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Brian May

Acting • 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).

Known For

Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium

Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium

1986

Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid

Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid

2007

Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future

Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future

2024

Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future

Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future

2024

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary

2025

The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words

The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words

2024

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Filmography

2025
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the WorldTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.9
2025
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th AnniversaryFilm
★ 9.7
2024
Queen Rock MontrealFilm
Brian May (self)
★ 8.4
2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the FutureFilm
★ 9.0
2024
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
2024
Andrea Bocelli 30: The CelebrationFilm
Self
★ 5.8
2024
Rory Gallagher: Calling CardFilm
Self
★ 8.5
2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the FutureFilm
★ 8.0
2024
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and MeFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2024
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All TimeFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2024
The Yardbirds - In Their Own WordsFilm
★ 9.0
2024
Katy Perry: Night of a LifetimeFilm
Self
2024
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and ProudFilm
2024
The Rory Gallagher StoryFilm
Self
2023
Zucchero | Sugar FornaciariFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2023
Rock: the originFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
2022
Freddie Mercury: The Final ActFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute ConcertFilm
Self
★ 7.9
2022
Platinum Party at the PalaceFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2022
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of LifeFilm
Self
2022
Rhapsody Over LondonFilm
Self
2022
ABBA V QueenFilm
Self (archive footage)
2021
Queen at the BBCFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
2021
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner JahreFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2020
NewscastTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The WorldFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 8.6
2020
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten MomenteFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
2020
Reunited ApartTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.5
2020
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre QueenFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2020
Queen: The Band that Rocked the WorldFilm
Self
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight AustraliaFilm
Self
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch PartyFilm
Self
2020
The Shadows At SixtyFilm
Self
2019
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert StoryFilm
Self - Guitar Player Queen
★ 7.3
2019
Liam Gallagher: As It WasFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2019
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live AidFilm
Self
★ 8.9
2019
The Day We Walked on the MoonFilm
Self
★ 5.6
2019
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction CeremonyFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2019
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central ParkFilm
Self
2019
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and QueenFilm
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Look and Sound of QueenFilm
Self
2018
Freddie Mercury: The King of QueenFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
2017
Life After FlashFilm
Self
★ 5.6
2017
Queen: Rock the WorldFilm
Self - Member Queen
★ 7.9
2017
Buddy Holly: Rave OnFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2017
Queen : The American DreamFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
2017
QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]Film
Self
2016
Queen: A Night in BohemiaFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 8.2
2016
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)Film
Self
★ 7.0
2016
Freedom : La Story de George MichaelFilm
Self (archive footage)
2016
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another WorldFilm
Self
2015
The Ritchie Blackmore StoryFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2015
Queen: From Rags to RhapsodyFilm
Self - Queen
★ 7.5
2015
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015Film
Self - Guitars
★ 7.1
2014
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben LiveFilm
Self - Guitars
★ 9.5
2014
The Joy of the Guitar RiffFilm
Self
★ 8.2
2014
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014Film
Self
★ 9.0
2014
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at MontreuxFilm
Self
★ 5.5
2014
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary DocumentaryFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2014
Queen: Will Rock YouFilm
Self
2014
The Nation's Favourite Queen SongFilm
Self
2013
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music FestivalFilm
Self
★ 8.7
2013
The Sunflower Superjam 2012Film
Self
2013
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010Film
Self
2012
Freddie Mercury: The Great PretenderFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2012
Evening UrgantTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British MusicFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2012
Queen: A Magic YearFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 5.7
2012
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, UkraineFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2012
The Story of MusicalsTV
Self • 1 episodes
2012
London 2012 Olympic GamesTV
Self • 1 episodes
2012
Foxes Live: Wild in the CityTV
Self • 4 episodes
2011
Queen: Days of Our LivesFilm
Self
★ 8.1
2011
Story Of Queen: Mercury RisingFilm
Self - Queen (uncredited)
★ 7.1
2011
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big HitsFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2011
Brian May's Brief History of 3DFilm
Self - Host
★ 7.0
2011
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the CavernFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2011
My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011Film
2011
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse ConcertFilm
Self - Guest Guitar
2011
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat BoomFilm
Self
2010
BBC Radio 1's Live LoungeTV
Self • 1 episodes
2010
The Michael Ball ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
2009
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in UkraineFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2009
Number One!TV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
2008
The Story of the YardbirdsFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2007
Seven Ages of RockTV
Self • 7 episodes
★ 9.2
2007
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live AidFilm
★ 8.1
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.5
2007
Queen: Rock Case StudiesFilm
Self (archive footage)
2007
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980Film
Self (archive footage)
2007
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In EuropeFilm
2006
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the OperaFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2006
Foo Fighters: Hyde ParkFilm
Self - Guest
★ 7.3
2006
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of MagicFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2006
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and QueenFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2006
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In JapanFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2006
Queen: On the Rock TrailFilm
Self
2006
Queen: Bohemian Champions - InterviewsFilm
Self
2006
VH1 Rock HonorsFilm
Self
2006
Queen: Music Video Box DocumentaryFilm
Self (archive footage)
2005
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the ChampionsFilm
Self - Guitar, Vocals
★ 6.1
2005
The Strat Pack: Live in ConcertFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2005
Live Aid Against All OddsFilm
Self
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago TodayFilm
Self
2004
Queen on Fire: Live at the BowlFilm
Self (Vocals / Guitar)
★ 8.2
2004
The Story of Bohemian RhapsodyFilm
Self
★ 8.1
2004
Live AidFilm
Self
★ 9.2
2004
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert HallFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2003
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2Film
Self - Queen
★ 8.8
2003
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS IraqFilm
Self - Performer
2002
American IdolTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2002
Queen: Greatest Video HitsFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 9.2
2002
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham PalaceFilm
Self - Performer
★ 6.4
2002
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary DocumentaryFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2002
Killer Queen!Film
Self (archive footage)
2002
Queen: Live at the Museum Square AmsterdamFilm
Self
2002
Jerry Lee Lewis and FriendsFilm
Self
2002
Inside the RhapsodyFilm
Self
2001
Motörhead: 25 & Alive BoneshakerFilm
Self
★ 5.8
2001
Queen - HeavenFilm
Self
2001
Queen - Rock MontrealFilm
2000
Freddie Mercury: The Untold StoryFilm
Self
★ 7.7
1999
Queen: Is This the Real Life?Film
Self
★ 8.0
1998
ParkinsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
1997
Classic AlbumsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1997
The Rhythm of LifeTV
★ 10.0
1995
Queen: Champions of the WorldFilm
Self
★ 8.3
1995
The Queen PhenomenonFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1994
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At MontreuxFilm
1994
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton AcademyFilm
Self
1993
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank ZappaFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1993
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993Film
Self
1992
The Freddie Mercury Tribute ConcertFilm
Self
★ 8.4
1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaFilm
Self
★ 7.8
1992
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985Film
Self
★ 8.0
1992
Pavarotti & FriendsFilm
Self
★ 7.8
1992
ECHO-VerleihungTV
Self • 1 episodes
1991
Queen: Days of Our LivesFilm
Self
★ 6.7
1991
Queen: Greatest Flix IIFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.9
1991
Queen: Greatest Flix I and IIFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
1991
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock NightFilm
Self - Guitar
1991
GuitarFilm
Self
1990
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll OdysseyFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1989
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and SpaceFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
1989
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3Film
Self
1988
This MorningTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
1987
Daytime LiveTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.5
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1Film
Self
★ 8.5
1987
TéléthonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2Film
Self
★ 9.0
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3Film
Self
★ 7.0
1987
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual AnthologyFilm
Self
★ 6.5
1986
Queen: Live at Wembley StadiumFilm
Guitars
★ 8.5
1986
Queen: Live in BudapestFilm
Self
★ 8.2
1986
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1Film
Self
★ 8.0
1986
Queen: Live in Japan 1982Film
Self
★ 7.0
1985
Live AidFilm
Self
★ 7.8
1985
Queen: Live AidFilm
Self - Guitar, Vocals
★ 8.8
1985
Queen: Live in RioFilm
Self - Vocal, Guitar
★ 8.4
1984
MTV Video Music AwardsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1984
Red Hot RockFilm
Self - Queen Guitarist
★ 4.2
1982
We Will Rock YouFilm
Self
★ 8.1
1982
The TubeTV
1982
QUEEN - The Hot Space BoxFilm
Self
1981
Queen: Greatest FlixFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 8.7
1981
Concerts for the People of KampucheaFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1981
Queen: Live in ArgentinaFilm
Self
1980
The Queen SpecialFilm
Self
1979
Question TimeTV
Self - Panellist • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
1979
Live KillersFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 7.0
1979
Queen: Live in TokyoFilm
Self
1979
Queen: Live At BudokanFilm
Self
1978
Young Music ShowTV
1977
Queen: Live at Earl's Court ArenaFilm
Self
★ 7.1
1977
The BRIT AwardsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
1977
Queen: Definitive HoustonFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1977
Queen: An Evening At The Concert HallFilm
Self
1976
Domenica InTV
Self • 1 episodes
1976
Queen: Live in Hyde ParkFilm
Self
1975
Numéro unTV
Self - Queen • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1975
Queen: A Night at the OdeonFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 7.9
1974
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74Film
Self
★ 8.1
1973
Queen: Queen IFilm
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1951
NHK Kōhaku Uta-GassenTV
Queem + Adam Lambert • 1 episodes
★ 8.0