---
name: "Morris Day"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/morris-day"
fi1m_id: "morris-day"
imdb_id: "nm0206528"
tmdb_id: 57907
wikidata_id: "Q5618166"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 December 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:40:56.875910+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."
---

# Morris Day

## Identity

Morris Day

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/morris-day
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** morris-day
- **IMDb ID:** nm0206528
- **TMDB ID:** 57907
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5618166
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Day, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5618166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57907

Actor. Born 13 December 1957 in Springfield, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 December 1957, Springfield, Illinois, USA
- **Also known as:** Morris E. Day , The Time, Morris Day and the Time, The Original 7ven
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Day, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5618166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57907

## 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*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Sherman's Showcase* (2019), series, as Morris Day
- *Baisden After Dark* (2007), series, Actor
- *Da Boom Crew* (2004), series, Actor
- *Eve* (2003), series, as Rodney P
- *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), as Morris Day
- *Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000* (1999), Actor
- *Moesha* (1996), series, as Morris Day
- *Graffiti Bridge* (1990), as Morris Day
- *New Attitude* (1990), series, as Lamarr
- *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), as Don Cleveland
- *Moving* (1988), as Rudy
- *227* (1985), series, Actor
- *Purple Rain* (1984), as Morris — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-rain.md)

## Gallery

- ![Morris Day](https://film.one/media/person/5545117/gallery-43c155f3d1e6.jpg) Morris Day — Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Morris_Day_1996.jpg/1280px-Morris_Day_1996.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![American singer Morris Day in a press photo dated to 1985. No copyright markings on the photo and no registration for this photo was found in the US Copyright C](https://film.one/media/person/5545117/gallery-fff28ec222bb.jpg) American singer Morris Day in a press photo dated to 1985. No copyright markings on the photo and no registration for this photo was found in the US Copyright C — Distributed by Warner Bros., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Morris_Day_1985_press_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Morris Day and The Time performing live, with fans invited on stage (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/5545117/gallery-32398acdf348.jpg) Morris Day and The Time performing live, with fans invited on stage (2024) — CNC33, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Morris_Day%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Morris Day and The Time performing live, with fans invited on stage (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/5545117/gallery-4fa6716288f9.jpg) Morris Day and The Time performing live, with fans invited on stage (2024) — CNC33, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Morris_Day%2C_2024.jpg/1280px-Morris_Day%2C_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography 1986: MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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