---
name: "Brownmark"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brown-mark"
fi1m_id: "brown-mark"
imdb_id: "nm0548223"
tmdb_id: 1425532
wikidata_id: "Q4976616"
roles: []
born: "8 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:13.438320+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brownmark

## Identity

Brownmark

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brown-mark
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brown-mark
- **IMDb ID:** nm0548223
- **TMDB ID:** 1425532
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4976616
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownmark, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4976616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1425532

Actor. Born 8 March 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 March 1962, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Also known as:** Brown Mark, Mark Brown
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownmark, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4976616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1425532

## Biography

Brown Mark, also credited as Brownmark or Mark Brown, is an American musician and actor. Born Mark Brown on 8 March 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he is best known as the bassist in Prince and the Revolution.

He appeared as himself in the 1984 film *Purple Rain*, performing as the band's bassist in concert sequences and band scenes. Mark left the group in 1986 and later released a memoir, *My Life in the Purple Kingdom*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Purple Rain* (1984), Fi1m 72, as Mark — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Prince: 1999 Live In Houston 12-29-82* (2019), Actor
- *Prince: The Hits Collection* (1993), Actor
- *Prince and The Revolution - Parade Live in Stockholm* (1986), Actor
- *Prince and the Revolution: Parade LIVE* (1986), Actor
- *Sheila E.: Live Romance 1600* (1986), Actor
- *Prince and the Revolution: Live* (1985), as Bass
- *Prince and the Revolution: Live at the Omni, Atlanta* (1985), Actor
- *Purple Rain* (1984), as Mark — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)
- *Prince and the Revolution: The Makings Of Rain* (1983), Actor
- *Prince and the Revolution: The Homecoming* (1983), Actor
- *Prince: Capitol Theatre* (1982), Actor

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