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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. 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, a MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Male Video in 2011, favorite International video at the 2011 Myx Music Awards. Mars usually co-directs his videos along with Duddy, the duo has so far directed seven videos.
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. 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". 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. The third single, "Treasure" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography at the 2013 ceremony. The Mark Ronson's collaboration "Uptown Funk" won Video of the Year at the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards.
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.