Brian May
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 · 168
Great Performances
1971 · Self
American Idol
2002 · Self
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010 · Self
Question Time
1979 · Self - Panellist
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self
Parkinson
1998 · Self
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951 · Queem + Adam Lambert
Numéro un
1975 · Self - Queen
Newscast
2020 · Self
Domenica In
1976 · Self
Classic Albums
1997 · Self
The BRIT Awards
1977 · Self
Téléthon
1987 · Self
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
Seven Ages of Rock
2007 · Self
Evening Urgant
2012 · Self
The Story of Musicals
2012 · Self
London 2012 Olympic Games
2012 · Self
Live Aid
1985 · Self
This Morning
1988 · Self
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025 · Self
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Killer Queen!
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Young Music Show
1978
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
2002 · Self
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019 · Self - Guitar Player Q...
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022 · Self
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
1977 · Self
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992 · Self
Queen: Champions of the World
1995 · Self
Life After Flash
2017 · Self
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012 · Self
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024 · Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022 · Self
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
1986 · Guitars
Red Hot Rock
1984 · Self - Queen Guitarist
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
2012 · Self
Queen: Live Aid
1985 · Self - Guitar, Vocals
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
2019 · Self
Queen: Live At Budokan
1979 · Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005 · Self
Queen Rock Montreal
2024 · Brian May (self)
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
We Will Rock You
1982 · Self
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992 · Self
Rock: the origin
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990 · Self
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
1975 · Self - Guitar
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
2014 · Self - Guitars
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Queen: Days of Our Lives
2011 · Self
Queen - Heaven
2001 · Self
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022 · Self
ABBA V Queen
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
1974 · Self
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019 · Self
Pavarotti & Friends
1992 · Self
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002 · Self - Performer
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023 · Self
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
1992 · Self
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012 · Self
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
2024 · Self
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011 · Self - Host
Rhapsody Over London
2022 · Self
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002 · Self
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Queen: On the Rock Trail
2006 · Self
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005 · Self - Guitar, Vocals
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Platinum Party at the Palace
2022 · Self
Live Aid
2004 · Self
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
2015 · Self - Queen
Queen: Rock the World
2017 · Self - Member Queen
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011 · Self
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
2020 · Self
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005 · Self
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
2000 · Self
The Story of the Yardbirds
2008 · Self
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
1989 · Self
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981 · Self
The Day We Walked on the Moon
2019 · Self
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
2019 · Self
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004 · Self
Queen: Greatest Flix II
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
2020 · Self - Guitar
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006 · Self
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
2006 · Self
Queen : The American Dream
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
2014 · Self
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 · Self
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005 · Self
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
2009 · Self
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
2006 · Self - Guest
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
2001 · Self
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
2016 · Self (archive footage)
The Queen Special
1980 · Self
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014 · Self
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Guitar
1991 · Self
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011 · Self - Guest Guitar
Queen: Live in Hyde Park
1976 · Self
Queen: Days of Our Lives
1991 · Self
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
2016 · Self
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003 · Self - Queen
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
2020 · Self
Queen: Is This the Real Life?
1999 · Self
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
2014 · Self
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
2011 · Self - Queen (uncredit...
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
2020 · Self
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
2024 · Self
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
2011 · Self
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
2006 · Self
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
2013 · Self
My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
2011
Buddy Holly: Rave On
2017 · Self
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013 · Self
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
2020 · Self
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QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
2017 · Self
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
2019 · Self
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
2004 · Self
Queen: Live in Argentina
1981 · Self
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
1982 · Self
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015 · Self
Queen: Live In Rio
1985 · Self - Vocal, Guitar
Queen: Greatest Flix
1981 · Self (archive footage)
Queen: Definitive Houston
1977 · Self
Inside the Rhapsody
2002 · Self
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
2002 · Self
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
1989 · Self (archive footage)
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Queen: Queen I
1973
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
2003 · Self - Performer
The Look and Sound of Queen
2019 · Self
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
1987 · Self
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986 · Self - Performer
Queen at the BBC
2021 · Self (archive footage)
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014 · Self
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024 · Self
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
1986 · Self
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014 · Self
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
2015 · Self - Guitars
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
2021 · Self
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024 · Self
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
1987 · Self
Queen: Rock Case Studies
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
1987 · Self
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
2004 · Self (Vocals / Guitar)
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
1987 · Self
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016 · Self
Live Killers
1979 · Self - Guitar
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
1991 · Self - Guitar
The Queen Phenomenon
1995 · Self
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
2013 · Self
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
2011 · Self
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
2006 · Self
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
1993 · Self
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
1994 · Self
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024 · Self
Queen: A Magic Year
2012 · Self (archive footage)