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