Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Personal Info

Birthday

July 22, 1892

Day of Death

1975-08-26

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Harar, Ethiopia

Also Known As

Ras Tafari Makonnen

Tafari Makonnen

ተፈሪ መኮንን

ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ

Lij Tafari

Lij Tafari Makonnen

Täfäri Mäkonnän

Qädamawi Haylä Səllasé

Ləj Täfäri Mäkonnən

ልጅ ተፈሪ መኮንን

Jah Rastafari

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

Filmography

2025
The Gold Panner from Lannavaara
as Self (archive footage)
2024
King Kong: Monster and Myth
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The March on Rome
as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
as Self
1979
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
as Self (archive footage)
1965
Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia
as Himself (archive)
1962
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Adventures on the New Frontier
as Self
1950
The Century Is Fifty
as Self
1942
United We Stand
as Self (archive footage)
1939
The Fight For Peace
as Self (archive footage)