Biography
Morris Day is an American actor, singer, composer and bandleader. Born on 13 December 1957 in Springfield, Illinois, he moved to Minneapolis as a teenager and attended the same high school as Prince, with whom he played in the band Grand Central.
Day is best known as the lead singer of the funk band The Time, which was founded by Prince in 1981. He made his feature-film debut in Purple Rain (1984), playing the rival musician Morris opposite Prince. He later appeared in Moving (1988), The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), Graffiti Bridge (1990) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), as well as on television series including Moesha and 227.
