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Producer, Composer (Music Score), Actor, Musical Performer, Screen Story, Songwriter
Born:
May 10, 1960
Biography:The lead singer of politically-charged Irish band "U2" since 1977, "Bono"'s involvement with the movies has been mostly musical. Combining music and politics, Bono took part in "Bob Geldof"'s "Do They Know It's Christmas" (1984) project to combat famine in Africa, and the anti-South African apartheid documentary "Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid" (1985). Bono's primary 1980s onscreen appearance, though, was the concert documentary "U2: Rattle and Hum" (1988). Shot during the apex of the band's success with their hit album The Joshua Tree (1987), "U2: Rattle and Hum" delved into the band's admiration for rock's pioneers along with presenting performance footage from their Joshua Tree American tour. Since then, Bono (with and without his bandmates) has worked regularly with German director "Wim Wenders", contributing songs to the soundtracks of the futurist road movie "Until the End of the... Full Biography
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Oct. 30, 2009, 10:47 PM EST
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