Brian May
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 19, 1947 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2025 | Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary | |
| 2025 | Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the WorldSelf | |
| 2024 | Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future | |
| 2024 | Rory Gallagher: Calling CardSelf | |
| 2024 | Andrea Bocelli 30: The CelebrationSelf | |
| 2024 | Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All TimeSelf | |
| 2024 | Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud | |
| 2024 | Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and MeSelf | |
| 2024 | The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words | |
| 2024 | Katy Perry: Night of a LifetimeSelf | |
| 2024 | The Rory Gallagher StorySelf | |
| 2024 | 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60Self (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future | |
| 2023 | Zucchero | Sugar FornaciariSelf | |
| 2023 | Rock: the originSelf (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 | |
| 2022 | ABBA V QueenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Taylor Hawkins Tribute ConcertSelf | |
| 2021 | Queen at the BBCSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner JahreSelf | |
| 2020 | Queen: The Band that Rocked the WorldSelf | |
| 2020 | We are the Champions - 50 Jahre QueenSelf | |
| 2020 | Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch PartySelf | |
| 2020 | Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight AustraliaSelf | |
| 2020 | Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The WorldSelf - Guitar | |
| 2020 | Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten MomenteSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | The Shadows At SixtySelf | |
| 2020 | NewscastSelf | |
| 2020 | Reunited ApartSelf | |
| 2019 | Liam Gallagher: As It WasSelf | |
| 2019 | The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert StorySelf - Guitar Player Queen | |
| 2019 | The Day We Walked on the MoonSelf | |
| 2019 | 13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and QueenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction CeremonySelf | |
| 2019 | Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central ParkSelf | |
| 2019 | Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live AidSelf | |
| 2019 | The Look and Sound of QueenSelf | |
| 2018 | Freddie Mercury: The King of QueenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Queen: Rock the WorldSelf - Member Queen | |
| 2017 | Buddy Holly: Rave OnSelf | |
| 2017 | Life After FlashSelf | |
| 2017 | Queen : The American DreamSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]Self | |
| 2016 | Freedom : La Story de George MichaelSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Queen: A Night in BohemiaSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)Self | |
| 2016 | Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another WorldSelf | |
| 2015 | Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015Self - Guitars | |
| 2015 | Queen: From Rags to RhapsodySelf - Queen | |
| 2015 | The Ritchie Blackmore StorySelf | |
| 2014 | Die Helene Fischer Show 2014Self | |
| 2014 | Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at MontreuxSelf | |
| 2014 | Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben LiveSelf - Guitars | |
| 2014 | The Joy of the Guitar RiffSelf | |
| 2014 | Queen: Will Rock YouSelf | |
| 2014 | Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary DocumentarySelf | |
| 2014 | The Nation's Favourite Queen SongSelf | |
| 2014 | Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and FashionSelf | |
| 2013 | Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music FestivalSelf | |
| 2013 | Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010Self | |
| 2013 | The Sunflower Superjam 2012Self | |
| 2012 | Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86Self | |
| 2012 | Freddie Mercury: The Great PretenderSelf | |
| 2012 | Queen: A Magic YearSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, UkraineSelf | |
| 2012 | Foxes Live: Wild in the CitySelf | |
| 2012 | Evening UrgantSelf | |
| 2012 | London 2012 Olympic GamesSelf | |
| 2012 | The Story of MusicalsSelf | |
| 2011 | Foo Fighters The Roundhouse ConcertSelf - Guest Guitar | |
| 2011 | Brian May's Brief History of 3DSelf - Host | |
| 2011 | Queen: Days of Our LivesSelf | |
| 2011 | Story Of Queen: Mercury RisingSelf - Queen (uncredited) | |
| 2011 | My Chemical Romance: Readings | |
| 2011 | I Was There: When the Beatles Played the CavernSelf | |
| 2011 | Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat BoomSelf | |
| 2011 | Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big HitsSelf | |
| 2010 | The Michael Ball ShowSelf | |
| 2010 | BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge | |
| 2009 | Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in UkraineSelf | |
| 2008 | The Story of the YardbirdsSelf | |
| 2007 | Queen: Rock Case StudiesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Queen Under Review: 1973-1980Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe | |
| 2007 | Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf | |
| 2007 | Seven Ages of RockSelf | |
| 2006 | Foo Fighters: Hyde ParkSelf - Guest | |
| 2006 | Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the OperaSelf | |
| 2006 | VH1 Rock HonorsSelf | |
| 2006 | Freddie Mercury: A Kind of MagicSelf | |
| 2006 | Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In JapanSelf | |
| 2006 | Queen: On the Rock TrailSelf | |
| 2006 | Queen: Music Video Box DocumentarySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Queen: Bohemian Champions - InterviewsSelf | |
| 2006 | The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and QueenSelf | |
| 2005 | Live Aid Against All OddsSelf | |
| 2005 | Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the ChampionsSelf - Guitar, Vocals | |
| 2005 | Live Aid: 20 Years Ago TodaySelf | |
| 2005 | The Strat Pack: Live in ConcertSelf | |
| 2004 | Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert HallSelf | |
| 2004 | Queen on Fire: Live at the BowlSelf (Vocals / Guitar) | |
| 2004 | The Story of Bohemian RhapsodySelf | |
| 2004 | Live AidSelf | |
| 2003 | Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2Self - Queen | |
| 2003 | Pavarotti & Friends for SOS IraqSelf - Performer | |
| 2002 | Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham PalaceSelf - Performer | |
| 2002 | Jerry Lee Lewis and FriendsSelf | |
| 2002 | Queen: Greatest Video HitsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Killer Queen!Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Queen: Live at the Museum Square AmsterdamSelf | |
| 2002 | Inside the RhapsodySelf | |
| 2002 | Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary DocumentarySelf | |
| 2002 | American IdolSelf | |
| 2001 | Motörhead: 25 & Alive BoneshakerSelf | |
| 2001 | Queen - HeavenSelf | |
| 2000 | Freddie Mercury: The Untold StorySelf | |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSelf | |
| 1997 | Classic AlbumsSelf | |
| 1995 | The Queen PhenomenonSelf | |
| 1995 | Queen: Champions of the WorldSelf | |
| 1994 | The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton AcademySelf | |
| 1994 | Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux | |
| 1993 | A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank ZappaSelf | |
| 1993 | Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993Self | |
| 1992 | Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985Self | |
| 1992 | The Freddie Mercury Tribute ConcertSelf | |
| 1992 | Pavarotti & FriendsSelf | |
| 1992 | Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaSelf | |
| 1992 | ECHO-VerleihungSelf | |
| 1991 | Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock NightSelf - Guitar | |
| 1991 | Queen: Days of Our LivesSelf | |
| 1991 | Queen: Greatest Flix IISelf (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | GuitarSelf | |
| 1991 | Queen: Greatest Flix I and IISelf (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll OdysseySelf | |
| 1989 | Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and SpaceSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1989 | Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3Self | |
| 1988 | This MorningSelf | |
| 1987 | Queen: Magic Years - A Visual AnthologySelf | |
| 1987 | Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2Self | |
| 1987 | Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1Self | |
| 1987 | Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3Self | |
| 1987 | Daytime LiveSelf | |
| 1987 | TéléthonSelf | |
| 1986 | Queen: Live at Wembley StadiumGuitars | |
| 1986 | Queen: Live in Japan 1982Self | |
| 1986 | Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1Self - Performer | |
| 1985 | Queen: Live AidGuitar, Vocals | |
| 1985 | Queen: Live In RioSelf - Vocal, Guitar | |
| 1985 | Live AidSelf | |
| 1984 | Red Hot RockSelf - Queen Guitarist | |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music AwardsSelf | |
| 1982 | We Will Rock YouSelf | |
| 1982 | QUEEN - The Hot Space BoxSelf | |
| 1981 | Queen: Greatest FlixSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1981 | Queen: Live in ArgentinaSelf | |
| 1981 | Concerts for the People of KampucheaSelf | |
| 1980 | The Queen SpecialSelf | |
| 1979 | Live KillersSelf | |
| 1979 | Queen: Live in TokyoSelf | |
| 1979 | Queen: Live At BudokanSelf | |
| 1979 | Question TimeSelf - Panellist | |
| 1978 | Young Music Show | |
| 1977 | Queen: Live at Earl's Court ArenaSelf | |
| 1977 | Queen: Definitive HoustonSelf | |
| 1977 | Queen: An Evening At The Concert HallSelf | |
| 1977 | The BRIT AwardsSelf | |
| 1976 | Queen: Live in Hyde ParkSelf | |
| 1976 | Domenica InSelf | |
| 1975 | Queen: A Night at the OdeonSelf - Guitar | |
| 1975 | Numéro unSelf - Queen | |
| 1974 | Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74Self | |
| 1973 | Queen: Queen I | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSelf | |
| 1951 | NHK Kōhaku Uta-GassenQueem + Adam Lambert |
| 2022 | Rhapsody Over LondonExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Bohemian RhapsodyProducer | |
| 2004 | Queen on Fire: Live at the BowlExecutive Producer | |
| 2001 | Queen - HeavenProducer | |
| - | Midnight DreamersProducer |
| 2017 | Queen: Rock the WorldWriter |
| 2005 | Dancing with the StarsThanks |