Known for

Acting

Born

Jul 22, 1892

Died

Aug 26, 1975 (aged 83)

Place of birth

Harar, Ethiopia

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

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.

Titles

King Kong: Monster and Myth

Movie • 2024

Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero

Movie • 2004

Flame of Persia

Movie • 1971

Africa Goes to the Fair

Movie • 1966

Adventures on the New Frontier

Movie • 1961

Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party

Movie • 2016

The March on Rome

Movie • 2022