Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Actor
- Born
- July 22, 1892 · Harar, Ethiopia
- Died
- August 26, 1975 (age 83)
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
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
April 25, 1962
Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
January 20, 1962
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
March 1, 2008
The March on Rome
October 20, 2022
Adventures on the New Frontier
March 28, 1961
King Kong: Monster and Myth
November 19, 2024
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
February 14, 2016
The Fight For Peace
January 1, 1939
The Century Is Fifty
March 16, 1950
United We Stand
July 10, 1942
The Unknown Famine
October 18, 1973
Africa Goes to the Fair
January 1, 1966
Acting17
- 2024King Kong: Monster and Myth as Self (archive footage)
- 2022The March on Rome as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party as Self (archive footage)
- 2008The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as Self
- 2004Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1979Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder as Self (archive footage)
- 1973The Unknown Famine as Self
- 1971Flame of Persia as Self
- 1966Africa Goes to the Fair as Self