Brian May

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Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and astrophysicist. He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He was the co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, and bass player John Deacon. As a member of Queen, he became regarded as a virtuoso musician and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work, often using a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. He has a short cameo in Queen's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

Known For

Queen: Days of Our Lives

Self

American Idol

Self

Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium

Guitars

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Self

Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86

Self

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story

Self - Guitar Player Queen

Live Aid

Self

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary MOVIE	Self
2025	Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World TV	Self
2024	Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime MOVIE	Self
2024	The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words MOVIE	Self
2024	Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration MOVIE	Self
2024	Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me MOVIE	Self
2024	Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time MOVIE	Self
2024	Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud MOVIE	Self
2024	The Rory Gallagher Story MOVIE	Self
2024	Rory Gallagher: Calling Card MOVIE	Self
2024	Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future MOVIE	Self
2024	Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future MOVIE	Self
2024	60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	Zucchero \| Sugar Fornaciari MOVIE	Self
2023	Rock: the origin MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life MOVIE	Self
2022	Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert MOVIE	Self
2022	Rhapsody Over London MOVIE	Self
2022	ABBA V Queen MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Platinum Party at the Palace MOVIE	Self
2022	Freddie Mercury: The Final Act MOVIE	Self
2021	Queen at the BBC MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre MOVIE	Self
2020	Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	Queen: The Band that Rocked the World MOVIE	Self
2020	Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World MOVIE	Self - Guitar
2020	Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party MOVIE	Self
2020	The Shadows At Sixty MOVIE	Self
2020	Reunited Apart TV	Self
2020	We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen MOVIE	Self
2020	Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia MOVIE	Self
2020	Newscast TV	Self
2019	Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park MOVIE	Self
2019	13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2019	The Day We Walked on the Moon MOVIE	Self
2019	Liam Gallagher: As It Was MOVIE	Self
2019	The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story MOVIE	Self - Guitar Player Queen
2019	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony MOVIE	Self
2019	Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid MOVIE	Self
2019	The Look and Sound of Queen MOVIE	Self
2018	Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	Queen : The American Dream MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary] MOVIE	Self
2017	Life After Flash MOVIE	Self
2017	Queen: Rock the World MOVIE	Self - Member Queen
2017	Buddy Holly: Rave On MOVIE	Self
2016	Freedom : La Story de George Michael MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2016	Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World MOVIE	Self
2016	Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa) MOVIE	Self
2016	Queen: A Night in Bohemia MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2015	Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody MOVIE	Self - Queen
2015	The Ritchie Blackmore Story MOVIE	Self
2015	Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015 MOVIE	Self - Guitars
2014	Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live MOVIE	Self - Guitars
2014	Die Helene Fischer Show 2014 MOVIE	Self
2014	The Nation's Favourite Queen Song MOVIE	Self
2014	Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion MOVIE	Self
2014	The Joy of the Guitar Riff MOVIE	Self
2014	Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux MOVIE	Self
2014	Bad Company \| The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary MOVIE	Self
2014	Queen: Will Rock You MOVIE	Self
2013	Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival MOVIE	Self
2013	The Sunflower Superjam 2012 MOVIE	Self
2013	Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 MOVIE	Self
2012	London 2012 Olympic Games TV	Self
2012	Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender MOVIE	Self
2012	Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86 MOVIE	Self
2012	Queen: A Magic Year MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2012	Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine MOVIE	Self
2012	Foxes Live: Wild in the City TV	Self
2012	Evening Urgant TV	Self
2012	The Story of Musicals TV	Self
2011	Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising MOVIE	Self - Queen (uncredited)
2011	Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert MOVIE	Self - Guest Guitar
2011	My Chemical Romance: Readings MOVIE	Self
2011	Brian May's Brief History of 3D MOVIE	Self - Host
2011	Queen: Days of Our Lives MOVIE	Self
2011	Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits MOVIE	Self
2011	I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern MOVIE	Self
2011	Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom MOVIE	Self
2010	The Michael Ball Show TV	Self
2010	BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge TV	Self
2009	Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine MOVIE	Self
2008	The Story of the Yardbirds MOVIE	Self
2007	Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid MOVIE	Self
2007	Queen Under Review: 1973-1980 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV	Self
2007	Queen: Rock Case Studies MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2007	Seven Ages of Rock TV	Self
2007	Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe MOVIE	Self
2006	Foo Fighters: Hyde Park MOVIE	Self - Guest
2006	The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen MOVIE	Self
2006	Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic MOVIE	Self
2006	Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews MOVIE	Self
2006	VH1 Rock Honors MOVIE	Self
2006	Queen: On the Rock Trail MOVIE	Self
2006	Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan MOVIE	Self
2006	Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera MOVIE	Self
2006	Queen: Music Video Box Documentary MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2005	Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions MOVIE	Self - Guitar, Vocals
2005	Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today MOVIE	Self
2005	Live Aid Against All Odds MOVIE	Self
2005	The Strat Pack: Live in Concert MOVIE	Self
2004	The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody MOVIE	Self
2004	Live Aid MOVIE	Self
2004	Zucchero \| Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall MOVIE	Self
2004	Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl MOVIE	Self (Vocals / Guitar)
2003	Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 MOVIE	Self - Queen
2003	Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq MOVIE	Self - Performer
2002	Queen: Greatest Video Hits MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2002	Inside the Rhapsody MOVIE	Self
2002	American Idol TV	Self
2002	Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace MOVIE	Self - Performer
2002	Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends MOVIE	Self
2002	Killer Queen! MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2002	Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary MOVIE	Self
2002	Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam MOVIE	Self
2001	Queen - Heaven MOVIE	Self
2001	Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker MOVIE	Self
2000	Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story MOVIE	Self
1998	Parkinson TV	Self
1997	Classic Albums TV	Self
1995	The Queen Phenomenon MOVIE	Self
1995	Queen: Champions of the World MOVIE	Self
1994	Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux MOVIE	Self
1994	The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy MOVIE	Self
1993	Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993 MOVIE	Self
1993	A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa MOVIE	Self
1992	Pavarotti & Friends MOVIE	Self
1992	Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica MOVIE	Self
1992	ECHO-Verleihung TV	Self
1992	The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert MOVIE	Self
1992	Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985 MOVIE	Self
1991	Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night MOVIE	Self - Guitar
1991	Queen: Days of Our Lives MOVIE	Self
1991	Queen: Greatest Flix II MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1991	Queen: Greatest Flix I and II MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1991	Guitar MOVIE	Self
1990	Bon Jovi \| Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey MOVIE	Self
1989	Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1989	Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3 MOVIE	Self
1988	This Morning TV	Self
1987	Téléthon TV	Self
1987	Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology MOVIE	Self
1987	Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1 MOVIE	Self
1987	Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2 MOVIE	Self
1987	Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3 MOVIE	Self
1987	Daytime Live TV	Self
1986	Queen: Live in Japan 1982 MOVIE	Self
1986	Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium MOVIE	Guitars
1986	Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1 MOVIE	Self - Performer
1985	Queen: Live Aid MOVIE	Guitar, Vocals
1985	Live Aid MOVIE	Self
1985	Queen: Live In Rio MOVIE	Self - Vocal, Guitar
1984	MTV Video Music Awards TV	Self
1984	Red Hot Rock MOVIE	Self - Queen Guitarist
1982	We Will Rock You MOVIE	Self
1982	QUEEN - The Hot Space Box MOVIE	Self
1981	Concerts for the People of Kampuchea MOVIE	Self
1981	Queen: Live in Argentina MOVIE	Self
1981	Queen: Greatest Flix MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1980	The Queen Special MOVIE	Self
1979	Question Time TV	Self - Panellist
1979	Queen: Live in Tokyo MOVIE	Self
1979	Queen: Live At Budokan MOVIE	Self
1979	Live Killers MOVIE	Self
1978	Young Music Show TV	Self
1977	Queen: Definitive Houston MOVIE	Self
1977	The BRIT Awards TV	Self
1977	Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena MOVIE	Self
1977	Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall MOVIE	Self
1976	Domenica In TV	Self
1976	Queen: Live in Hyde Park MOVIE	Self
1975	Queen: A Night at the Odeon MOVIE	Self - Guitar
1975	Numéro un TV	Self - Queen
1974	Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74 MOVIE	Self
1973	Queen: Queen I MOVIE	Self
1971	Great Performances TV	Self
1951	NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen TV	Queem + Adam Lambert

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