Prince Filmography

Born:: June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, MN
Occupation:: Actor, Director, Composer (Music Score), Songwriter, Featured Music
Birth name:: Prince Rogers Nelson
Biography:: African-American rock star Prince came into this world as Prince Roger Nelson; he was named for the Prince Roger Trio, a musical aggregation for which his father played. In light of his carefully cultivated public image -- the arrogant aloofness, the covey of bodyguards, the overemphasized...Read More

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Happy Feet

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin

Synopsis: In the world of the emperor penguin, a simple song can mean the difference between a lifetime of happiness and an eternity of loneliness. When a penguin named Mumble is born without the ability to sing the romantic song that will attract his soul mate, he'll have to resort to some fancy footwork Read More

11/17/06
Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin [13]

Actors: Steve Martin, Prince

Synopsis: This 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Prince. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
Prince: Rave Un2 The Year 2000

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Prince

Synopsis: Prince celebrates the joy of life in this performance at Paisley Park Studio in Minneapolis. The video consists of 113 minutes of gyrating dance moves and exciting vocal performances from one of the masters of pop music. Hits from his album {^Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic} are included in the Read More

2000
Girl 6

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter

Actors: Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Jenifer Lewis, Debi Mazar

Synopsis: Spike Lee directed this comedy-drama about a woman who falls into a career in phone sex. An African-American woman (Theresa Randle) who aspires to a career as an actress endures a number of dispiriting jobs (handing out leaflets and working as a coat check girl) before reaching the end of her rope Read More

1996
Billboards

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Joffrey Ballet

1994
Prince: The Hits Collection

Synopsis: Before he became The Artist Whose Name Is Represented By An Unpronounceable Symbol, Prince was one of the most exciting hitmakers in pop and R&B, and this video collection features clips to fifteen of his biggest hits, including "1999," "Raspberry Beret," "Sign 'O' The Times," "Alphabet Street," Read More

1993
Prince: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection

Synopsis: The always creative and chronically unclassifiable artist then still known as Prince was on a creative roll when this collection was compiled, including music videos, footage from his always combustible live concerts, and interviews with the artist and his band. Prince: Diamonds and Pearls Home Read More

1992
Prince: Sexy MF

1992
Prince: Gett Off

1991
Prince: Nothing Can Stop...

Synopsis: Rock to the sounds of Prince with titles such as "Violet The Organ Grinder," "Gangster Glam," "Clockin' The Jizz" and "Gott Off (Housestyle)." ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Graffiti Bridge

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Musical Direction/Supervision, Screenwriter

Actors: Prince, Ingrid Chavez, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, Mavis Staples

Synopsis: Prince wrote, directed, and stars in this disastrous sequel to Purple Rain that equates differing musical styles with God, angels, faith, and the struggle between the spiritual and the earthy. Once again Prince is The Kid, still working his emotional damnedest to one-up Morris Day and his band Read More

11/2/90
Pretty Woman

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo

Synopsis: Self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) and decides to put her on a 3,000-dollar retainer as his "date." He Read More

3/23/90
Batman

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: Behind the black cowl, Gotham City superhero Batman is really millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton), who turned to crimefighting after his parents were brutally murdered before his eyes. The only person to share Wayne's secret is faithful butler Alfred (Michael Gough). The Read More

6/23/89
Bright Lights, Big City

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz, Frances Sternhagen

Synopsis: Michael J. Fox once more makes a courageous effort to shed his nice-guy image in Bright Lights, Big City. Fox plays an impressionable Kansan who comes to the Big Apple to take a job at a major magazine. It isn't long before he falls into the twin traps of drug and alcohol abuse. His only hope for Read More

4/1/88
Sign O' the Times

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Songwriter

Actors: Prince, Sheena Easton, Dr. Fink, Miko Weaver

Synopsis: Following his disastrous sophomore film Under the Cherry Moon (1986), Minnesota-based rock star Prince hastily returns to the form and style of his classic motion picture debut, Purple Rain (1984) by directing and starring in this energetic concert film interspersed with dream-like visuals. Read More

11/20/87
Under the Cherry Moon

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Songwriter

Actors: Prince, Steven Berkoff, Francesca Annis, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jerome Benton

Synopsis: Diminutive pop star Prince plays another variation on the suave gigolo in this vanity piece. Set on the French Riviera, the story follows Christopher Tracy as he plays piano in a bistro and woos rich Continental ladies for dollars. Tracy and his accomplice Tricky (Jerome Benton of The Time) Read More

7/2/86
Fire with Fire

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito, Kate Reid

Synopsis: A juvenile delinquent falls in love with a beautiful Catholic girl's school student in this fact-based adolescent melodrama set in an Oregon forest. The two meet by accident when the troubled young man is out on a nature hike and sees the lovely girl floating in a small lake as she works on a Read More

5/9/86
Band of the Hand

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell, Daniele Quinn, James Remar

Synopsis: Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser warmed the director's chair for Band of the Hand. The film zeroes in on five juvenile delinquents who are plucked from their various detention facilities and unceremoniously dumped in the wilds of the Everglades. The boys begin to panic until Read More

4/11/86
MTV: 3rd Annual Video Music Awards

Synopsis: MTV puts together a music awards show which features Tina Turner, Robert Palmer, Dire Straits, a-ha, Prince and the Revolution, the Pet Shop Boys and Don Henley. The hits of 1986 are collected together for your enjoyment. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1986
Prince and the Revolution: Live

Synopsis: Rock to the sounds of Prince in concert with titles such as "Let's Go Crazy," "Delirious," "1999," "Little Red Corvette," "Take Me With U," "Do Me, Baby," "Irresistible Bitch," "Possessed," "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" and others. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Purple Rain

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Prince, Apollonia, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III

Synopsis: Purple Rain, the first starring film for Prince, is the story of an arrogant, young black singer, born and raised in Minneapolis, who reaches the pinnacle of stardom. The dramatic complications include "The Kid's" (Prince) miserable home life, where he suffers the brutalities of his father (well Read More

1984
Saturday Night Live: Charlene Tilton

Actors: Charlene Tilton, Todd Rundgren, Prince

Synopsis: This 1981 episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Charlene Tilton with musical guests Todd Rundgren and Prince, is noteworthy for Charles Rocket's infamous use of the "f-word" during an improvised time-filler before the closing credits. Coincidently, Prince sang a variation of the very same word Read More

1981