Bruno Mars videography

American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars has appeared in twenty-four music videos, two films and five television shows. After appearing in a few music videos between 2008 and 2010, including "Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix)", a video for "The Other Side" was released to introduce him to the music industry, as lead artist.[1] In 2010, he released videos for "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade", both taken from his debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. The former won Popular International Music Video at the 2011 Channel [V] Thailand Music Video Awards,[2] a MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Male Video in 2011,[3] favorite International video at the 2011 Myx Music Awards.[4] Mars usually co-directs his videos along with Duddy, the duo has so far directed seven videos.[a]
In 2011, videos for "The Lazy Song", "Liquor Store Blues" and "It Will Rain" were released. The latter, was awarded Best Male Video at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.[12] Mars' second album Unorthodox Jukebox (2012) spawned the single "Gorilla", whose music video is set in a fictional South of the Border strip club named "La Jungla".[9][13] The Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars-directed video "When I Was Your Man" depicts him as a lonely balladeer. The video for the lead single, "Locked Out of Heaven", won in the category of Best Male Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.[14] The third single, "Treasure" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography at the 2013 ceremony.[14]The Mark Ronson's collaboration "Uptown Funk" won Video of the Year at the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards.[15]
In addition to his music videos, Mars has starred as Little Elvis in the movie Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), as well as voicing Roberto in Rio 2 (2014). He has appeared in the same television show three times, Saturday Night Live, by the second time he hosted and performed in the same episode, in October 2012. Mars has additionally starred in episodes for the television shows Sesame Street, The Cleveland Show and Jane the Virgin.
== Music videos ==
Title 	Year	Other performer(s) credited	Director(s) 	Description 	Ref.
"Love" 	2009	Jaeson Ma 	Michael Chang 	The video doesn't feature any of the performers. It is a lyric video that features multiple people looking for the true meaning of love, discovering that are different kinds of love. 	[16]
"Nothin' on You" 	2010	B.o.B 	Ethan Lader 	It was filmed in L.A.and features photo shoots of other cities like London and Tokyo. The video is based on multiple collages of women taping over each other. It features both artists performing, in a scene B.o.B plays guitar, Mars plays the drums and Philip Lawrence plays the piano. 	[17]
"Billionaire" 	2010	Travie McCoy 	Mark Staubach 	Mars plays a guitar and sings the chorus by side with Travie McCoy during most the video. McCoy is seen in various sets helping out people in different ways. Pete Wentz makes a cameo appearance riding around on Vespas. 	[18]
"The Other Side" 	2010	Cee Lo Green
B.o.B 	Nick Bilardello and Cameron Duddy 	Follows Mars in a casual day in his life, from posing at a photo shoot to "scratch" on an empty sidewalk. Throughout the video his artistic abilities are shown by playing instruments, as he tries to integrate the overnight success with his daily basis. 	[1]
"Just the Way You Are"	2010	None 	Ethan Lader 	As Mars walks in his love interest, Nathalie Kelley, is listening to "Just the Way You Are" on her Walkman. Mars stops the tape player, removes the cassette tape. Then, he pulls the media out of the cassette tape and arranges the media into several shapes such as letters, a drum and a bell which he rings with his fingers in synchronization with the chimes. 	[19]
"Grenade" 	2010	None 	Nabil Elderkin 	Filmed in L.A. Mars drags a piano across the city, as a way of showing affection to a girl who doesn't love him back. In the way to her house, he meets some unpleasant personas and founds his beloved with another man. Mars drags the piano away and ends up in a railroad track, hoping to end his misery. 	[20]
"Liquor Store Blues" 	2011	Damian Marley 	Jake Summer 	Features Mars and Marley singing together in a psychedelic room with a colorful background. Smoke emerges in the screen in every direction during the whole video. 	[21]
"The Lazy Song" 	2011	None 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	The official video is one continuous and uninterrupted shot, Mars sings in a bedroom with five monkeys, they perform dance moves typical of a boy-band, fool around and mimick the song's lyrics. Philip Lawrence makes an appearance, before being driven off by the chimps. The video ends with Mars pouring confetti and striking a pose for the camera. 	[5]
"The Lazy Song" 	2011	None 	Nez 	An alternative version for the official video was created and features Leonard Nimoy and his daily routine in a lazy life. Mars and Philip Lawrence appear on the video, walking out of a grocery store as Nimoy walks in. 	[22]
"Lighters" 	2011	Bad Meets Evil 	Rich Lee 	Mars plays an upright piano during his verses. Meanwhile, Bad Meets Evil find their way from their own darkness' to the light through an underground tunnel. They rise through a manhole which leads them to a field where Mars is singing. The video ends with a group watching the rise of sky lanterns aglow. 	[23]
"It Will Rain" 	2011	None 	Phil Pinto and Bruno Mars 	Starts with Mars spoiling and kissing a love interest, however, things escalate by the time they start to fight which leads into loneliness for both. The video intercuts with footage of the film The Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 with Bella and Edward. 	[24]
"Young, Wild & Free" 	2011	Snoop Dogg
Wiz Khalifa 	Dylan Brown 	Mars does not appear in the music video. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa are the two students from N. Hale High School having fun with Slip-N-Slideand girls, footage from the movie is also featured in the video. 	[25]
"Mirror" 	2012	Lil Wayne 	Antoine Fuqua 	Through the video Lil Wayne is shown splashing red, black and white paint on a mural on the wall. Mars is either sitting on a ladder singing or singing while standing up. In the end of the video, the painting turns out to be Wayne crucified on a cross. 	[26]
"This Is My Love" 	2012	Gold 1
Jaeson Ma 	Claudio Zagarini and Michel Zeynali	In the video, Gold 1 is the only performer featured on it. It consists of several shots of Gold 1 performing, along with cuts from the "Love" video. 	[27]
"Locked Out of Heaven"	2012	None 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	Mars is seen playing the song with his band mates (The Hooligans) at intimate venue to a small crowd having fun. These scenes are interleaved with others that feature The Hooligans smoking, drinking beer and playing games along with Mars in an alley. The video features wonky-TV effects. 	[6]
"When I Was Your Man" 	2013	None 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	Stars Mars as a lonely balladeer sitting in front of a piano with sunglasses donned and a half-full glass of whiskey atop his instrument; reminding himself of what he could have done to keep his lover. Video based on 70's vibe and retro effects. 	[7]
"Treasure" 	2013	None 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	Features Mars and his band, The Hooligans, dancing together. The music video is a recreation of Mars' 2013 Billboard Music Awards performance, with 80's effects. 	[8]
"Bubble Butt" 	2013	Major Lazer
2 Chainz
Tyga
Mystic	Eric Wareheim 	The video features three women, who are hosed in their butts, inflating them to ridiculous size. Meanwhile, a psychedelic nightclub is revealed and several women are dancing in super size butts. None of the performers appear on the video. 	[28]
"Gorilla" 	2013	None 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	The music video opens with a pair of women in strip club named "La Jungla". The two of them are talking about Isabella, portrayed by Freida Pinto, who has been "fooling around" with someone else's man (Mr. Mars). Pinto, after an introduction by Luiz Guzmán, starts to pull off spins on the pole as Mars and his band perform the song. Through the video, Isabella and Mars chemistry is raised by physically intense scenes. The video closes in a chase scene.	[9]
"Uptown Funk" 	2014	Mark Ronson 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	In the video, Mars and Mark Ronson get their shoes shined, hair permed and jam, along with their crew, side by side to a stretch limo. It features scenes of Mars and part of the crew dancing in the street, while Ronson lays in the background. 	[10]
"24K Magic" 	2016	None 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	 	
"24K Magic" 	2016	Victoria’s Secret Angels 	None 	 	
"That's What I Like" 	2017	None 	Jonathan Lia and Bruno Mars 	 	
"Versace on the Floor"	2017	None 	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars 	 	
"Finesse (Remix)" 	2018	Cardi B 	Bruno Mars and Florent Dechard 	 	
"Wake Up in the Sky" 	2018	Gucci Mane, Kodak Black 	Bruno Mars and Florent Dechard 	 	[29]
 	 	 	Bruno Mars and Florent Dechard 	 	
=== Guest appearances ===
Title 	Year	Performer(s)	Director(s) 	Description 	Ref.
"Long Distance" 	2008	Brandy 	Chris Robinson 	Mars is seen playing the piano in a sequence of the music video. 	[30]
"The Dedication" 	2009	Jibbs
Lloyd 	Erik White 	Mars appears in the DJ booth dancing at the beginning of the video. 	[31]
"Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix)"	2010	K'Naan 	Nabil Elderkin 	Mars is featured in the beginning of the video playing the bongo drum.	[32]
"Feel Right" 	2015	Mark Ronson
Mystikal	Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars	Mars is one of the judges of the talent show. 	[11]
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
Title 	Year	Role 	Notes 	Ref.
Honeymoon in Vegas	1992	Little Elvis	Himself 	[33]
Rio 2 	2014	Roberto 	Voice role	[34]
=== Television ===
Title 	Year	Role(s) 	Channel	Notes 	Ref.
Saturday Night Live	2010	Musical guest 	NBC 	Episode: "Jane Lynch/Bruno Mars" 	[35]
Sesame Street 	2011	Himself 	PBS 	Episode: "Getting Centered" 	[36]
The Cleveland Show 	2012	Himself (voice) 	Fox 	Episode: "Menace II Secret Society" 	[37]
Saturday Night Live	2012	Host/Musical guest	NBC 	Episode: "Bruno Mars" 	[38]
Saturday Night Live	2014	Musical guest 	NBC 	Episode: "Cameron Diaz/Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars"	[39]
Jane the Virgin 	2016	Himself 	The CW 	Episode: "Chapter Forty-Four" 	[40]
Saturday Night Live	2016	Musical guest 	NBC 	Episode: "Emily Blunt/Bruno Mars" 	[41]
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