Person
Brian May
Acting · Born 1947-07-19 · Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
Biography
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
Great Performances
Self
Dancing with the Stars
Thanks
Question Time
Self - Panellist
American Idol
Self
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
Numéro un
Self - Queen
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
Parkinson
Self
Bohemian Rhapsody
Producer
Filmography
- 2025Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
- 2025Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the WorldSelf
- 2024Katy Perry: Night of a LifetimeSelf
- 2024The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
- 2024Andrea Bocelli 30: The CelebrationSelf
- 2024Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and MeSelf
- 2024Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All TimeSelf
- 2024Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
- 2024The Rory Gallagher StorySelf
- 2024Rory Gallagher: Calling CardSelf
- 2024Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
- 2024Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
- 202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60Self (archive footage)
- 2024Queen Rock MontrealBrian May (self)
- 2023Zucchero | Sugar FornaciariSelf
- 2023Rock: the originSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of LifeSelf
- 2022Taylor Hawkins Tribute ConcertSelf
- 2022Rhapsody Over LondonSelf
- 2022ABBA V QueenSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Platinum Party at the PalaceSelf
- 2022Freddie Mercury: The Final ActSelf
- 2021Queen at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner JahreSelf
- 2020Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten MomenteSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Queen: The Band that Rocked the WorldSelf
- 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The WorldSelf - Guitar
- 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch PartySelf
- 2020The Shadows At SixtySelf
- 2020Reunited ApartSelf
- 2020We are the Champions - 50 Jahre QueenSelf
- 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight AustraliaSelf
- 2020NewscastSelf
- 2019Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central ParkSelf
- 201913 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and QueenSelf (archive footage)
- 2019The Day We Walked on the MoonSelf
- 2019Liam Gallagher: As It WasSelf
- 2019The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert StorySelf - Guitar Player Queen
- 2019Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction CeremonySelf
- 2019Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live AidSelf
- 2019The Look and Sound of QueenSelf
- 2018Bohemian RhapsodyProducer
- 2018Freddie Mercury: The King of QueenSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Queen : The American DreamSelf (archive footage)
- 2017QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]Self
- 2017Life After FlashSelf
- 2017Queen: Rock the WorldSelf - Member Queen
- 2017Buddy Holly: Rave OnSelf
- 2016Freedom : La Story de George MichaelSelf (archive footage)
- 2016Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another WorldSelf
- 2016Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)Self
- 2016Queen: A Night in BohemiaSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Queen: From Rags to RhapsodySelf - Queen
- 2015The Ritchie Blackmore StorySelf
- 2015Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015Self - Guitars
- 201551 Degrees NorthOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben LiveSelf - Guitars
- 2014Die Helene Fischer Show 2014Self
- 2014The Nation's Favourite Queen SongSelf
- 2014One Night in HellMusic
- 2014The Joy of the Guitar RiffSelf
- 2014Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at MontreuxSelf
- 2014Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary DocumentarySelf
- 2014Queen: Will Rock YouSelf
- 2013Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music FestivalSelf
- 2013The Sunflower Superjam 2012Self
- 2013Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010Self
- 2012London 2012 Olympic GamesSelf
- 2012Freddie Mercury: The Great PretenderSelf
- 2012Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86Self
- 2012Queen: A Magic YearSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Angry Birds join Freddie For A Day!Songs
- 2012London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British MusicSelf
- 2012Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, UkraineSelf
- 2012Foxes Live: Wild in the CitySelf
- 2012Evening UrgantSelf
- 2012The Story of MusicalsSelf
- 2011Story Of Queen: Mercury RisingSelf - Queen (uncredited)
- 2011Foo Fighters The Roundhouse ConcertSelf - Guest Guitar
- 2011My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
- 2011Brian May's Brief History of 3DSelf - Host
- 2011Queen: Days of Our LivesSelf
- 2011Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big HitsSelf
- 2011I Was There: When the Beatles Played the CavernSelf
- 2011Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat BoomSelf
- 2010The Michael Ball ShowSelf
- 2010BBC Radio 1's Live LoungeSelf
- 2009Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in UkraineSelf
- 2008The Story of the YardbirdsSelf
- 2007Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
- 2007Queen Under Review: 1973-1980Self (archive footage)
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
- 2007Queen: Rock Case StudiesSelf (archive footage)
- 2007Seven Ages of RockSelf
- 2007Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
- 2006Foo Fighters: Hyde ParkSelf - Guest
- 2006The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and QueenSelf
- 2006Freddie Mercury: A Kind of MagicSelf
- 2006Queen: Bohemian Champions - InterviewsSelf
- 2006VH1 Rock HonorsSelf
- 2006Queen: On the Rock TrailSelf
- 2006Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In JapanSelf
- 2006Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the OperaSelf
- 2006Queen: Music Video Box DocumentarySelf (archive footage)
- 2005Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the ChampionsSelf - Guitar, Vocals
- 2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago TodaySelf
- 2005Live Aid Against All OddsSelf
- 2005Dancing with the StarsThanks
- 2005The Strat Pack: Live in ConcertSelf
- 2004The Story of Bohemian RhapsodySelf
- 2004Live AidSelf
- 2004Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert HallSelf
- 2004Queen on Fire: Live at the BowlSelf (Vocals / Guitar)
- 2003Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2Self - Queen
- 2003Pavarotti & Friends for SOS IraqSelf - Performer
- 2002Queen: Greatest Video HitsSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Inside the RhapsodySelf
- 2002American IdolSelf
- 2002Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham PalaceSelf - Performer
- 2002Jerry Lee Lewis and FriendsSelf
- 2002Killer Queen!Self (archive footage)
- 2002Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary DocumentarySelf
- 2002Queen: Live at the Museum Square AmsterdamSelf
- 2001Queen - HeavenSelf
- 2001Motörhead: 25 & Alive BoneshakerSelf
- 2000Freddie Mercury: The Untold StorySelf
- 1999Queen: Is This The Real Life?Self
- 1999FuriaOriginal Music Composer
- 1998ParkinsonSelf
- 1997Classic AlbumsSelf
- 1997Queen: Made in HeavenMusic
- 1995The Queen PhenomenonSelf
- 1995Queen: Champions of the WorldSelf
- 1994Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
- 1994The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton AcademySelf
- 1993Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993Self
- 1993A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank ZappaSelf
- 1992Pavarotti & FriendsSelf
- 1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaSelf
- 1992ECHO-VerleihungSelf
- 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute ConcertSelf
- 1992Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985Self
- 1991Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock NightSelf - Guitar
- 1991Queen: Days of Our LivesSelf
- 1991Queen: Greatest Flix IISelf (archive footage)
- 1991Queen: Greatest Flix I and IISelf (archive footage)
- 1991GuitarSelf
- 1990Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll OdysseySelf
- 1989Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and SpaceSelf (archive footage)
- 1989Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3Self
- 1988This MorningSelf
- 1987TéléthonSelf
- 1987Queen: Magic Years - A Visual AnthologySelf
- 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2Self
- 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1Self
- 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3Self
- 1987Daytime LiveSelf
- 1986Queen: Live in Japan 1982Self
- 1986Queen: Live at Wembley StadiumGuitars
- 1986Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1Self - Performer
- 1986HighlanderSongs
- 1985Queen: Live AidGuitar, Vocals
- 1985Live AidSelf
- 1985Queen: Live In RioSelf - Vocal, Guitar
- 1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelf
- 1984Red Hot RockSelf - Queen Guitarist
- 1982The Man Who Saved the WorldMusic
- 1982We Will Rock YouSelf
- 1982QUEEN - The Hot Space BoxSelf
- 1981Concerts for the People of KampucheaSelf
- 1981Queen: Live in ArgentinaSelf
- 1981Queen: Greatest FlixSelf (archive footage)
- 1980Flash GordonMusic
- 1980The Queen SpecialSelf
- 1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist
- 1979Queen: Live in TokyoSelf
- 1979Queen: Live At BudokanSelf
- 1979Live KillersSelf
- 1978Young Music Show
- 1977Queen: Definitive HoustonSelf
- 1977The BRIT AwardsSelf
- 1977Queen: Live at Earl's Court ArenaSelf
- 1977Queen: An Evening At The Concert HallSelf
- 1976Domenica InSelf
- 1976Queen: Live in Hyde ParkSelf
- 1975Queen: A Night at the OdeonSelf - Guitar
- 1975Numéro unSelf - Queen
- 1974Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74Self
- 1973Queen: Queen I
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1951NHK Kōhaku Uta-GassenQueem + Adam Lambert
- —Midnight DreamersProducer
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