Brian Wilson
Acting
Born: 1942-06-20 in Inglewood, California, USA
Biography
Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. Wilson was considered a major innovator in the field of music production, the principal originator of the California Sound, one of the first music producer auteurs, and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument. The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or co-producers. He was a major influence on the retrospectively-termed "sunshine pop" and Flower Power music that proceeded.
Known For
Full House
Brian Wilson
Love & Mercy
Self (Archive Footage)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest / Security Guard
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Self (Archival footage)
Duck Dodgers
Brian Wilson (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
The Wrecking Crew
Self - The Beach Boys Co-Founder
Live Aid
Self
Disorderlies
Himself
The Beach Boys
Self
The Monkey's Uncle
Self - The Beach Boys
The Return of Bruno
Brian Wilson
Live 8
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The T.A.M.I. Show
Self - The Beach Boys
Behind the Music
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Hack
Raymond Henley
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Self
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
Self - Former Member 'The Beach Boys' (archive footage)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Self – Founder of The Beach Boys
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self - The Beach Boys
Omnibus
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Later... with Jools Holland
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
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The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
Self
Tales of the Rat Fink
The Surfite (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
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Classic Albums
Self - The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
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Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Self - The Beach Boys
The Girls on the Beach
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Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Self - Performer
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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