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 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
Credits
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74 (1974)
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Killer Queen! (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary (2025)
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Rhapsody Over London (2022)
as Self
Queen - Heaven (2001)
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Queen: Live Aid (1985)
as Guitar, Vocals
My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011 (2011)
Actor
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine (2012)
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Queen: Live in Tokyo (1979)
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Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival (2013)
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Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party (2020)
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Queen: Live in Hyde Park (1976)
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Live Aid (1985)
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Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam (2002)
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Foo Fighters: Hyde Park (2006)
as Self - Guest
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future (2024)
Actor
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993 (1993)
as Self
Queen: Rock the World (2017)
as Self - Member Queen
Queen: Live At Budokan (1979)
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Red Hot Rock (1984)
as Self - Queen Guitarist
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen (2020)
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Queen: Days of Our Lives (1991)
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Queen: A Night at the Odeon (1975)
as Self - Guitar
The Shadows At Sixty (2020)
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Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker (2001)
as Self
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena (1977)
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Queen: A Night in Bohemia (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Queen: Champions of the World (1995)
as Self
Queen Rock Montreal (2024)
as Brian May (self)
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium (1986)
as Guitars
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985 (1992)
as Self
Queen: Greatest Flix II (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration (2024)
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Queen: Definitive Houston (1977)
as Self
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86 (2012)
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Queen: Live In Rio (1985)
as Self - Vocal, Guitar
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3 (1989)
as Self
VH1 Rock Honors (2006)
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Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia (2020)
as Self
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (2012)
as Self
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992)
as Self
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (2019)
as Self - Guitar Player Queen
Queen : The American Dream (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
We Will Rock You (1982)
as Self
Life After Flash (2017)
as Self
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music (2012)
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Queen: On the Rock Trail (2006)
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Queen: Live in Japan 1982 (1986)
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Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time (2024)
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Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology (1987)
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Pavarotti & Friends (1992)
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Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011)
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Rock: the origin (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Queen: Live in Argentina (1981)
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The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (2004)
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Queen: The Band that Rocked the World (2020)
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Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux (2014)
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Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (2022)
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Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews (2006)
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Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa) (2016)
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Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera (2006)
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Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story (2000)
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Queen: Rock Case Studies (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Queen at the BBC (2021)
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Queen: Greatest Flix I and II (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today (2005)
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Brian May's Brief History of 3D (2011)
as Self - Host
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rory Gallagher Story (2024)
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The Strat Pack: Live in Concert (2005)
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Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert (2022)
as Self
The Story of the Yardbirds (2008)
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The Queen Special (1980)
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Queen: Music Video Box Documentary (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre (2021)
as Self
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert (2011)
as Self - Guest Guitar
Queen: Will Rock You (2014)
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Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park (2019)
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The Joy of the Guitar Riff (2014)
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Queen Under Review: 1973-1980 (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Live Aid Against All Odds (2005)
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Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Rhapsody (2002)
as Self
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992)
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QUEEN - The Hot Space Box (1982)
as Self
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (2005)
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
Liam Gallagher: As It Was (2019)
as Self
Live Killers (1979)
as Self
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future (2024)
Actor
Queen: Greatest Flix (1981)
as Self (archive footage)
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid (2007)
Actor
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary (2002)
as Self
The Look and Sound of Queen (2019)
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Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall (2004)
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Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live (2014)
as Self - Guitars
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime (2024)
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Live Aid (2004)
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The Ritchie Blackmore Story (2015)
as Self
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words (2024)
Actor
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace (2002)
as Self - Performer
Queen: Greatest Video Hits (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Queen: Is This The Real Life? (1999)
as Self
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World (2020)
as Self - Guitar
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud (2024)
Actor
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising (2011)
as Self - Queen (uncredited)
The Day We Walked on the Moon (2019)
as Self
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid (2019)
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Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life (2022)
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Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic (2006)
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Guitar (1991)
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The Queen Phenomenon (1995)
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Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan (2006)
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Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits (2011)
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Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2 (1987)
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Platinum Party at the Palace (2022)
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Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (2004)
as Self (Vocals / Guitar)
Queen: Queen I (1973)
Actor
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3 (1987)
as Self
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa (1993)
as Self
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends (2002)
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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)
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Rory Gallagher: Calling Card (2024)
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Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine (2009)
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Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1 (1986)
as Self - Performer
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen (2006)
as Self
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody (2015)
as Self - Queen
The Sunflower Superjam 2012 (2013)
as Self
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1 (1987)
as Self
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015 (2015)
as Self - Guitars
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari (2023)
as Self
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe (2007)
Actor
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 (2003)
as Self - Queen
Freedom : La Story de George Michael (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1981)
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Die Helene Fischer Show 2014 (2014)
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Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey (1990)
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Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq (2003)
as Self - Performer
Buddy Holly: Rave On (2017)
as Self
Queen: A Magic Year (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
ABBA V Queen (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall (1977)
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Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night (1991)
as Self - Guitar
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony (2019)
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Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World (2016)
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Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary (2014)
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![QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/4B6S9dMJ0VFXI4CN1L2LlZsR1sW.jpg)
QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary] (2017)
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The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy (1994)
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The Nation's Favourite Queen Song (2014)
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Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux (1994)
Actor
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 (2013)
as Self
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me (2024)
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13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom (2011)
as Self