Brian May
- Acting
- July 19, 1947 · Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Midnight Dreamers · Producer
- Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
- Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World · Self
- Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime · Self
- The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words
- Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration · Self
- Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me · Self
- Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time · Self
- Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
- The Rory Gallagher Story · Self
- Rory Gallagher: Calling Card · Self
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
- 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 · Self
- Queen Rock Montreal · Brian May (self)
- Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari · Self
- Rock: the origin · Self
- Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life · Self
- Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert · Self
- Rhapsody Over London · Self, Executive producer
- ABBA V Queen · Self
- Platinum Party at the Palace · Self
- Freddie Mercury: The Final Act · Self
- Queen at the BBC · Self
- Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre · Self
- Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente · Self
- Queen: The Band that Rocked the World · Self
- Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World · Self
- Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party · Self
- The Shadows At Sixty · Self
- Reunited Apart · Self
- We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen · Self
- Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia · Self
- Newscast · Self
- Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park · Self
- 13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen · Self
- The Day We Walked on the Moon · Self
- Liam Gallagher: As It Was · Self
- The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story · Self
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony · Self
- Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid · Self
- The Look and Sound of Queen · Self
- Bohemian Rhapsody · Producer, Music Producer
- Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen · Self
- Queen : The American Dream · Self
- QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary] · Self
- Life After Flash · Self
- Queen: Rock the World · Self, Writer
- Buddy Holly: Rave On · Self
- Freedom : La Story de George Michael · Self
- Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World · Self
- Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa) · Self
- Queen: A Night in Bohemia · Self
- Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody · Self
- The Ritchie Blackmore Story · Self
- Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015 · Self
- 51 Degrees North · Music
- Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live · Self
- Die Helene Fischer Show 2014 · Self
- The Nation's Favourite Queen Song · Self
- One Night in Hell · Music
- The Joy of the Guitar Riff · Self
- Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux · Self
- Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary · Self
- Queen: Will Rock You · Self
- Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival · Self
- The Sunflower Superjam 2012 · Self
- Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 · Self
- London 2012 Olympic Games · Self
- Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender · Self
- Queen: A Magic Year · Self
- London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music · Self
- Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine · Self
- Foxes Live: Wild in the City · Self
- Evening Urgant · Self
- The Story of Musicals · Self
- Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising · Self
- Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert · Self
- My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
- Brian May's Brief History of 3D · Self