Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/22/1892
Place of Birth
Harar, Ethiopia
Also Known As
Ras Tafari MakonnenTafari Makonnenተፈሪ መኮንን
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Biography
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
The March on Rome
as Self (archive footage)
The Century Is Fifty
as Self
United We Stand
as Self (archive footage)
The Fight For Peace
as Self (archive footage)
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Self
King Kong: Monster and Myth
as Self (archive footage)
The Unknown Famine
as Self
The Gold Panner from Lannavaara
as Self (archive footage)
Adventures on the New Frontier
as Self
Africa Goes to the Fair
as Self