- Films
- 12
- Avg rating
- 6.52
- Peak run
- 1954’72
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Harry by the numbers
Average
6.52
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.54
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.59
rating spread
Career
73y
1953 to 2025
Total votes
82.4K
across every film
Best
7.4
Odds Against Tomorrow
Worst
5.3
White Man's Burden
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | Para Vivir, the Implacable Time of Pablo Milanés | Harry Belafonto | · | 28 |
| 2006 |  Bobby | Nelson | 6.9 | 44,080 |
| 1996 | Kansas City | Seldom Seen | 6.3 | 5,985 |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden | Thaddeus Thomas | 5.3 | 5,398 |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | Geechie Dan Beauford | 6.6 | 3,196 |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Preacher | 6.6 | 3,200 |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Alexander Levine | · | 939 |
| 1959 | Odds Against Tomorrow | Ingram | 7.4 | 6,492 |
| 1959 | The World, the Flesh and the Devil | Ralph Burton | 6.8 | 4,060 |
| 1957 | Island in the Sun | David Boyeur | 6.1 | 1,605 |
| 1954 | Carmen Jones | Joe | 6.7 | 6,488 |
| 1953 | Bright Road | Mr. Williams - School Principal | · | 920 |
Better together?
Harry Belafonte's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Harry Belafonte
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonJean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · Academy Awards 2015Harry Belafonte
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