Purple Rain 1984
Purple Rain (1984) has 6 Black credited characters out of 23.
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The Van Lathan Ratio · 26%
26% of the credited cast.
On The Rewatchables
- Aug 27, 2024 Bill Simmons and Wesley Morris
Credited cast
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince | The Kid | ●Counted as Black |
| 2 | Apollonia Kotero | Apollonia | |
| 3 | Morris Day | Morris | ●Counted as Black |
| 4 | Jerome Benton | Jerome | ●Counted as Black |
| 5 | Olga Karlatos | Mother | |
| 6 | Clarence Williams III | Father | ●Counted as Black |
| 7 | Billy Sparks | Billy | |
| 8 | Wendy Melvoin | Wendy | |
| 9 | Lisa Coleman | Lisa | |
| 10 | Bobby Z | Bobby | |
| 11 | Dr. Fink | Matt | |
| 12 | Brown Mark | Mark | ●Counted as Black |
| 13 | Jill Jones | Jill | |
| 14 | Susan Moonsie | Susan | |
| 15 | Brenda Bennett | Brenda | |
| 16 | Sandra Claire Gershman | Beautiful Babe | |
| 17 | Alan Leeds | Stage Hand | |
| 18 | Garry Johnson | "Jellybean" Johnson - The Time | |
| 19 | Jesse Johnson | Jesse Johnson - The Time | ●Counted as Black |
| 20 | Marc Cardenas | Mark Cardenas - The Time | |
| 21 | Gerald E. Hubbard Jr. | Jerry Hubbard - The Time | |
| 22 | Paul Peterson | Paul Peterson - The Time | |
| 23 | Israel Gordon | Taste M.C. |
Considered, not counted
We looked closely at whether to count this actor and decided not to. Here's why.
- Susan Moonsie: Born in Trinidad and Tobago. We couldn't find anywhere she has described how she identifies, so we didn't count her.