---
name: "John Deacon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-deacon"
fi1m_id: "john-deacon"
imdb_id: "nm0212577"
tmdb_id: 84532
wikidata_id: "Q192103"
roles: ["Songs"]
born: "19 August 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:31.076903+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."
---

# John Deacon

## Identity

John Deacon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-deacon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-deacon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0212577
- **TMDB ID:** 84532
- **Wikidata ID:** Q192103
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deacon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212577/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84532

Songs. Born 19 August 1951 in Leicester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 19 August 1951, Leicester, England, UK
- **Active:** 1980–1986
- **Also known as:** Deaky, John Richard Deacon, Queen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deacon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212577/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84532

## Biography

John Richard Deacon is an English retired musician best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He joined the group in 1971 and contributed bass, guitar, keyboards and piano to their recordings, as well as writing several hits including "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I Want to Break Free".

Deacon performed on Queen's soundtrack for the film *Flash Gordon* (1980). He appeared as himself in concert films and documentaries such as *Queen: Budapest* (2012), *Queen: Days of Our Lives* (2011) and *Live Aid* (1985). After the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991, he participated only sporadically with the band and retired from the music industry in 1997.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Highlander* (1986), Fi1m 75, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), Fi1m 70, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/flash-gordon.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Queen Rock Montreal* (2024), as John Deacon (self)
- *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
- *Queen: Made in Heaven* (1997), Music
- *Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium* (1986), as Bass
- *Highlander* (1986), as Songs — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)
- *The Man Who Saved the World* (1982), Music
- *We Will Rock You* (1982), as Songs
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), Music — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/flash-gordon.md)
- *Young Music Show* (1978), series, Actor
- *Queen: Queen I* (1973), Actor

## Gallery

- ![John Deacon of Queen in a promotional photo for their album News of the World, circa 1977.](https://film.one/media/person/453651/gallery-76cf164c7d07.jpg) John Deacon of Queen in a promotional photo for their album News of the World, circa 1977. — Christopher Hopper; Distributed by Elektra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Queen_News_Of_The_World_%281977_Press_Kit_Photo_07%29_John_Deacon.jpg/1280px-Queen_News_Of_The_World_%281977_Press_Kit_Photo_07%29_John_Deacon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Deacon](https://film.one/media/person/453651/gallery-1ad8e9a831cc.jpg) John Deacon — Eddie, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Bass_player_queen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John Deacon](https://film.one/media/person/453651/gallery-d5d748e33bd2.jpg) John Deacon — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-deacon