Brian May
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 19 July 1947 · 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).
Known for
Production 5
- 2026Midnight Dreamers · producer
- 2022Rhapsody Over London · executive producer
- 2018Bohemian Rhapsody · producer
- 2004Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl · executive producer
- 2001Queen - Heaven · producer
Acting 159
- 2025Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
- 2025Queen I Limited Edition
- 2025Live Aid At 40 The Concert as Self
- 2024Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime as Self
- 2024The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words
- 2024Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration as Self
- 2024Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me as Self
- 2024Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time as Self
- 2024Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
- 2024The Rory Gallagher Story as Self
- 2024Rory Gallagher: Calling Card as Self
- 2024Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
- 2024Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
- 202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Queen Rock Montreal as Brian May (self)
- 2023Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari as Self
- 2023Rock: the origin as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2022Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert as Self
- 2022Rhapsody Over London as Self
- 2022ABBA V Queen as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Platinum Party at the Palace as Self
- 2022Freddie Mercury: The Final Act as Self
- 2021Queen at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre as Self
- 2020Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Queen: The Band that Rocked the World as Self
- 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World as Self - Guitar
- 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party as Self
- 2020The Shadows At Sixty as Self
- 2020We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen as Self
- 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia as Self
- 2019Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park as Self
- 201913 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen as Self (archive footage)
- 2019The Day We Walked on the Moon as Self
- 2019Liam Gallagher: As It Was as Self
- 2019The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story as Self - Guitar Player Queen
- 2019Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2019The Look and Sound of Queen as Self
- 2019Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid as Self
- 2018Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen as Self (archive footage)
- 2017QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary] as Self
- 2017Queen : The American Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Life After Flash as Self
- 2017Queen: Rock the World as Self - Member Queen
- 2017Buddy Holly: Rave On as Self
- 2016Freedom : La Story de George Michael as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World as Self
- 2016Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa) as Self
- 2016Queen: A Night in Bohemia as Self (archive footage)
- 2015Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody as Self - Queen
- 2015The Ritchie Blackmore Story as Self
- 2015Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015 as Self - Guitars
- 2014Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live as Self - Guitars
- 2014Die Helene Fischer Show 2014 as Self
- 2014The Nation's Favourite Queen Song as Self
- 2014Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion as Self
- 2014The Joy of the Guitar Riff as Self
- 2014Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux as Self
- 2014Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary as Self
- 2014Queen: Will Rock You as Self
- 2013Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival as Self
- 2013The Sunflower Superjam 2012 as Self
- 2013Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 as Self
- 2012Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender as Self
- 2012Queen: A Magic Year as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Queen: Budapest as Self
- 2012London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music as Self
- 2012Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine as Self
- 2011Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising as Self - Queen (uncredited)
- 2011Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert as Self - Guest Guitar
- 2011My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
- 2011Brian May's Brief History of 3D as Self - Host
- 2011Queen: Days of Our Lives as Self
- 2011Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits as Self
- 2011I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern as Self
- 2011Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom as Self
- 2009Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine as Self
- 2008The Story of the Yardbirds as Self
- 2007Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
- 2007Queen Under Review: 1973-1980 as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Queen: Rock Case Studies as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
- 2006Foo Fighters: Hyde Park as Self - Guest
- 2006The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen as Self
- 2006Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic as Self
- 2006Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews as Self
- 2006VH1 Rock Honors as Self
- 2006Queen: On the Rock Trail as Self
- 2006Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan as Self
- 2006Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera as Self
- 2006Queen: Music Video Box Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 2005Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions as Self - Guitar, Vocals
- 2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today as Self
- 2005Live Aid Against All Odds as Self
- 2005The Strat Pack: Live in Concert as Self
- 2004The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody as Self
- 2004Live Aid as Self
- 2004Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall as Self
- 2004Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl as Self (Vocals / Guitar)
- 2003Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 as Self - Queen
- 2003Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq as Self - Performer
- 2002Inside the Rhapsody as Self
- 2002Queen: Greatest Video Hits as Self (archive footage)
- 2002Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace as Self - Performer
- 2002Killer Queen! as Self (archive footage)
- 2002Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends as Self
- 2002Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary as Self
- 2002Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam as Self
- 2001Queen - Heaven as Self
- 2001Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker as Self
- 2000Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story as Self
- 1999Queen: Is This the Real Life? as Self
- 1995The Queen Phenomenon as Self
- 1995The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
- 1995Queen: Champions of the World as Self
- 1994Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
- 1994The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy as Self
- 1993Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993 as Self
- 1993A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa as Self
- 1992Pavarotti & Friends as Self
- 1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as Self
- 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as Self
- 1992Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985 as Self
- 1991Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night as Self - Guitar
- 1991Queen: Days of Our Lives as Self
- 1991Queen: Greatest Flix II as Self (archive footage)
- 1991Queen: Greatest Flix I and II as Self (archive footage)
- 1991Guitar as Self
- 1990Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey as Self
- 1989Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space as Self (archive footage)
- 1989Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3 as Self
- 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3 as Self
- 1987Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology as Self
- 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2 as Self
- 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1 as Self
- 1986Queen: Live in Japan 1982 as Self
- 1986Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium as Guitars
- 1986Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1 as Self - Performer
- 1985Live Aid as Self
- 1985Queen: Live Aid as Self - Guitar, Vocals
- 1985Queen: Live in Rio as Self - Vocal, Guitar
- 1984Red Hot Rock as Self - Queen Guitarist
- 1982We Will Rock You as Self
- 1982QUEEN - The Hot Space Box as Self
- 1981Concerts for the People of Kampuchea as Self
- 1981Queen: Live in Argentina as Self
- 1981Queen: Greatest Flix as Self (archive footage)
- 1980The Queen Special as Self
- 1979Queen: Live in Tokyo as Self
- 1979Queen: Live At Budokan as Self
- 1979Live Killers as Self - Guitar
- 1977Queen: Definitive Houston as Self
- 1977Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena as Self
- 1977Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall as Self
- 1976Queen: Live in Hyde Park as Self
- 1975Queen: A Night at the Odeon as Self - Guitar
- 1974Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74 as Self
- 1973Queen: Queen I
Sound 9
- 2018Bohemian Rhapsody · songs
- 201551 Degrees North · original music composer
- 2014One Night in Hell · music
- 1999Furia · original music composer
- 1997Queen: Made in Heaven · music
- 1986Highlander · songs
- 1982The Man Who Saved the World · music
- 1982We Will Rock You · songs
- 1980Flash Gordon · music
Writing 1
- 2017Queen: Rock the World · writer