Brian May
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Series
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
Self
2010
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Classic Albums
Self
1997
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Series
Numéro un
Self - Queen
1975
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Series
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
Queem + Adam Lambert
1951
Series
Domenica In
Self
1976
Series
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Daytime Live
Self
1987
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The BRIT Awards
Self
1977
Series
Newscast
Self
2020
Series
Seven Ages of Rock
Self
2007
ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Series
Téléthon
Self
1987
Series
Evening Urgant
Self
2012
The Michael Ball Show
Self
2010
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
Self - Guitars
2014
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The Story of Musicals
Self
2012
Series
London 2012 Olympic Games
Self
2012
Film
Live Aid
Self
1985
Film
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Series
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
Self
2025
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
Self
2013
Film
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Self
2022
Film
Queen: Champions of the World
Self
1995
Film
Killer Queen!
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Self
2022
Film
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Self - Guitar Player Queen
2019
The Shadows At Sixty
Self
2020
Film
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Self
2024
Film
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Self
2011
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Queen: Live Aid
Guitar, Vocals
1985
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Self
1992
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Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
Self
1977
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
Self
2020
Film
Rock: the origin
Self (archive footage)
2023
Queen: Live in Tokyo
Self
1979
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Young Music Show
1978
Film
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
Self
2002
Film
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
Guitars
1986
Film
Rhapsody Over London
Self
2022
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Queen: Live in Hyde Park
Self
1976
Film
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self
2022
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Queen: Live in Argentina
Self
1981
Film
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Self
2012
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Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
Self
2012
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Queen - Heaven
Self
2001
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The Story of the Yardbirds
Self
2008
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Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
Self
1974
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Platinum Party at the Palace
Self
2022
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Queen: A Night in Bohemia
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
Self
1993
Film
Live Aid Against All Odds
Self
2005
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
Self
2012
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Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Self
2005
Film
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
Self - Guest
2006
Film
Queen: Rock the World
Self - Member Queen
2017
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London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Self
2012
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Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
Self (archive footage)
2018
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The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
Self
2004
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Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
Self
2019
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Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Self
2006
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We Will Rock You
Self
1982
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We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
Self
2020
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Queen: Live At Budokan
Self
1979
Film
Red Hot Rock
Self - Queen Guitarist
1984
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Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Self - Host
2011
Film
Queen : The American Dream
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Queen Rock Montreal
Brian May (self)
2024
Film
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
Self
2001
Film
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Self
1981
Film
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
Self
2000
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Life After Flash
Self
2017
Film
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Self
2024
Film
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
Self
1992
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Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Self
1992
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Queen: On the Rock Trail
Self
2006
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
Self
2020
Film
Queen: Greatest Flix II
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Queen: Live In Rio
Self - Vocal, Guitar
1985
Film
My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
2011
Film
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
Self - Guitar
2020
Film
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Self
1991
Film
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
Self - Guitar
1975
Film
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
Film
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Self
2019
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The Look and Sound of Queen
Self
2019
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The Day We Walked on the Moon
Self
2019
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Queen: Live in Japan 1982
Self
1986
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The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Self
2013
Foxes Live: Wild in the City
Self
2012
Film
Live Aid
Self
2004
Film
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Self
2005
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Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Self - Performer
2002
Film
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
Self
2023
Film
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
Self
2019
Film
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
Self
2015
Film
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
Self - Queen
2003
Film
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Pavarotti & Friends
Self
1992
Film
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
Self
1989
VH1 Rock Honors
Self
2006
Film
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
Self
2014
Film
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
Self
1982
Film
The Queen Special
Self
1980
Queen: Music Video Box Documentary
Self (archive footage)
2006
Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews
Self
2006
Film
Buddy Holly: Rave On
Self
2017
Film
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
Self
2006
Film
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
Self
2020
Film
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
Self
1990
Film
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
Self - Performer
1986
Film
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
Self
2014
Film
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
Self
2009
Film
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
Self
1987
Film
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
Self
2014
Film
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Self
2019
Film
Queen: Rock Case Studies
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Queen: Greatest Flix
Self (archive footage)
1981
Queen: Will Rock You
Self
2014
Film
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Queen: Is This the Real Life?
Self
1999
Film
The Rory Gallagher Story
Self
2024
Film
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
Film
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
Film
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
Self - Queen
2015
Film
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
Self - Guitar, Vocals
2005
Film
ABBA V Queen
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Self
2011
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QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
Self
2017
Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall
Self
1977
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Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
Self - Performer
2003
Film
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Self
2002
Film
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Self
2024
Film
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
Film
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
Self
2002
Film
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
Self
2014
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Queen: Queen I
1973
Film
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
Self
2016
Film
Queen at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Queen: Definitive Houston
Self
1977
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Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
Self
1987
Film
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
Self
2006
Film
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
Self
2021
Film
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
Self
1987
Film
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
Self - Queen (uncredited)
2011
Film
Guitar
Self
1991
Film
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
Self
2014
Film
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
Film
The Queen Phenomenon
Self
1995
Film
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
Self
2024
Film
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
Self (Vocals / Guitar)
2004
Film
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
Self (archive footage)
1989
Film
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
Self - Guest Guitar
2011
Film
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
Film
Inside the Rhapsody
Self
2002
Film
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
Self - Guitar
1991
Film
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
Self
2011
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Self
1993
Film
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
Self
2016
Film
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
Self
2004
Film
Live Killers
Self
1979
Film
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
Self
2013
Film
Queen: A Magic Year
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
Film
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
Self
1987
Film
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
Self
2006
Film
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
Self - Guitars
2015
Film
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
Self
2011
Film
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
Self
2024
Film
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
Self
1994