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

World in Action
1969
King Kong: Monster and Myth
2024
The Century Is Fifty
1950
Flame of Persia
1971
Adventures on the New Frontier
1961
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
2008
Death of a Dream
1950
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1962
The Fight For Peace
1939
Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
1962
The March on Rome
2022
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
2016

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
18
2024
King Kong: Monster and Myth
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The March on Rome
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Self
2004
Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
as Self (archive footage)
1973
The Unknown Famine
as Self
1971
Flame of Persia
as Self
1969
World in Action
1966
Africa Goes to the Fair
as Self
1965
Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia
as Himself (archive)
1962
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Adventures on the New Frontier
as Self
1950
The Century Is Fifty
as Self
1950
Death of a Dream
as Self (Archive Footage)
1942
United We Stand
as Self (archive footage)
1939
The Fight For Peace
as Self (archive footage)