Brian May
July 19, 1947(78 years old)
Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK|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).
Movies (147)
9.7
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
2024
9.0
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
5.8
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
7.5
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024
7.0
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
2024
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024
8.5
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
9.0
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
8.0
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
9.0
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
8.1
Queen Rock Montreal
2024
7.6
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023
10.0
Rock: the origin
2023
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
7.9
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
Rhapsody Over London
2022
ABBA V Queen
2022
6.0
Platinum Party at the Palace
2022
6.7
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
7.2
Queen at the BBC
2021
8.0
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
2021
10.0
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
2020
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
2020
8.6
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
2020
8.0
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
2020
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
2019
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
2019
5.6
The Day We Walked on the Moon
2019
6.8
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
2019
7.5
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
7.0
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
2019
8.9
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019
The Look and Sound of Queen
2019
7.2
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018
10.0
Queen : The American Dream
2017
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QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
2017
5.7
Life After Flash
2017
7.7
Queen: Rock the World
2017
7.5
Buddy Holly: Rave On
2017
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
2016
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016
7.0
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
2016
8.2
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
2016
7.5
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
2015
7.5
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
7.1
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
2015
9.5
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
2014
9.0
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014
7.7
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
5.5
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
2014
5.0
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
2014
8.7
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
2013
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
2013
7.3
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012
8.1
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
2012
5.7
Queen: A Magic Year
2012
6.9
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
6.0
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
2012
7.2
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
2011
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011
My Chemical Romance: Readings
2011
7.0
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
8.1
Queen: Days of Our Lives
2011
7.8
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
2011
5.0
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
2011
9.0
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
2009
8.0
The Story of the Yardbirds
2008
7.8
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
2007
Queen: Rock Case Studies
2007
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
7.3
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
2006
7.0
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
2006
7.0
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006
Queen: On the Rock Trail
2006
6.0
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
2006
6.5
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
2006
6.1
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
8.0
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005
8.1
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
9.2
Live Aid
2004
6.4
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
2004
8.1
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
2004
8.5
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
2003
9.0
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
2002
Inside the Rhapsody
2002
6.4
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
2002
Killer Queen!
2002
9.0
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
2002
Queen - Heaven
2001
5.8
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
2001
7.7
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
2000
8.0
Queen: Is This The Real Life?
1999
8.0
The Queen Phenomenon
1995
8.3
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
1994
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
1993
7.8
Pavarotti & Friends
1992
7.8
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
8.4
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
8.0
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
1992
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
1991
6.7
Queen: Days of Our Lives
1991
7.9
Queen: Greatest Flix II
1991
10.0
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
1991
Guitar
1991
8.0
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990
10.0
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
1989
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
1989
6.5
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
1987
9.0
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
1987
8.5
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
1987
7.0
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
1987
7.0
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
1986
8.5
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
1986
8.0
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986
8.8
Queen: Live Aid
1985
7.9
Live Aid
1985
8.6
Queen: Live In Rio
1985
4.2
Red Hot Rock
1984
8.1
We Will Rock You
1982
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
1982
8.0
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
Queen: Live in Argentina
1981
9.0
Queen: Greatest Flix
1981
The Queen Special
1980
Queen: Live At Budokan
1979
7.0
Live Killers
1979
9.0
Queen: Definitive Houston
1977
6.8
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
1977
Queen: Live in Hyde Park
1976
7.7
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
1975
7.9
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
1974
Queen: Queen I
1973
TV Shows (21)
6.9
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
6.0
Newscast
2020
London 2012 Olympic Games
2012
7.1
Evening Urgant
2012
The Story of Musicals
2012
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010
9.0
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
5.1
American Idol
2002
Parkinson
1998
7.7
Classic Albums
1997
5.2
This Morning
1988
5.0
Téléthon
1987
7.8
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
5.9
Question Time
1979
Young Music Show
1978
10.0
The BRIT Awards
1977
Domenica In
1976
7.5
Numéro un
1975
6.1
Great Performances
1971
8.0
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951