Personal Info
Birthday
July 19, 1947
Place of Birth
Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Brian May
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).
Acting Filmography (168)
9.7
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
Movie2025
6.9
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
TV Series2025
0.0
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Movie2024
9.0
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
Movie2024
5.8
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Movie2024
7.5
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
Movie2024
7.0
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
Movie2024
0.0
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
The Rory Gallagher Story
Movie2024
8.5
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Movie2024
9.0
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
Movie2024
8.0
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
Movie2024
9.0
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Movie2024
8.1
Queen Rock Montreal
Movie2024
7.6
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
Movie2023
No Backdrop
10.0
Rock: the origin
Movie2023
0.0
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Movie2022
7.9
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Movie2022
No Backdrop
0.0
Rhapsody Over London
Movie2022
0.0
ABBA V Queen
Movie2022
6.0
Platinum Party at the Palace
Movie2022
6.7
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Movie2022
7.2
Queen at the BBC
Movie2021
8.0
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
Movie2021
10.0
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
Movie2020
8.6
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
Movie2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
TV Series2020
No Backdrop
8.0
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
Movie2020
6.0
Newscast
TV Series2020
0.0
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
Movie2019
0.0
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
Movie2019
5.6
The Day We Walked on the Moon
Movie2019
6.7
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
Movie2019
7.5
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Movie2019
No Backdrop
7.0
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Movie2019
No Backdrop
8.9
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
The Look and Sound of Queen
Movie2019
No Backdrop
7.2
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
Movie2018
10.0
Queen : The American Dream
Movie2017
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0.0
QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
Movie2017
5.6
Life After Flash
Movie2017
7.7
Queen: Rock the World
Movie2017
7.5
Buddy Holly: Rave On
Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
Movie2016
7.0
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
Movie2016
8.2
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
Movie2016
7.5
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
Movie2015
7.5
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
Movie2015
7.1
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
Movie2015
No Backdrop
9.5
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
Movie2014
9.0
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
Movie2014
No Backdrop
7.7
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
Movie2014
5.5
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
Movie2014
5.0
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
Movie2014
No Backdrop
8.7
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
Movie2013
0.0
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Movie2013
0.0
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
Movie2013
0.0
London 2012 Olympic Games
TV Series2012
7.3
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Movie2012
8.1
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
Movie2012
No Backdrop
5.7
Queen: A Magic Year
Movie2012
6.9
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Movie2012
No Backdrop
6.0
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
Movie2012
7.1
Evening Urgant
TV Series2012
0.0
The Story of Musicals
TV Series2012
7.2
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
Movie2011
0.0
My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
Movie2011
7.0
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Movie2011
8.1
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Movie2011
No Backdrop
7.8
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
Movie2011
5.0
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Movie2011
0.0
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
Movie2011
0.0
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
TV Series2010
9.0
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
Movie2009
No Backdrop
8.0
The Story of the Yardbirds
Movie2008
7.8
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen: Rock Case Studies
Movie2007
9.2
Seven Ages of Rock
TV Series2007
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
Movie2007
7.3
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
Movie2006
No Backdrop
7.0
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
Movie2006
No Backdrop
7.0
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Movie2006
0.0
Queen: On the Rock Trail
Movie2006
6.0
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
Movie2006
6.5
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
Movie2006
6.1
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
Movie2005
0.0
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Movie2005
0.0
Live Aid Against All Odds
Movie2005
8.0
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Movie2005
8.1
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
Movie2004
No Backdrop
9.2
Live Aid
Movie2004
6.4
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
Movie2004
8.1
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
Movie2004
8.5
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
Movie2003
9.0
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Inside the Rhapsody
Movie2002
5.0
American Idol
TV Series2002
6.4
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Movie2002
0.0
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Killer Queen!
Movie2002
9.0
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen - Heaven
Movie2001
5.8
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
Movie2001
7.7
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
Movie2000
No Backdrop
8.0
Queen: Is This The Real Life?
Movie1999
No Backdrop
0.0
Parkinson
TV Series1998
7.7
Classic Albums
TV Series1997
8.0
The Queen Phenomenon
Movie1995
8.3
Queen: Champions of the World
Movie1995
0.0
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
Movie1993
No Backdrop
7.8
Pavarotti & Friends
Movie1992
7.8
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Movie1992
8.4
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Movie1992
8.0
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
Movie1992
0.0
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
Movie1991
No Backdrop
6.7
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Movie1991
No Backdrop
7.9
Queen: Greatest Flix II
Movie1991
10.0
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
Movie1991
No Backdrop
0.0
Guitar
Movie1991
8.0
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
Movie1990
No Backdrop
10.0
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
Movie1989
No Backdrop
0.0
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
Movie1989
5.2
This Morning
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
5.0
Téléthon
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
6.5
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
Movie1987
No Backdrop
8.5
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
Movie1987
No Backdrop
9.0
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
Movie1987
No Backdrop
7.0
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
Movie1987
7.0
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
Movie1986
8.5
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
Movie1986
No Backdrop
8.0
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
Movie1986
8.8
Queen: Live Aid
Movie1985
7.9
Live Aid
Movie1985
8.6
Queen: Live In Rio
Movie1985
7.8
MTV Video Music Awards
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
4.2
Red Hot Rock
Movie1984
8.1
We Will Rock You
Movie1982
No Backdrop
0.0
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
Movie1982
No Backdrop
8.0
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Movie1981
0.0
Queen: Live in Argentina
Movie1981
No Backdrop
9.0
Queen: Greatest Flix
Movie1981
No Backdrop
0.0
The Queen Special
Movie1980
5.9
Question Time
TV Series1979
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen: Live At Budokan
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.0
Live Killers
Movie1979
0.0
Young Music Show
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
9.0
Queen: Definitive Houston
Movie1977
10.0
The BRIT Awards
TV Series1977
No Backdrop
6.8
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
Movie1977
0.0
Domenica In
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
0.0
Queen: Live in Hyde Park
Movie1976
7.7
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
Movie1975
No Backdrop
7.5
Numéro un
TV Series1975
7.9
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
Movie1974
0.0
Queen: Queen I
Movie1973
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
8.0
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
TV Series1951