Brian May
b. 1947 (age 79)
Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
Actor
Composer
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). Description above is from the Wikipedia article Brian May, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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BBC Proms
2025 Self
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★ 8.4
Queen Rock Montreal
2024 Self
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★ 8.8
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024 Self
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★ 8.0
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024 Self
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★ 7.8
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024 Self
Director
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Jean Michel Jarre: Live in Bratislava
2024 Self
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Live in Bratislava
2024 Actor
Guitar
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James Burton & Friends: the Rock & Roll Supershow
2024 Self
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★ 7.3
Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari
2023 Actor
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Space Connects Us
2023 Self
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★ 8.8
Taylor Hawkins: Tribute Concert
2022 Self
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★ 7.7
Rock in Rio: A História
2022 Self
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★ 7.8
Freddie Mercury - The Final Act
2021 Self
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★ 9.0
Queen Forever - The Freddie Mercury Story
2021 Self
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Clive Davis Virtual Pre-Grammy Gala Part 2
2021 Self
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★ 7.1
Andy and the Band
2020 Actor
Godfather of Rock
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★ 7.9
The Shadows at Sixty
2020 Self
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Coronavirus: Learn how to deal with isolation, from astronauts
2020 Self
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★ 7.2
The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2019 Self
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★ 6.7
Life After Flash
2017 Self
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★ 7.0
Queen: Rock the World
2017 Self
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★ 7.3
How to Survive an Asteroid Strike: An Asteroid Day Special
2017 Self
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A Residence above the Clouds
2017 Actor
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★ 8.5
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
2016 Actor
Composer
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★ 8.0
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016 Self
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★ 7.6
Inside Buckingham Palace
2016 Self
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Scientists Rock
2016 Self
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★ 7.5
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015 Self
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★ 4.3
51 Degrees North
2015 Composer
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★ 7.1
Queen: Behind the Rhapsody
2015 Self
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★ 8.5
Taste: What's Going on - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
2015 Self
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★ 7.9
Queen & Adam Lambert Rock Big Ben Live
2015 Self
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★ 7.2
One Night in Hell
2014 Composer
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★ 7.8
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014 Self
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★ 7.2
Brian May & Kerry Ellis: The Candlelight concerts - Live at Montreux 2013
2014 Actor
Director
Composer
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★ 6.6
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
2014 Self
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iHeartRadio Live! with Queen + Adam Lambert
2014 Actor
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Diamonds Are Forever: The Don Black Songbook
2014 Self
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The British Animal Honours
2013 Self
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★ 7.7
Sir Patrick Moore: Astronomer, Broadcaster, Eccentric
2012 Self
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Foxes Live: Wild in the City
2012 Self
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Gunners
2012 Self
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★ 8.4
Queen: Days of Our Lives
2011 Self
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★ 7.6
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011 Self
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Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
2011 Self
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The Queen Interview with Brian May and Aaron Truss
2010 Self
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★ 8.1
Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert
2009 Self
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Rick Wakeman - Face to Face
2009 Self
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Pop Galerie Reloaded
2009 Self
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★ 5.6
46664: A Concert for Nelson Mandela
2008 Self
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★ 6.9
Happy Hour
2007 Self
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★ 6.2
Queen: One Vision
2007 Actor
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★ 9.2
The Queen at 80
2006 Self
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Queen und Budapest - How We Won the East
2006 Self
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Queen: Die Show
2006 Self
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★ 8.3
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005 Self
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Queen - En gränslös rapsodi
2005 Self
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★ 7.7
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004 Self
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Pavarotti & Friends for Irak
2003 Self
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★ 7.9
Lemmy
2002 Self
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★ 7.3
Killer Queen!
2002 Self
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★ 7.8
The Stretch
2000 Composer
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★ 5.3
Furia
1999 Composer
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Gute Nacht, Gottschalk
1998 Self
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VH1 Talk Music
1998 Self
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★ 5.5
Heart-ache
1996 Writer
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★ 8.6
Queen: Champions of the World
1995 Self
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★ 7.7
The Queen Phenomenon: In the Lap of the Gods
1995 Self
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Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story
1993 Self
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Pop Goes Summer
1993 Self
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Ein Leben als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa
1993 Self
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★ 7.8
Pavarotti & Friends
1992 Self
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Brit Awards 1992
1992 Self
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★ 8.6
Queen: The Days of Our Lives
1991 Self
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★ 9.1
Queen Live at Wembley '86
1986 Self
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★ 8.6
Queen Live in Budapest
1986 Self
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★ 8.2
Queen Live in Rio
1986 Self
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★ 9.2
We Are the Champions
1985 Self
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★ 9.4
Queen: Live Aid
1985 Self
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Greenpeace Non-toxic Video Hits
1985 Self
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★ 8.3
The Queen Special
1980 Self
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★ 9.0
The Champions
1979 Self
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Follies
1979 Self
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Dance with the Devil: The Legend of Cozy Powell
Self