Brian May
Known for: Acting
Born: July 19, 1947
Place of birth: Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
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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Filmography
164 movies · 27 TV shows, newest first
9.7
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
6.9
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025
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Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
2024
9.0
The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words
2024
5.8
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
7.5
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024
7.0
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
2024
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Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
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The Rory Gallagher Story
2024
8.5
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
9.0
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
8.0
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
9.0
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
8.2
Queen Rock Montreal
2024
7.6
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023
10.0
Rock: the origin
2023
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Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
7.9
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
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Rhapsody Over London
2022
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ABBA V Queen
2022
6.0
Platinum Party at the Palace
2022
6.7
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
7.2
Queen at the BBC
2021
8.0
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
2021
10.0
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
2020
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Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
2020
8.6
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
2020
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Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
2020NR
The Shadows At Sixty
2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
8.0
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
2020
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Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
2020
6.0
Newscast
2020
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Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
2019
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13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
2019
5.6
The Day We Walked on the Moon
2019
6.7
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
2019
7.4
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
7.0
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
2019
8.9
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019
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The Look and Sound of Queen
2019
8.0
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
7.2
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018
10.0
Queen : The American Dream
2017![QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2F4B6S9dMJ0VFXI4CN1L2LlZsR1sW.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
2017
5.6
Life After Flash
2017
7.7
Queen: Rock the World
2017
7.5
Buddy Holly: Rave On
2017
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Freedom : La Story de George Michael
2016
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Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016
7.0
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
2016
8.2
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
2016
7.5
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
2015
7.5
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
7.1
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
2015
3.8
51 Degrees North
2015
9.5
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
2014
9.0
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014
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The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014
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One Night in Hell
2014
7.7
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
5.5
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
2014
5.0
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
2014NR
Queen: Will Rock You
2014
8.7
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
2013
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The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
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Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
2013
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London 2012 Olympic Games
2012
7.3
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012
8.2
Queen: Budapest
2012
5.7
Queen: A Magic Year
2012
6.9
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
6.0
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
2012NR
Foxes Live: Wild in the City
2012
7.1
Evening Urgant
2012
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The Story of Musicals
2012
7.2
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
2011
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Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011
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My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
2011
7.0
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
8.1
Queen: Days of Our Lives
2011
7.8
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
2011
5.0
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
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Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
2011NR
The Michael Ball Show
2010
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BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010
9.0
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
2009
8.0
The Story of the Yardbirds
2008
7.9
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
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Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
20074.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
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Queen: Rock Case Studies
2007
9.2
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
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Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
7.3
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
2006
7.0
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
2006
7.0
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006NR
Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews
2006NR
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
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Queen: On the Rock Trail
2006
6.0
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
2006
6.5
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
2006NR
Queen: Music Video Box Documentary
2006
6.1
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005
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Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
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Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
8.0
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005
8.1
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
9.2
Live Aid
2004
6.4
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
2004
8.2
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
2004
8.8
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003
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Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
2003
9.2
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
2002
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Inside the Rhapsody
2002
5.0
American Idol
2002
6.4
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
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Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
2002
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Killer Queen!
2002
9.0
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002
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Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
2002
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Queen - Heaven
2001
5.8
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
2001
7.7
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
2000
8.0
Queen: Is This the Real Life?
1999
5.4
Furia
1999
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Parkinson
1998
7.7
Classic Albums
1997
8.0
Queen: Made in Heaven
1997
8.0
The Queen Phenomenon
1995
8.3
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
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Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
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The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
1994
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Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
19939.0
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
1993
7.8
Pavarotti & Friends
1992
7.8
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992NR
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
8.5
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
8.0
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
1992
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Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
1991
6.7
Queen: Days of Our Lives
1991
7.9
Queen: Greatest Flix II
1991
10.0
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
1991
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Guitar
1991
8.0
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990
10.0
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
1989
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Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
1989
5.2
This Morning
1988
5.0
Téléthon
1987
6.5
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
1987
9.0
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
1987
8.5
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
1987
7.0
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
19873.5
Daytime Live
1987
7.0
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
1986
8.5
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
1986
8.0
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986
6.9
Highlander
1986
8.8
Queen: Live Aid
1985
7.9
Live Aid
1985
8.6
Queen: Live in Rio
1985
7.9
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
4.3
Red Hot Rock
1984
4.8
The Man Who Saved the World
1982
8.1
We Will Rock You
1982
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QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
1982
8.0
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
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Queen: Live in Argentina
1981
8.7
Queen: Greatest Flix
1981
6.3
Flash Gordon
1980
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The Queen Special
1980
5.9
Question Time
1979NR
Queen: Live in Tokyo
1979
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Queen: Live At Budokan
1979
7.0
Live Killers
1979
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Young Music Show
1978
9.0
Queen: Definitive Houston
1977
10.0
The BRIT Awards
1977
6.8
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
1977NR
Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall
1977
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Domenica In
1976
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Queen: Live in Hyde Park
1976
7.9
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
1975
7.5
Numéro un
1975
8.1
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
1974
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Queen: Queen I
1973
6.1
Great Performances
1971
8.0
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951
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Midnight Dreamers
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