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Brian May
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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…
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- Born
- Jul 19, 1947
- Birthplace
- Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
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).
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Queen: Queen I
1973
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74Self
1974
Queen: A Night at the OdeonSelf - Guitar
1975
Queen: Live in Hyde ParkSelf
1976QA
Queen: An Evening At The Concert HallSelf
1977
Queen: Definitive HoustonSelf
1977
Queen: Live at Earl's Court ArenaSelf
1977
Live KillersSelf - Guitar
1979
Queen: Live At BudokanSelf
1979QL
Queen: Live in TokyoSelf
1979
Flash GordonMusic
1980
The Queen SpecialSelf
1980
Concerts for the People of KampucheaSelf
1981
Queen: Greatest FlixSelf (archive footage)
1981
Queen: Live in ArgentinaSelf
1981
QUEEN - The Hot Space BoxSelf
1982
The Man Who Saved the WorldMusic
1982
We Will Rock YouSelf
1982We Will Rock YouSongs
1982
Red Hot RockSelf - Queen Guitarist
1984
Live AidSelf
1985
Queen: Live AidSelf - Guitar, Vocals
1985
Queen: Live in RioSelf - Vocal, Guitar
1985
HighlanderSongs
1986
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1Self
1986
Queen: Live at Wembley StadiumGuitars
1986
Queen: Live in BudapestSelf
1986
Queen: Live in Japan 1982Self
1986
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual AnthologySelf
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1Self
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2Self
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3Self
1987
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3Self
1989
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and SpaceSelf (archive footage)
1989
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll OdysseySelf
1990
GuitarSelf
1991
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock NightSelf - Guitar
1991
Queen: Days of Our LivesSelf
1991
Queen: Greatest Flix I and IISelf (archive footage)
1991
Queen: Greatest Flix IISelf (archive footage)
1991
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaSelf
1992
Pavarotti & FriendsSelf
1992
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985Self
1992
The Freddie Mercury Tribute ConcertSelf
1992AL
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank ZappaSelf
1993
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993Self
1993
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton AcademySelf
1994
Queen: Champions of the WorldSelf
1995
The Queen PhenomenonSelf
1995
Queen: Made in HeavenMusic
1997
FuriaOriginal Music Composer
1999
Queen: Is This the Real Life?Self
1999
Freddie Mercury: The Untold StorySelf
2000
Motörhead: 25 & Alive BoneshakerSelf
2001
Queen - HeavenSelf
2001Queen - HeavenProducer
2001
Queen - Rock Montreal
2001
Inside the RhapsodySelf
2002
Jerry Lee Lewis and FriendsSelf
2002
Killer Queen!Self (archive footage)
2002
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham PalaceSelf - Performer
2002
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary DocumentarySelf
2002
Queen: Greatest Video HitsSelf (archive footage)
2002
Queen: Live at the Museum Square AmsterdamSelf
2002
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS IraqSelf - Performer
2003
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2Self - Queen
2003
Live AidSelf
2004
Queen on Fire: Live at the BowlSelf (Vocals / Guitar)
2004Queen on Fire: Live at the BowlExecutive Producer
2004
The Story of Bohemian RhapsodySelf
2004
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert HallSelf
2004
Live Aid Against All OddsSelf
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago TodaySelf
2005
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the ChampionsSelf - Guitar, Vocals
2005
The Strat Pack: Live in ConcertSelf
2005
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the OperaSelf
2006
Foo Fighters: Hyde ParkSelf - Guest
2006
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of MagicSelf
2006
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In JapanSelf
2006QB
Queen: Bohemian Champions - InterviewsSelf
2006QM
Queen: Music Video Box DocumentarySelf (archive footage)
2006
Queen: On the Rock TrailSelf
2006
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and QueenSelf
2006VR
VH1 Rock HonorsSelf
2006
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980Self (archive footage)
2007
Queen: Rock Case StudiesSelf (archive footage)
2007
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
The Story of the YardbirdsSelf
2008
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in UkraineSelf
2009
Brian May's Brief History of 3DSelf - Host
2011
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse ConcertSelf - Guest Guitar
2011
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the CavernSelf
2011
My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
2011
Queen: Days of Our LivesSelf
2011
Story Of Queen: Mercury RisingSelf - Queen (uncredited)
2011
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big HitsSelf
2011
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat BoomSelf
2011
Freddie Mercury: The Great PretenderSelf
2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British MusicSelf
2012
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, UkraineSelf
2012
Queen: A Magic YearSelf (archive footage)
2012
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music FestivalSelf
2013
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010Self
2013
The Sunflower Superjam 2012Self
2013
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary DocumentarySelf
2014
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at MontreuxSelf
2014
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014Self
2014
One Night in HellMusic
2014
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben LiveSelf - Guitars
2014QW
Queen: Will Rock YouSelf
2014
The Joy of the Guitar RiffSelf
2014
The Nation's Favourite Queen SongSelf
2014
51 Degrees NorthOriginal Music Composer
2015
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015Self - Guitars
2015
Queen: From Rags to RhapsodySelf - Queen
2015
The Ritchie Blackmore StorySelf
2015
Freedom : La Story de George MichaelSelf (archive footage)
2016
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)Self
2016
Queen: A Night in BohemiaSelf (archive footage)
2016
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another WorldSelf
2016
Buddy Holly: Rave OnSelf
2017
Life After FlashSelf
2017
QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]Self
2017
Queen : The American DreamSelf (archive footage)
2017
Queen: Rock the WorldSelf - Member Queen
2017Queen: Rock the WorldWriter
2017
Bohemian RhapsodyProducer
2018Bohemian RhapsodyMusic Producer
2018Bohemian RhapsodySongs
2018
Freddie Mercury: The King of QueenSelf (archive footage)
2018
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and QueenSelf (archive footage)
2019
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live AidSelf
2019
Liam Gallagher: As It WasSelf
2019
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central ParkSelf
2019
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction CeremonySelf
2019
The Day We Walked on the MoonSelf
2019
The Look and Sound of QueenSelf
2019
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert StorySelf - Guitar Player Queen
2019
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten MomenteSelf (archive footage)
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight AustraliaSelf
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The WorldSelf - Guitar
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch PartySelf
2020
Queen: The Band that Rocked the WorldSelf
2020TS
The Shadows At SixtySelf
2020
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre QueenSelf
2020
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner JahreSelf
2021
Queen at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
2021
ABBA V QueenSelf (archive footage)
2022
Freddie Mercury: The Final ActSelf
2022
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of LifeSelf
2022
Platinum Party at the PalaceSelf
2022
Rhapsody Over LondonSelf
2022Rhapsody Over LondonExecutive Producer
2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute ConcertSelf
2022
Rock: the originSelf (archive footage)
2023
Zucchero | Sugar FornaciariSelf
2023
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60Self (archive footage)
2024
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
Andrea Bocelli 30: The CelebrationSelf
2024
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and MeSelf
2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
Katy Perry: Night of a LifetimeSelf
2024
Queen Rock MontrealBrian May (self)
2024
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All TimeSelf
2024
Rory Gallagher: Calling CardSelf
2024
The Rory Gallagher StorySelf
2024
The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words
2024
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Midnight DreamersProducer
Television
NHK Kōhaku Uta-GassenQueem + Adam Lambert · 1 eps
1951
Great PerformancesSelf · 1 eps
1971
Numéro unSelf - Queen · 1 eps
1975
Domenica InSelf · 1 eps
1976
The BRIT AwardsSelf · 1 eps
1977
Young Music Show1 eps
1978
Question TimeSelf - Panellist · 1 eps
1979
The Tube1 eps
1982
MTV Video Music AwardsSelf · 1 eps
1984DL
Daytime LiveSelf · 1 eps
1987
TéléthonSelf · 1 eps
1987
This MorningSelf · 1 eps
1988E
ECHO-VerleihungSelf · 1 eps
1992
Classic AlbumsSelf · 1 eps
1997
The Rhythm of Life1 eps
1997
ParkinsonSelf · 1 eps
1998
American IdolSelf · 1 eps
2002
Dancing with the StarsThanks
2005
Seven Ages of RockSelf · 7 eps
2007TA
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf · 1 eps
2007
BBC Radio 1's Live LoungeSelf · 1 eps
2010TM
The Michael Ball ShowSelf · 1 eps
2010
Evening UrgantSelf · 1 eps
2012FL
Foxes Live: Wild in the CitySelf · 4 eps
2012
London 2012 Olympic GamesSelf · 1 eps
2012
The Story of MusicalsSelf · 1 eps
2012
NewscastSelf · 1 eps
2020
Reunited ApartSelf · 1 eps
2020
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the WorldSelf · 3 eps
2025Photos
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