--- name: "Freddie Mercury" canonical: "https://film.one/person/freddie-mercury" fi1m_id: "freddie-mercury" imdb_id: "nm0006198" tmdb_id: 84527 wikidata_id: "Q15869" roles: ["Songs"] born: "5 September 1946" died: "24 November 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-03T03:24:13.121792+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Freddie Mercury ## Identity Freddie Mercury - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/freddie-mercury - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** freddie-mercury - **IMDb ID:** nm0006198 - **TMDB ID:** 84527 - **Wikidata ID:** Q15869 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15869, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006198/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84527 Songs. Born 5 September 1946 in Stone Town, Zanzibar City, Tanzania. Died 24 November 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Songs - **Born:** 5 September 1946, Stone Town, Zanzibar City, Tanzania - **Died:** 24 November 1991 - **Also known as:** Farrokh Bulsara, Freddie Bulsara, Larry Lurex - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 crew, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (1), 2020s 75 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15869, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006198/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84527 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*WHAM!*](https://film.one/film/wham.md) (75) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara on 5 September 1946 in Stone Town, Zanzibar City, Tanzania, was a British singer and songwriter. He died on 24 November 1991. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Mercury appears in archive footage as himself in the documentary films *WHAM!* (2023) and *Queen: Budapest* (2012). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Crew (1) — the average rests on these - *Highlander* (1986), Fi1m 75, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *WHAM!* (2023), Fi1m 75, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/wham.md) ## Complete filmography (14) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Queen Rock Montreal* (2024), as Freddie Mercury (self) · Writer - *Great Pretender* (2020), series, as Theme Song Performance - *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), as Songs — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md) - *Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid* (2007), Actor - *Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe* (2007), Actor - *Food Rocks* (1994), as Songs - *Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium* (1986), as Vocals, Piano, Guitar - *Highlander* (1986), as Songs — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md) - *Friday People* (1985), series, Actor - *The Man Who Saved the World* (1982), Music - *We Will Rock You* (1982), as Songs - *Flash Gordon* (1980), Music - *Young Music Show* (1978), series, Actor - *Queen: Queen I* (1973), Actor ## Gallery - ![Freddie Mercury, in a 1975 promotional photo for their album A Night At The Opera. Photo was published by their American label Elektra Records.](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-6ec20d4bd9d5.png) Freddie Mercury, in a 1975 promotional photo for their album A Night At The Opera. Photo was published by their American label Elektra Records. — Koh Hasebe; Distributed by Elektra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Freddie_Mercury_2_%281975_Elektra_publicity_photo%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Freddie Mercury performing with the band Queen at Live Aid on 13 July 1985. The concert went on to be known as one of the greatest of all time.](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-39ded2b71b76.jpg) Freddie Mercury performing with the band Queen at Live Aid on 13 July 1985. The concert went on to be known as one of the greatest of all time. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Freddie_Mercury_at_Live_Aid_%281985%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Freddie Mercury in New Haven, CT at a WPLR Show. (1977)](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-406b4c4ffa81.jpg) Freddie Mercury in New Haven, CT at a WPLR Show. (1977) — Freddie_Mercury_performing_in_New_Haven,_CT,_November_1978.jpg: *FreddieMercurySinging21978.jpg: Carl Lender derivative work: Lošmi derivative work: Morn (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Freddie_Mercury_performing_in_New_Haven%2C_CT%2C_November_1977_cropped.jpg/1280px-Freddie_Mercury_performing_in_New_Haven%2C_CT%2C_November_1977_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![- (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-6b85d3f21975.jpg) - (2024) — Eitlizas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/1647915862_67-kartinkin-net-p-freddi-merkyuri-kartinki-70.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Freddie Mercury](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-f4613071f6de.jpg) Freddie Mercury — Image via TMDB - ![Freddie Mercury](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-176d94484c9d.jpg) Freddie Mercury — Image via TMDB - ![Freddie Mercury](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-94d501f1ba63.jpg) Freddie Mercury — Image via TMDB - ![Freddie Mercury](https://film.one/media/person/453644/gallery-2c76f53c932f.jpg) Freddie Mercury — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song 1985: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song (nominated), for *Love Kills* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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