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Brian May
Born 1947-07-19
📍 Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
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).
Filmography 165
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
as Self
2025
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
as Self
2024
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
as Self
2024
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
as Self
2024
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
as Self
2024
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
The Rory Gallagher Story
as Self
2024
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
as Self
2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
as Self
2023
Rock: the origin
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
as Self
2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
as Self
2022
Rhapsody Over London
as Self
2022
ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Platinum Party at the Palace
as Self
2022
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
as Self
2022
Queen at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
as Self
2021
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
as Self
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
as Self - Guitar
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
as Self
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
as Self
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
as Self
2020
Newscast
as Self
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
as Self
2019
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Day We Walked on the Moon
as Self
2019
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
as Self
2019
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
as Self - Guitar Player Queen
2019
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
as Self
2019
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
as Self
2019
The Look and Sound of Queen
as Self
2019
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Queen : The American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2017
QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
as Self
2017
Life After Flash
as Self
2017
Queen: Rock the World
as Self - Member Queen
2017
Buddy Holly: Rave On
as Self
2017
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
as Self
2016
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
as Self
2016
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
as Self - Queen
2015
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
as Self
2015
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
as Self - Guitars
2015
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
as Self - Guitars
2014
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
as Self
2014
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
as Self
2014
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
as Self
2014
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
as Self
2014
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
as Self
2014
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
as Self
2013
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
as Self
2013
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
as Self
2013
London 2012 Olympic Games
as Self
2012
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
as Self
2012
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
as Self
2012
Queen: A Magic Year
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
as Self
2012
Evening Urgant
as Self
2012
The Story of Musicals
as Self
2012
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
as Self - Queen (uncredited)
2011
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
as Self - Guest Guitar
2011
My Chemical Romance: Readings
2011
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
as Self - Host
2011
Queen: Days of Our Lives
as Self
2011
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
as Self
2011
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
as Self
2011
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
as Self
2011
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
as Self
2010
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
as Self
2009
The Story of the Yardbirds
as Self
2008
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Queen: Rock Case Studies
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Seven Ages of Rock
as Self
2007
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
as Self - Guest
2006
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
as Self
2006
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
as Self
2006
Queen: On the Rock Trail
as Self
2006
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
as Self
2006
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
as Self
2006
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
2005
Live Aid Against All Odds
as Self
2005
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
as Self
2005
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
as Self
2004
Live Aid
as Self
2004
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
as Self
2004
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
as Self (Vocals / Guitar)
2004
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
as Self - Queen
2003
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
as Self - Performer
2003
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Inside the Rhapsody
as Self
2002
American Idol
as Self
2002
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
as Self - Performer
2002
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
as Self
2002
Killer Queen!
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
as Self
2002
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
as Self
2002
Queen - Heaven
as Self
2001
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
as Self
2001
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
as Self
2000
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
The Queen Phenomenon
as Self
1995
Queen: Champions of the World
as Self
1995
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
as Self
1994
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
as Self
1993
Pavarotti & Friends
as Self
1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
as Self
1992
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
as Self
1992
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
as Self
1992
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
as Self - Guitar
1991
Queen: Days of Our Lives
as Self
1991
Queen: Greatest Flix II
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Guitar
as Self
1991
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
as Self
1990
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
as Self (archive footage)
1989
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
as Self
1989
This Morning
as Self
1988
Téléthon
as Self
1987
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
as Self
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
as Self
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
as Self
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
as Self
1987
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
as Self
1986
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
as Guitars
1986
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
as Self - Performer
1986
Queen: Live Aid
as Guitar, Vocals
1985
Live Aid
as Self
1985
Queen: Live In Rio
as Self - Vocal, Guitar
1985
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
Red Hot Rock
as Self - Queen Guitarist
1984
We Will Rock You
as Self
1982
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
as Self
1982
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
as Self
1981
Queen: Live in Argentina
as Self
1981
Queen: Greatest Flix
as Self (archive footage)
1981
The Queen Special
as Self
1980
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
1979
Queen: Live At Budokan
as Self
1979
Live Killers
as Self
1979
Young Music Show
1978
Queen: Definitive Houston
as Self
1977
The BRIT Awards
as Self
1977
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
as Self
1977
Domenica In
as Self
1976
Queen: Live in Hyde Park
as Self
1976
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
as Self - Guitar
1975
Numéro un
as Self - Queen
1975
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
as Self
1974
Queen: Queen I
1973
Great Performances
as Self
1971
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
as Queem + Adam Lambert
1951