Brian May

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-19 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK

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). Description...

Acting

1986

2021

Queen at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2011

2022

ABBA V Queen

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Freedom : La Story de George Michael

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Rock: the origin

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Queen: Rock Case Studies

as Self (archive footage)

2006

1982

2011

Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising

as Self - Queen (uncredited)

1991

Queen: Greatest Flix II

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Guitar

as Self

2004

Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl

as Self (Vocals / Guitar)

1985

Queen: Live Aid

as guitar, vocals

2015

2003

2006

1984

Red Hot Rock

as Self (Queen guitarist)

2012

Queen: A Magic Year

as Self (archive footage)

1979

2002

Queen: Greatest Video Hits

as Self (archive footage)

2002

Killer Queen!

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Queen: A Night in Bohemia

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Queen Under Review: 1973-1980

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Queen: Music Video Box Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Queen: Greatest Flix I and II

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Queen - Live in Rio

as Self - Vocal, Guitar

1981

Queen: Greatest Flix

as Self (archive footage)

1975

2017

Queen: Rock the World

as Self - Member Queen

1985

Live Aid

as Self

2017

2017

Queen : The American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

1980

The Queen Special

as Self - Musician

2004

Live Aid

as Self

2024

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Production

1999

Furia

as Original Music Composer

-

2022

Rhapsody Over London

as Executive Producer

2014

1980

Flash Gordon

as Music

1982

2018

2018

Bohemian Rhapsody

as Music Producer

2004

Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl

as Executive Producer

1986

Highlander

as Songs

2001

Queen - Heaven

as Producer

2015

51 Degrees North

as Original Music Composer

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