Brian May

Actor

Born July 19, 1947 in Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK

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

Midnight Dreamers

Masters of the Universe

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

Self

Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime

Self

The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

Self

Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me

Self

Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time

Self

Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud

The Rory Gallagher Story

Self

Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

Self

Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future

Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

Self (archive footage)

Queen Rock Montreal

Brian May (self)

Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari

Self

Rock: the origin

Self (archive footage)

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

Self

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Self

Rhapsody Over London

Self

ABBA V Queen

Self (archive footage)

Platinum Party at the Palace

Self

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act

Self

Queen at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre

Self

Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente

Self (archive footage)

Queen: The Band that Rocked the World

Self

Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World

Self - Guitar

Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party

Self

Reunited Apart

Self

We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen

Self

Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia

Self

Newscast

Self

Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park

Self

13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen

Self (archive footage)

The Day We Walked on the Moon

Self

Liam Gallagher: As It Was

Self

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story

Self - Guitar Player Queen

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony

Self

Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid

Self

The Look and Sound of Queen

Self

Bohemian Rhapsody

Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen

Self (archive footage)

Queen : The American Dream

Self (archive footage)

QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]

Self

Life After Flash

Self

Queen: Rock the World

Self - Member Queen

Buddy Holly: Rave On

Self

Freedom : La Story de George Michael

Self (archive footage)

Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World

Self

Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)

Self

Queen: A Night in Bohemia

Self (archive footage)

Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody

Self - Queen

The Ritchie Blackmore Story

Self

Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015

Self - Guitars

51 Degrees North

Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live

Self - Guitars

Die Helene Fischer Show 2014

Self

The Nation's Favourite Queen Song

Self

One Night in Hell

The Joy of the Guitar Riff

Self

Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux

Self

Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary

Self

Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival

Self

The Sunflower Superjam 2012

Self

Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010

Self

London 2012 Olympic Games

Self

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Self

Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86

Self

Queen: A Magic Year

Self (archive footage)

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

Self

Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine

Self

Evening Urgant

Self

The Story of Musicals

Self

Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising

Self - Queen (uncredited)

Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert

Self - Guest Guitar

My Chemical Romance: Readings

Brian May's Brief History of 3D

Self - Host

Queen: Days of Our Lives

Self

Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits

Self

I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

Self

Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom

Self

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge

Self

Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine

Self

The Story of the Yardbirds

Self

Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid

Queen Under Review: 1973-1980

Self (archive footage)

Queen: Rock Case Studies

Self (archive footage)

Seven Ages of Rock

Self

Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe

Foo Fighters: Hyde Park

Self - Guest

The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen

Self

Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

Self

Queen: On the Rock Trail

Self

Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan

Self

Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera

Self

Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions

Self - Guitar, Vocals

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

Self

Live Aid Against All Odds

Self

Dancing with the Stars

The Strat Pack: Live in Concert

Self

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

Self

Live Aid

Self

Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall

Self

Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl

Self (Vocals / Guitar)

Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2

Self - Queen

Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq

Self - Performer

Queen: Greatest Video Hits

Self (archive footage)

Inside the Rhapsody

Self

American Idol

Self

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace

Self - Performer

Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends

Self

Killer Queen!

Self (archive footage)

Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary

Self

Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam

Self

Queen - Heaven

Self

Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker

Self

Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story

Self

Queen: Is This The Real Life?

Self

Furia

Parkinson

Self

Classic Albums

Self

Queen: Made in Heaven

The Queen Phenomenon

Self

Queen: Champions of the World

Self

Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux

The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy

Self

Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993

Self

Pavarotti & Friends

Self

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

Self

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

Self

Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985

Self

Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night

Self - Guitar

Queen: Days of Our Lives

Self

Queen: Greatest Flix II

Self (archive footage)

Queen: Greatest Flix I and II

Self (archive footage)

Guitar

Self

Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey

Self

Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space

Self (archive footage)

Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3

Self

This Morning

Self

Téléthon

Self

Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology

Self

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1

Self

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2

Self

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3

Self

Queen: Live in Japan 1982

Self

Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium

Guitars

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1

Self - Performer

Highlander

Queen: Live Aid

Guitar, Vocals

Live Aid

Self

Queen: Live In Rio

Self - Vocal, Guitar

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

Red Hot Rock

Self - Queen Guitarist

The Man Who Saved the World

We Will Rock You

Self

QUEEN - The Hot Space Box

Self

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea

Self

Queen: Live in Argentina

Self

Queen: Greatest Flix

Self (archive footage)

Flash Gordon

The Queen Special

Self

Question Time

Self - Panellist

Queen: Live At Budokan

Self

Live Killers

Self

Young Music Show

Queen: Definitive Houston

Self

The BRIT Awards

Self

Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena

Self

Domenica In

Self

Queen: Live in Hyde Park

Self

Queen: A Night at the Odeon

Self - Guitar

Numéro un

Self - Queen

Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74

Self

Queen: Queen I

Great Performances

Self

NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen

Queem + Adam Lambert