Mark Knopfler

British musician

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Born 1949 · age 77United Kingdom

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Age
77
Born 1949
Known for
Live Aid
1985

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Updated 2026-08-24

The fingerstyle guitarist who turned a Glasgow accent and a clean, economical guitar tone into one of the biggest-selling rock acts of the 1980s — then walked away from it to score films and make quieter records on his own terms.

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Mark Freuder Knopfler was born in Glasgow on 12 August 1949 and raised in Newcastle. After graduating from the University of Leeds and spending three years as a college lecturer, he co-founded Dire Straits in 1977 with his younger brother David. The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms in 1985, one of the best-selling albums in history; together they moved between 100 million and 120 million records. Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, and Knopfler began a solo career that has so far yielded ten albums. He has also composed and produced film scores for nine films — among them Local…

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You say I'm the greatest, bound for glory. Well the word is out and I learned. I got the latest side of the story: You're pulling out before you get burned.

— Setting Me Up

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And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the sceneHe's got a daytime job, he's doing alright. He can play the honky tonk like anything, Saving it up for Friday night.

— Sultans of Swing

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