Name
Mark Knopfler
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1949-08-12 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949) is a British songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded with his younger brother, David Knopfler, in 1977. Described by Classic Rock as a virtuoso, Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". As of 2009, he and Dire Straits had sold more than 120 million records. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Knopfler is the recipient of the Edison Award, the Steiger Award and the Ivor Novello Award, as well as holding three honorary doctorate degrees in music from universities in the United Kingdom. Knopfler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.
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- 2021 Great North: A Run. A River. A Region. as Self
- 1983 Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983 as Lead Vocals, Guitar
- 1993 Dire Straits: On The Night as Himself - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- 2021 Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story as Self
- 1996 Mark Knopfler: A Night in London as Himself - Guitars, Vocals
- 2006 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris: Real Live Roadrunning 2006 as Himself
- 2010 The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth as Self
- 1991 Voices That Care as Self
- 1992 Dire Straits: Live In Basel as Himself - Lead Guitar, Vocals
- 1992 Dire Straits: Autumn in Nimes as Himself - Guitar, Vocals
- 2019 Mark Knopfler: Live at Madison Square Garden 2019 as lead vocals, guitar
- 1987 The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 Dire Straits: Thank You Australia and New Zealand as Himself - Guitar, Vocals
- 1985 Dire Straits: Live at Wembley Arena as Guitar, Vocals
- 1986 All Star Concert as Self
- 1990 The Prince's Trust Rock Gala as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott as Self
- 2011 Mark Knopfler: A Life in Songs as Himself
- 1992 Dire Straits: The Last Concert - Zaragoza 1992 as Himself - Guitar, Vocals
- 2009 Mark Knopfler: Get Lucky - Behind the Scenes as Himself
- 2009 Mark Knopfler: Get Lucky - The Interviews as Himself
- 2007 Mark Knopfler: Kill to Get Crimson - A Documentary as Himself
- 2015 Mark Knopfler: Tracker - A Documentary as Himself
- 1980 Arena: Dire Straits as Self
- 2006 Mark Knopfler - Live in Paris
- 2006 Mark Knopfler - Hay On Wye Festival
- 2007 Mark Knopfler - Live In Berlin 2007 as Himself
- 1990 The Cream of Eric Clapton as Self
- 2004 Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La BDA
- 1991 Guitar as Self
- 1990 The Best of All Star Band: Live in Concert as Self
- 1998 Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing, The Very Best of Dire Straits
- 1985 Dire Straits at Live Aid as Self
- 2024 Mark Knopfler - One Deep River
- 1997 Music for Montserrat as Self
- 2009 An Evening with Mark Knopfler and band
- 1988 Eric Clapton: Philadelphia 1988 as vocals, guitar
- 2012 Mark Knopfler: Guitar Stories as Himself
- 1990 Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park as Self
- 2005 Scotty Moore & Friends: A Tribute to the King as Self
- 1985 Live Aid as Self
- 2018 Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self [Dire Straits]
- 2006 Eric Clapton: After Midnight Live as Himself - Guitar
- 1988 Eric Clapton at Tokyo Dome as Self
- 1988 Dire Straits with Eric Clapton - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as vocals, guitar
- 2007 Mark Knopfler - AVO Session Basel as Vocals, Guitar
- 2016 Dire Straits: The Best Of as vocals, guitars
- 2009 Mark Knopfler: Live at the Atrium
- Soon Mark Knopfler Live In Rotterdam
- Soon Mark Knopfler: Fingerpicking Good
- 2019 Mark Knopfler - Milano 2019
- 2009 Mark Knopfler - Live for Prince's Trust
- 2005 Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today as Self
- 1988 Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
- 2004 Live Aid as Self
- 1993 Curves Contours & Body Horns as Self
- Soon Dire Straits – Autumn In Nimes
- 2021 Under the Volcano as Self
- 2019 Mark Knopfler - Live in Valencia 2019 as Singer, Lead Guitar
- 1987 Chet Atkins and Friends
- 2009 O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
- 1990 The Notting Hillbillies: Snape as Self
- 2010 Mark Knopfler: Live in Gredos as Self
- 2013 Mark Knopfler: Live in Taormina as Self
- 2000 Chet Atkins: A Life in Music as Self
- 1986 Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1 as Self - Performer
- 1988 Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3 as Self
- 1993 Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush
- 1964 Top of the Pops ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 The Kenny Everett Video Show ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Soundstage ( 1 episode )
- 1976 The Secret Policeman's Ball ( 15 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1989 Geld oder Liebe ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 3 nach 9 ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1974 Rockpalast ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Seven Ages of Rock ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 1987 French & Saunders ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Parkinson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 Fridays ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2016 Soundbreaking ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 Gredig direkt ( 1 episode ) as Self
