- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
Brian May
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
movieMasters of the Universe
2026 · Music
movieAndrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
tvLive Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025 · Self
movieKaty Perry: Night of a Lifetime
2024 · Self
movieThe Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
movieAndrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024 · Self
movieBrian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024 · Self
movieQueen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
2024 · Self
movieAdam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
movieThe Rory Gallagher Story
2024 · Self
movieRory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024 · Self
movieJean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
movieJean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
movie60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen Rock Montreal
2024 · Brian May (self)
movieZucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023 · Self
movieRock: the origin
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieMeat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022 · Self
movieTaylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022 · Self
movieRhapsody Over London
2022 · Self, Executive Producer
movieABBA V Queen
2022 · Self (archive footage)
moviePlatinum Party at the Palace
2022 · Self
movieFreddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022 · Self
movieQueen at the BBC
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieDer Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
2021 · Self
movieDie Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen: The Band that Rocked the World
2020 · Self
movieQueen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
2020 · Self - Guitar
movieQueen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
2020 · Self
The Shadows At Sixty
2020 · Self
tvReunited Apart
2020 · Self
movieWe are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
2020 · Self
movieQueen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
2020 · Self
tvNewscast
2020 · Self
movieQueen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
2019 · Self
movie13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Day We Walked on the Moon
2019 · Self
movieLiam Gallagher: As It Was
2019 · Self
movieThe Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019 · Self - Guitar Player Queen
movieRock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
2019 · Self
movieBohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019 · Self
movieThe Look and Sound of Queen
2019 · Self
movieBohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Producer, Music Producer, Songs
movieFreddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen : The American Dream
2017 · Self (archive footage)
![QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/4B6S9dMJ0VFXI4CN1L2LlZsR1sW.jpg)
movieQUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
2017 · Self
movieLife After Flash
2017 · Self
movieQueen: Rock the World
2017 · Self - Member Queen, Writer
movieBuddy Holly: Rave On
2017 · Self
movieFreedom : La Story de George Michael
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieTangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016 · Self
movieQueen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
2016 · Self
movieQueen: A Night in Bohemia
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen: From Rags to Rhapsody
2015 · Self - Queen
movieThe Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015 · Self
movieQueen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
2015 · Self - Guitars
movie51 Degrees North
2015 · Original Music Composer
movieQueen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
2014 · Self - Guitars
movieDie Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014 · Self
movieThe Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014 · Self
movieOne Night in Hell
2014 · Music
movieThe Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014 · Self
movieBrian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
2014 · Self
movieBad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
2014 · Self
Queen: Will Rock You
2014 · Self
movieQueen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
2013 · Self
movieThe Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013 · Self
movieQueen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
2013 · Self
tvLondon 2012 Olympic Games
2012 · Self
movieFreddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012 · Self
movieQueen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
2012 · Self
movieQueen: A Magic Year
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieLondon 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012 · Self
movieQueen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 · Self
Foxes Live: Wild in the City
2012 · Self
tvEvening Urgant
2012 · Self
tvThe Story of Musicals
2012 · Self
movieStory Of Queen: Mercury Rising
2011 · Self - Queen (uncredited)
movieFoo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011 · Self - Guest Guitar
movieMy Chemical Romance: Readings
2011
movieBrian May's Brief History of 3D
2011 · Self - Host
movieQueen: Days of Our Lives
2011 · Self
movieTop of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
2011 · Self
movieI Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011 · Self
movieVox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
2011 · Self
The Michael Ball Show
2010 · Self
tvBBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010 · Self
movieQueen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
2009 · Self
movieThe Story of the Yardbirds
2008 · Self
movieQueen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
movieQueen Under Review: 1973-1980
2007 · Self (archive footage)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
movieQueen: Rock Case Studies
2007 · Self (archive footage)
tvSeven Ages of Rock
2007 · Self
movieQueen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
movieFoo Fighters: Hyde Park
2006 · Self - Guest
movieThe Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
2006 · Self
movieFreddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006 · Self
Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews
2006 · Self
VH1 Rock Honors
2006 · Self
movieQueen: On the Rock Trail
2006 · Self
movieQueen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
2006 · Self
movieClassic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
2006 · Self
Queen: Music Video Box Documentary
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005 · Self - Guitar, Vocals
movieLive Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005 · Self
movieLive Aid Against All Odds
2005 · Self
tvDancing with the Stars
2005 · Thanks
movieThe Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005 · Self
movieThe Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004 · Self
movieLive Aid
2004 · Self
movieZucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
2004 · Self
movieQueen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
2004 · Self (Vocals / Guitar), Executive Producer
movieQueen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003 · Self - Queen
moviePavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
2003 · Self - Performer
movieQueen: Greatest Video Hits
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieInside the Rhapsody
2002 · Self
tvAmerican Idol
2002 · Self
movieParty at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002 · Self - Performer
movieJerry Lee Lewis and Friends
2002 · Self
movieKiller Queen!
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002 · Self
movieQueen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
2002 · Self
movieQueen - Heaven
2001 · Self, Producer
movieMotörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
2001 · Self
movieFreddie Mercury: The Untold Story
2000 · Self
movieQueen: Is This The Real Life?
1999 · Self
movieFuria
1999 · Original Music Composer
tvParkinson
1998 · Self
tvClassic Albums
1997 · Self
movieQueen: Made in Heaven
1997 · Music
movieThe Queen Phenomenon
1995 · Self
movieQueen: Champions of the World
1995 · Self
moviePaul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
movieThe Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
1994 · Self
movieBrian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
1993 · Self
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
1993 · Self
moviePavarotti & Friends
1992 · Self
movieMetallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992 · Self
ECHO-Verleihung
1992 · Self
movieThe Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992 · Self
movieQueen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
1992 · Self
movieGuitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
1991 · Self - Guitar
movieQueen: Days of Our Lives
1991 · Self
movieQueen: Greatest Flix II
1991 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueen: Greatest Flix I and II
1991 · Self (archive footage)
movieGuitar
1991 · Self
movieBon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990 · Self
movieQueen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
1989 · Self (archive footage)
movieHard 'N Heavy Volume 3
1989 · Self
tvThis Morning
1988 · Self
tvTéléthon
1987 · Self
movieQueen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
1987 · Self
movieQueen: The Magic Years vol. 2
1987 · Self
movieQueen: The Magic Years vol. 1
1987 · Self
movieQueen: The Magic Years vol. 3
1987 · Self
Daytime Live
1987 · Self
movieQueen: Live in Japan 1982
1986 · Self
movieQueen: Live at Wembley Stadium
1986 · Guitars
moviePrince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986 · Self - Performer
movieHighlander
1986 · Songs
movieQueen: Live Aid
1985 · Guitar, Vocals
movieLive Aid
1985 · Self
movieQueen: Live In Rio
1985 · Self - Vocal, Guitar
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self
movieRed Hot Rock
1984 · Self - Queen Guitarist
movieThe Man Who Saved the World
1982 · Music
movieWe Will Rock You
1982 · Self, Songs
movieQUEEN - The Hot Space Box
1982 · Self
movieConcerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981 · Self
movieQueen: Live in Argentina
1981 · Self
movieQueen: Greatest Flix
1981 · Self (archive footage)
movieFlash Gordon
1980 · Music
movieThe Queen Special
1980 · Self
tvQuestion Time
1979 · Self - Panellist
Queen: Live in Tokyo
1979 · Self
movieQueen: Live At Budokan
1979 · Self
movieLive Killers
1979 · Self
tvYoung Music Show
1978
movieQueen: Definitive Houston
1977 · Self
tvThe BRIT Awards
1977 · Self
movieQueen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
1977 · Self
Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall
1977 · Self
tvDomenica In
1976 · Self
movieQueen: Live in Hyde Park
1976 · Self
movieQueen: A Night at the Odeon
1975 · Self - Guitar
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self - Queen
movieQueen: Live at the Rainbow '74
1974 · Self
movieQueen: Queen I
1973
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
tvNHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951 · Queem + Adam Lambert
movieMidnight Dreamers
— · Producer