---
name: "Roger Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-taylor"
fi1m_id: "roger-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0003547"
tmdb_id: 84530
wikidata_id: "Q15880"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 July 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:35.125470+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."
---

# Roger Taylor

## Identity

Roger Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roger-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roger-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003547
- **TMDB ID:** 84530
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15880
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Taylor_(Queen_drummer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84530

Producer. Born 26 July 1949 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 July 1949, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK
- **Active:** 1980–2018
- **Also known as:** Roger Meddows-Taylor, Queen
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 producing, 2 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (2), 2010s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Taylor_(Queen_drummer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84530

## Biography

Roger Taylor is an English musician and actor, best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the rock band Queen. He is credited with music on the 1980 film *Flash Gordon* and appears as himself in the 2012 concert film *Queen: Budapest*.

Taylor has featured as himself in several Queen-related documentaries and concert films, including *Queen: Days of Our Lives* (2011) and *Live Aid* (1985). Alongside bandmate Brian May, he made a cameo appearance in the biographical film *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018). He was born on 26 July 1949 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Fi1m 55, Producer, Music Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)

### Crew (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 (21)

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

- *Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud* (2024), Actor
- *Queen Rock Montreal* (2024), as Roger Taylor (self)
- *Rhapsody Over London* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Producer, Music Producer, Songs — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *Solitary* (2015), Original Music Composer, Executive Producer
- *Roger Taylor - The Lot* (2013), Actor
- *Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid* (2007), Actor
- *Marc Bolan: The Final Word* (2007), Actor
- *Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe* (2007), Actor
- *The World's Greatest Gigs* (2005), Actor
- *Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Roger Taylor: Live at the Cyberbarn* (1999), Actor
- *Queen: Made in Heaven* (1997), Music
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium* (1986), as Drums
- *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

- ![Roger Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/453654/gallery-98c6860f53ee.jpg) Roger Taylor — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-47_%2839066610085%29_Cropped.jpg/1280px-Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-47_%2839066610085%29_Cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![QueenO2121217-52 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/453654/gallery-68a3bf4d82b8.jpg) QueenO2121217-52 (2017) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-52_%2825093768747%29.jpg/1280px-Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-52_%2825093768747%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![QueenO2121217-50 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/453654/gallery-381547ed4f6e.jpg) QueenO2121217-50 (2017) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-50_%2826092173548%29.jpg/1280px-Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-50_%2826092173548%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![QueenO2121217-48 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/453654/gallery-1ae7f3678c23.jpg) QueenO2121217-48 (2017) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-48_%2825093769247%29.jpg/1280px-Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-48_%2825093769247%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Roger Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/453654/gallery-275f1e758d49.jpg) Roger Taylor — Image via TMDB
- ![Roger Taylor @ Queen + Paul Rodgers live in Frankfurt, Germany (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/453654/gallery-18b7c6db4cbf.jpg) Roger Taylor @ Queen + Paul Rodgers live in Frankfurt, Germany (2005) — Thomas Steffan by using Olympus Camedia C700, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Queen_2005_1010018.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![QueenO2121217-51 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/453654/gallery-d5e2995dd116.jpg) QueenO2121217-51 (2017) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-51_%2839066608365%29.jpg/1280px-Queen_And_Adam_Lambert_-_The_O2_-_Tuesday_12th_December_2017_QueenO2121217-51_%2839066608365%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2019: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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