Roger Taylor
Known for: Acting
Roger Meddows Taylor (born 26 July 1949) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the rock band Queen. As a drummer, he was recognised early in his career for his unique sound. In addition to his drum work, he is well known for his falsetto vocal range. He sometimes played keyboards, guitars and bass on his own songs. Alongside his bandmate, Brian May, he has a short cameo in Queen's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Filmography
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
Eurovision Song Contest
Self - Interval Act
1956
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
TFI Friday
1996
Series
Classic Albums
Self
1997
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
Numéro un
Self - Queen
1975
Series
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
Queem + Adam Lambert
1951
Series
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Series
Seven Ages of Rock
Self
2007
Series
Evening Urgant
Self
2012
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
Self - Drums
2014
Series
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
Self
2025
Film
Live Aid
Self
1985
Film
Killer Queen!
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Self - Drummer Queen
2019
Film
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Self
2022
Film
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Self
1992
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
Self
2013
Film
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Self
2011
Film
Queen: Champions of the World
Self
1995
Film
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1985
Film
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
Self
2002
Film
Queen: Live Aid
Drums, Vocals
1985
Queen: Live in Tokyo
Self
1979
Film
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
Self
1977
Film
Rock: the origin
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Self
2022
Film
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
Drums
1986
Film
Queen: Rock the World
Self - Member Queen
2017
Series
Young Music Show
1978
Film
Red Hot Rock
Self - Queen Drummer
1984
Film
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Count Me In
Self
2021
Film
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
Self
2004
Film
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
Self
2012
Film
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Self
2006
Film
Queen: Live in Hyde Park
Self
1976
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
Self
2020
Film
We Will Rock You
Self
1982
Film
Queen: Live in Argentina
Self
1981
Film
Queen Rock Montreal
Roger Taylor (self)
2024
Film
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Self
2012
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
Self
2019
Film
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
Self
1974
Film
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Self
1991
Film
Live Aid Against All Odds
Self
2005
Film
Queen : The American Dream
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Queen - Heaven
Self
2001
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
Self
2012
Film
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
Self
2000
Film
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
Self - Guest
2006
Film
The Queen Special
Self
1980
Film
The Look and Sound of Queen
Self
2019
Film
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Self
2012
Film
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
Self
1986
Film
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Self - Performer
2002
Film
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
Self
2020
Film
Queen: Greatest Flix II
Self (archive footage)
1991
VH1 Rock Honors
Self
2006
Film
A Concert by the Lake
Self
2010
Film
Live Aid
Self
2004
Film
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
Self
2017
Film
Rhapsody Over London
Self
2022
Film
Queen: On the Rock Trail
Self
2006
Film
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
Self - Drums
1975
Film
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
Self
2014
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
Self
2020
Film
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
Self - Queen
2003
Film
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
Self
2006
Film
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
Self
1992
Film
Queen: Is This the Real Life?
Self
1999
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
Self - Drummer
2020
Film
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
Self
1987
Film
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Self
1981
Film
Queen: Live In Rio
Self - Vocal, Drums
1985
Film
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Self
2019
Film
When Albums Ruled the World
Self
2013
Film
Welcome to the Darkness
Self
2023
Film
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
Self - Drums, Vocals
2005
Film
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
Self
2020
Film
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Self
1992
Queen: Will Rock You
Self
2014
Film
Queen: Rock Case Studies
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Queen: Queen I
1973
Film
Queen at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
Self
2016
Film
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005
Film
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
Self
2009
Film
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
Self - Queen
2015
Queen: Music Video Box Documentary
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Inside the Rhapsody
Self
2002
Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews
Self
2006
Film
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
Self
2013
Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall
Self
1977
Film
Queen: Greatest Flix
Self (archive footage)
1981
Film
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
Self
1989
Film
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
Self
1982
Film
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
Self - Performer
2003
Film
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
Self (archive footage)
1989
Film
The Queen Phenomenon
Self
1995
Film
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
Self
2024
Film
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
Self
1987
Film
ABBA V Queen
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Queen: Definitive Houston
Self
1977
Film
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
Self
2006
Film
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
Self
1987
Film
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
Self - Queen (uncredited)
2011
Film
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
Film
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Self
2002
Film
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
Self
2014
Film
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
Self
2021
Film
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
Self (Vocals / Drums)
2004
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Film
QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
Self
2017
Film
Freddie Mercury: A Christmas Story
Self
2019
Film
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
Self
1994
Film
Queen: A Magic Year
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
Self
2006
Film
Live Killers
Self - Drums
1979
Film
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
Self
1987
Film
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
Film
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
Self - Drums
2015
Marc Bolan: The Final Word
2007
Roger Taylor: Live at the Cyberbarn
1999
Film
Roger Taylor - The Lot
2013