Brian May
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).
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Acting History
2025
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World as Self
2024Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime as Self
2024The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration as Self
2024Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me as Self
2024Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time as Self
2024Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024The Rory Gallagher Story as Self
2024Rory Gallagher: Calling Card as Self
2024Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60 as Self (archive footage)
2023Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari as Self
2023Rock: the origin as Self (archive footage)
2023Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
2022Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert as Self
2022Rhapsody Over London as Self
2022ABBA V Queen as Self (archive footage)
2022Platinum Party at the Palace as Self
2022Freddie Mercury: The Final Act as Self
2021Queen at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2021Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre as Self
2020Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente as Self (archive footage)
2020Queen: The Band that Rocked the World as Self
2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World as Self - Guitar
2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party as Self
2020Reunited Apart as Self
2020We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen as Self
2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia as Self
2020Newscast as Self
2019Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park as Self
201913 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen as Self (archive footage)
2019The Day We Walked on the Moon as Self
2019Liam Gallagher: As It Was as Self
2019The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story as Self - Guitar Player Queen
2019Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony as Self
2019The Look and Sound of Queen as Self
2019Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid as Self
2018Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen as Guitar
2017Queen : The American Dream as Self (archive footage)
2017QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary] as Self
2017Life After Flash as Self
2017Queen: Rock the World as Self - Member Queen
2017Buddy Holly: Rave On as Self
2016Freedom : La Story de George Michael as Self (archive footage)
2016Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World as Self
2016Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa) as Self
2016Queen: A Night in Bohemia as Self (archive footage)
2015Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody as Self - Queen
2015The Ritchie Blackmore Story as Self
2015Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015 as Self - Guitars
2014Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live as Self - Guitars
2014Die Helene Fischer Show 2014 as Self
2014The Nation's Favourite Queen Song as Self
2014Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion as Self
2014The Joy of the Guitar Riff as Self
2014Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux as Self
2014Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary as Self
2014Queen: Will Rock You as Self
2013Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival as Self
2013The Sunflower Superjam 2012 as Self
2013Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 as Self
2012London 2012 Olympic Games as Self
2012Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender as Self
2012Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86 as Self
2012Queen: A Magic Year as Self (archive footage)
2012Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine as Self
2012Foxes Live: Wild in the City as Self
2012Evening Urgant as Self
2012The Story of Musicals as Self
2011Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising as Self - Queen (uncredited)
2011Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert as Self - Guest Guitar
2011My Chemical Romance: Readings
2011Brian May's Brief History of 3D as Self - Host
2011Queen: Days of Our Lives as Self
2011Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits as Self
2011I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern as Self
2011Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom as Self
2010The Michael Ball Show as Self
2010BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2009Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine as Self
2008The Story of the Yardbirds as Self
2007Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007Queen Under Review: 1973-1980 as Self (archive footage)
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007Queen: Rock Case Studies as Self (archive footage)
2007Seven Ages of Rock as Self
2007Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2006Foo Fighters: Hyde Park as Self - Guest
2006The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen as Self
2006Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic as Self
2006Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews as Self
2006VH1 Rock Honors as Self
2006Queen: On the Rock Trail as Self
2006Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan as Self
2006Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera as Self
2006Queen: Music Video Box Documentary as Self (archive footage)
2005Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today as Self
2005Live Aid Against All Odds as Self
2005The Strat Pack: Live in Concert as Self
2004The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody as Self
2004Live Aid as Self
2004Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall as Self
2004Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl as Self (Vocals / Guitar)
2003Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 as Self - Queen
2002Queen: Greatest Video Hits as Self (archive footage)
2002Inside the Rhapsody as Self
2002Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace as Self - Performer
2002Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends as Self
2002Killer Queen! as Self (archive footage)
2002Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary as Self
2002Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam as Self
2001Queen - Heaven as Self
2001Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker as Self
2000Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story as Self
1998Parkinson as Self
1997Classic Albums as Self
1995The Queen Phenomenon as Self
1995Queen: Champions of the World as Self
1994Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy as Self
1993Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993 as Self
1993A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa as Self
1992Pavarotti & Friends as Self
1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as Self
1992ECHO-Verleihung as Self
1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as Self
1992Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan as Self
1991Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night as Self - Guitar
1991Queen: Days of Our Lives as Self
1991Queen: Greatest Flix II as Self (archive footage)
1991Queen: Greatest Flix I and II as Self (archive footage)
1991Guitar as Self
1990Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey as Self
1989Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space as Self (archive footage)
1989Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3 as Self
1988This Morning as Self
1987Téléthon as Self
1987Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology as Self
1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3 as Self
1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2 as Self
1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1 as Self
1987Daytime Live as Self
1986Queen: Live in Japan 1982 as Self
1986Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium as Self – Guitars
1985Queen: Live Aid as guitar, vocals
1985Live Aid as Self
1985Queen: Live In Rio as Self - Vocal, Guitar
1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1984Red Hot Rock as Self - Queen Guitarist
1982We Will Rock You as Self
1982QUEEN - The Hot Space Box as Self
1981Concerts for the People of Kampuchea as Self
1981Queen: Live in Argentina as Self
1981Queen: Greatest Flix as Self (archive footage)
1980The Queen Special as Self - Musician
1979Question Time as Self - Panellist
1979Queen: Live in Tokyo as Self
1979Queen: Live At Budokan as Self
1979Live Killers as Self
1978Young Music Show
1977Queen: Definitive Houston as Self
1977Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena as Self
1977Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall as Self
1976Domenica In as Self
1976Queen: Live in Hyde Park as Self
1975Queen: A Night at the Odeon as Self - Guitar
1975Numéro un as Self - Queen
1974Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74 as Self
1971Great Performances as Self
1951NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen as Queem + Adam Lambert
—Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq