Brian Wilson
Actor
Born June 20, 1942 in Inglewood, California, USA
Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. Wilson was considered a major innovator in the field of music production, the principal originator of the California Sound, one of the first music producer auteurs, and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument. The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or co-producers. He was a major influence on the retrospectively-termed "sunshine pop" and Flower Power music that proceeded.
Filmography
The Beach Boys
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Bad Vibrations
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
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The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Self (archive footage)
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
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Streetlight Harmonies
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My Music: A Classic Christmas
Self - The Beach Boys (archive footage)
The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
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Brian Wilson at la Baloise Session
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The Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971
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I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
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Brian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Love & Mercy
Self (Archive Footage)
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th Anniversary
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The Beach Boys: Doin' It Again
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…Sings Musicals
Self (archive footage)
Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
Himself
Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Self - The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
Self (archive footage)
Going Home
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Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
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The Wrecking Crew
Self - The Beach Boys Co-Founder
Beach Boys: Surfin' Success
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Mellodrama
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Cease to Exist
Self (archive footage)
Musicares Presents a Tribute to Brian Wilson
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The Swinging 60's - The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
Legends
Self (archive footage)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
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Tales of the Rat Fink
The Surfite (voice)
Live 8
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Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
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Brian Wilson Presents: Pet Sounds – Live in London
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Pet Stories
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Duck Dodgers
Brian Wilson (voice)
The Beach Boys: The Lost Concert
Self (uncredited)
Brian Wilson: On Tour
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
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Hack
Raymond Henley
Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys
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Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Self - Performer
An All-Star Tribute To Brian Wilson
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The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
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Brian Wilson: A Beach Boy's Tale
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Brian Wilson’s Imagination
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The Beach Boys and The Satan
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Behind the Music
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Classic Albums
Self - The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds
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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Self – Founder of The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
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The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Self - Guest
Full House
Brian Wilson
Disorderlies
Himself
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
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The Return of Bruno
Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys: An American Band
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Live Aid
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Champs-Elysées
Self - The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys: A Celebration Concert
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The Beach Boys: Live At Knebworth
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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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The Beach Boys: It's OK
Self (The Beach Boys)
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Self - Beach Boys member
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest / Security Guard
The Beach Boys: Live In Paris, 1969
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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Omnibus
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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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The Jack Benny Hour
Self (uncredited)
The Monkey's Uncle
Self - The Beach Boys
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Beach Boy
The Girls on the Beach
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Beach Blanket Bingo
Beach Boy
The T.A.M.I. Show
Self - The Beach Boys
The Ed Sullivan Show
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