Dublin with The Edge. He was granted a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and, with Bill and Melinda Gates, was named Time Person of the Year in 2005, among other awards and nominations. On 17 July 2013, the BBC announced that Bono had been made a Commandeur of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters).

Filmography

Theaters

Tribeca 25

2026 · Movie

Street of Dreams

Theaters

Street of Dreams

2026 · Movie

Theaters

From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center

2026 · Movie

Theaters

Bad: The Song That Saved My Life

2026 · Movie

Theaters

Guggi

2026 · Movie

Grönemeyer – Alles bleibt anders

2026 · Movie

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

2026 · Movie

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

2025 · Series

Bono: Stories of Surrender

2025 · Movie

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Movie

Simon Schama's Story of Us

2025 · Series

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

2024 · Movie

The Trainer

2024 · Movie

What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

2024 · Series

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

2024 · Movie

Kiss the Future

2024 · Movie

Eno

2024 · Movie

U2:UV Live from Vegas, 2023/11/03

2023 · Movie

U2:UV Live from Vegas, 2023/11/01

2023 · Movie

Bono: Waiting on a Saviour

2023 · Movie

Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari

2023 · Movie

Peter & the Wolf

2023 · Movie

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

2023 · Movie

WHAM!

2023 · Movie

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

2023 · Movie

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2022 · Movie

Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici

2022 · Movie

The Sound of 007

2022 · Movie

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

2022 · Movie

Roy Orbison Forever

2022 · Movie

ABBA V Queen

2022 · Movie

U2: Rockumentary

2022 · Movie

Sing 2

2021 · Movie

Mon nom est Johnny

2021 · Movie

This Is Pop

2021 · Series

The Busk - A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street

2020 · Movie

70 Years of Youth Revolt

2020 · Series

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

2020 · Movie

Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments

2020 · Series

Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

2020 · Movie

Pavarotti

2019 · Movie

Waiting for the Miracle to Come

2019 · Movie

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

2019 · Movie

ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium

2019 · Movie

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

2019 · Movie

One Step From Holiness

2019 · Movie

U2: Experience +Innocence, Live in Berlin

2018 · Movie

Quincy

2018 · Movie

Why Are We Creative?

2018 · Movie

Liner Notes

2018 · Movie

Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90

2018 · Movie

U2 - Live from Abbey Road

2017 · Movie

U2 at The BBC

2017 · Movie

Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

2017 · Movie

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017

2017 · Movie

Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar

2017 · Movie

In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America

2017 · Movie

Kygo: Stole the Show

2017 · Movie

The Defiant Ones

2017 · Series

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

2017 · Movie

Lost in London

2017 · Movie

Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)

2017 · Movie

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

2017 · Series

Unknown Brood

2016 · Movie

Hero With A Thousand Faces

2016 · Movie

Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said

2016 · Movie

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris

2016 · Movie

Bono & Eugene Peterson: The Psalms

2016 · Movie

Sing Street

2016 · Movie

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert

2015 · Movie

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015

2015 · Movie

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 11/11/2015

2015 · Movie

TFI Friday

2015 · Series

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Series

Ecco Homo

2015 · Movie

U2 - Vancouver, Canada

2015 · Movie

Muddy Track

2015 · Movie

The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities

2015 · Movie

Irish Rock at the BBC

2015 · Movie

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

2014 · Movie

Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled

2014 · Movie

Meteor Choice Music Prize 2014

2014 · Movie

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Series

Wilde Salomé

2013 · Movie

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

2013 · Movie

Here Comes the Night Time

2013 · Movie

Muscle Shoals

2013 · Movie

Who the F**K Is Arthur Fogel

2013 · Movie

Miracle Rising: South Africa

2013 · Movie

U2: War - The Ultimate Critical Review

2012 · Movie

B.B. King: The Life of Riley

2012 · Movie

U2: Unbroken Toys

2012 · Movie

The Submerging Church

2012 · Movie

Anton Corbijn Inside Out

2012 · Movie

Damien Hirst: The First Look

2012 · Movie

U2: From the Sky Down

2011 · Movie

U2360°: Live From Moncton

2011 · Movie

U2 – Live At Johannesburg Stadium, South Africa, 1998

2011 · Movie

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?

2010 · Movie

u2 360 tour - under the rainy belgium sky

2010 · Movie

U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle

2010 · Movie

U2: 360° at the Rose Bowl

2010 · Movie

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up

2010 · Movie

Music Nuggets

2010 · Series

Hope for Haiti Now

2010 · Movie

Brothers

2009 · Movie

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

2009 · Movie

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

2009 · Movie

US Festival 1983 Days 1-3

2009 · Movie

U2 Live Tour 360° - Paris 11 et 12 Juillet 2009

2009 · Movie

Brüno

2009 · Movie

Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records

2009 · Movie

The Meaning of Life

2009 · Series

Linear

2009 · Movie

Q: The Man

2009 · Movie

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

2009 · Movie

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

2009 · Movie

Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

2008 · Movie

Pavarotti The Duets

2008 · Movie

Ronnie Drew: September Song

2008 · Movie

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

2008 · Series

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

2008 · Movie

U2 3D

2008 · Movie

U2: The Joshua Tree (Bonus DVD)

2007 · Movie

White Diamond: A Personal Portrait of Kylie Minogue

2007 · Movie

Across the Universe

2007 · Movie

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

2007 · Movie

Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic

2007 · Movie

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Series

U2: Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review

2007 · Movie

Make Poverty History - Music Concert

2006 · Movie

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

2006 · Movie

Off The Record

2006 · Series

U2: Vertigo 05 - Live from Milan

2006 · Movie

Legends

2006 · Series

U2: 18 Videos

2006 · Movie

The Art of Football from A to Z

2006 · Movie

U2 Phenomenon - The Independent Review

2006 · Movie

U2: City of blinding lights - Live in Buenos Aires

2006 · Movie

U2: Vertigo Tour Live at River Plate Stadium

2006 · Movie

Iconoclasts

2005 · Series

U2: Vertigo 2005 - Live from Chicago

2005 · Movie

Live 8

2005 · Movie

Horslips: Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts

2005 · Movie

The Pretenders: No Turn Left Unstoned

2005 · Movie

The Work of Director Mark Romanek

2005 · Movie

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

2005 · Movie

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

2005 · Movie

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

2005 · Movie

Live Aid Against All Odds

2005 · Movie

I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash

2005 · Movie

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004 · Movie

U2 - Live Under the Brooklyn Bridge

2004 · Movie

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

2004 · Movie

U2 and 3 songs

2004 · Movie

The Culture Show

2004 · Series

Entourage

2004 · Series

Pixies: Gouge

2004 · Movie

Bono: Big Daddy

2004 · Movie

U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland

2003 · Movie

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · Series

The Importance of Being Morrissey

2003 · Movie

Celebrities Uncensored

2003 · Series

Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq

2003 · Movie

U2: An Unforgettable Journey

2003 · Movie

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Series

Bukowski: Born Into This

2003 · Movie

Gangs of New York

2002 · Movie

U2: The Best of 1990-2000

2002 · Movie

American Idol

2002 · Series

There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002 · Movie

The Corrs Live from Dublin

2002 · Movie

Being Mick

2001 · Movie

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001 · Movie

U2: Elevation 2001 - Live from Boston

2001 · Movie

Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

2001 · Movie

U2 - Live from Irving Plaza 2000

2000 · Movie

The Beatles Revolution

2000 · Movie

No Maps for These Territories

2000 · Movie

Sightings of Bono

2000 · Movie

Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven

2000 · Movie

Diary

2000 · Series

The Million Dollar Hotel

2000 · Movie

Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence

2000 · Movie

From a Whisper to a Scream: The Living History of Irish Music

2000 · Movie

Entropy

1999 · Movie

Tina Turner : Celebrate!

1999 · Movie

In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story

1999 · Movie

A Tribute to Johnny Cash

1999 · Movie

TV total

1999 · Series

Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree

1999 · Movie

The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

1998 · Movie

U2 - The Best of 1980-1990

1998 · Movie

U2 PopMart: Live From Johannesburg

1998 · Movie

U2: Live from Santiago 1998

1998 · Movie

Sabine Christiansen

1998 · Series

U2: Popmart - Live from Mexico City

1997 · Movie

Bravo Profiles: Björk

1997 · Movie

U2: A Year in Pop

1997 · Movie

Classic Albums

1997 · Series

The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan

1997 · Movie

Taff

1997 · Series

VH1's Legends

1996 · Series

The Daily Show

1996 · Series

Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996 · Movie

TFI Friday

1996 · Series

The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott

1996 · Movie

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

1995 · Movie

Ghost in the Shell

1995 · Movie

GoldenEye

1995 · Movie

Beyond the Clouds

1995 · Movie

Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia

1995 · Movie

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

1995 · Series

Miss Sarajevo

1995 · Movie

Dancing Barefoot

1995 · Movie

MTV Europe Music Awards

1994 · Series

U2: Zoo TV - Live from Sydney

1994 · Movie

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

1994 · Movie

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

1994 · Series

In the Name of the Father

1993 · Movie

U2 Zoo TV Live in Adelaide 1993

1993 · Movie

New Order Story

1993 · Movie

Daniel Lanois "Rocky World"

1993 · Movie

Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special

1992 · Movie

U2 - Live from Stockholm 1992

1992 · Movie

U2: Achtung Baby, the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV

1992 · Movie

ECHO-Verleihung

1992 · Series

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990 · Movie

Cutting Edge

1990 · Series

U2: Lovetown

1989 · Movie

The Simpsons

1989 · Series

U2: Rattle and Hum

1988 · Movie

U2: Outside It's America

1987 · Movie

U2 - Live from Los Angeles 1987

1987 · Movie

U2: Live from Syracuse 1987

1987 · Movie

U2 Live from Paris

1987 · Movie

U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope

1986 · Movie

U2: Unforgettable Fire

1985 · Movie

Live Aid

1985 · Movie

U2 at Live Aid

1985 · Movie

The Making of Sun City

1985 · Movie

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video

1984 · Movie

U2: A Fire in Dortmund

1984 · Movie

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire Collection

1984 · Movie

MTV Video Music Awards

1984 · Series

U2: Live at Red Rocks - Under a Blood Red Sky

1983 · Movie

No Nukes! muziekfestival

1982 · Movie

The Kenny Everett Television Show

1982 · Series

U2 Live at the Rock Werchter Festival 1982

1982 · Movie

U2: Follies

1981 · Movie

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978 · Series

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Series

Rockpalast

1974 · Series

Top of the Pops

1964 · Series

World in Action

1963 · Series

The Grammys

1959 · Series

Tony Awards

1956 · Series

Bambi

1948 · Series

BBC Radio 2 Piano Room

Series

U2 - Island 50 Festival: Live

Movie

U2: Live from South Bend

Movie

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Message of Love

Movie

Outfoxed!

Movie