---
name: "Dr. Fink"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dr-fink"
fi1m_id: "dr-fink"
imdb_id: "nm0277841"
tmdb_id: 1168002
roles: []
born: "8 February 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:16.121509+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."
---

# Dr. Fink

## Identity

Dr. Fink

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dr-fink
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dr-fink
- **IMDb ID:** nm0277841
- **TMDB ID:** 1168002
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1168002

Actor. Born 8 February 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 February 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Also known as:** Doctor Fink, Matt Fink
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1168002

## Biography

Dr. Fink, also known as Matt Fink, is an American keyboardist, songwriter and actor. Born Matthew Robert Fink in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he joined Prince's band in late 1978 and performed with the various line-ups, including The Revolution, until 1990.

He appeared as Matt in the 1984 film *Purple Rain*, in which he also contributed keyboards to the soundtrack. Fink is credited on Prince albums including *Dirty Mind* (1980), *Controversy* (1981), *Purple Rain* (1984) and *Sign o' the Times* (1987), and he featured in the 1987 concert film *Prince: Sign 'o' the Times*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (16)

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 Peach and Black Times* (2019), Actor
- *Prince in Japan '90* (1990), Actor
- *Prince - Live in La Coruna 1990* (1990), Actor
- *Prince: Lovesexy Live* (1988), as Keyboards
- *Prince: 4 Those Of U On Valium* (1987), 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 Keyboards
- *Prince and the Revolution: Live at the Omni, Atlanta* (1985), Actor
- *Purple Rain* (1984), as Matt — 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
- *Prince - Dirty Mind New York '81* (1981), Actor

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