John Deacon

Q: Has John Deacon won any awards?

Yes, John Deacon and Queen have received numerous awards, including induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and multiple Brit Awards, recognizing their impact on music.

Q: What was John Deacon's first film appearance?

John Deacon's first film appearance was in the 1975 film 'A Night at the Opera,' which featured Queen's music prominently, marking the band's entry into the film industry.

Q: How did John Deacon contribute to Queen's sound?

John Deacon's bass playing and songwriting were integral to Queen's sound. His distinctive bass lines and ability to write catchy melodies helped shape the band's musical identity.

Q: What is John Deacon's educational background?

John Deacon attended the Chelsea College of Science and Technology, where he studied electronics. His education influenced his interest in music technology and instrument design.

Q: What is John Deacon's estimated net worth?

John Deacon's estimated net worth is around $200 million, largely due to his successful career with Queen and royalties from the band's extensive catalog.

Q: Why did John Deacon retire from music?

John Deacon retired from music in 1997 following the death of Freddie Mercury. He chose to step back from the public eye to focus on his family and personal life.

Q: What are some of John Deacon's hobbies?

In addition to music, John Deacon has a passion for electronics and enjoys working on various projects. He is also known for his love of cricket and spending time with his family.

Known for

Queen Rock Montreal (2024)

2024 / Documentary, Music / 95mins

The iconic rock band Queen performs their best hits like "We Will Rock You, " "Somebody To Love, " and "Bohemian Rhapsody" in an...

Queen on Screen (2023)

2023 / Documentary / 69mins

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (2021)

2021 / Documentary, Music / 89mins

The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death from AIDS, Queen staged one of the biggest...

Name

John Deacon

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Born

19 August 1951, Leicester, England

Spouses

Veronica Deacon (1975–present)

Children

3 children: Laura, Cameron, and Joshua

Parents

Arthur Henry Deacon, Winifred Mary Deacon

Estimated Net Worth

$200 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	Movie Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time We Are the Champions isn’t just a Queen track, it’s the sound of victory itself. This documentary traces how Freddie...	Self (Archive)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2024	Movie 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 A celebration of some of the biggest names in music, offering an epic compilation of 60 songs performed over the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2024	Movie Queen Rock Montreal The iconic rock band Queen performs their best hits like "We Will Rock You, " "Somebody To Love, " and...	John Deacon (self)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2023	Movie Rock: the origin Rock is a beautiful style of music, with many artists and songs, but how did this classic style of music...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2022	Movie ABBA V Queen Interviews from band members, producers and others comparing two iconic bands - ABBA and Queen.	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2021	Movie Queen at the BBC A trip through the archives that serves up an hour of killer Queen material, featuring some of the band's greatest...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2020	Movie Queen: The Band that Rocked the World The classic rock band's career highlights. From their first TV appearances through to Live Aid! and the recent blockbuster biopic.	Self	Not rated
2020	Movie We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen Renowned as one of the greatest performers of the 20th century Freddie Mercury pushed the boundaries of art and music...	Self - Bass	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2017	Movie Queen : The American Dream Created from backstage material filmed during Queen’s 1977 USA News of the World tour, this documentary was included in a...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2017	Movie QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie Queen: Rock the World In 1977, BBC music presenter Bob Harris was given exclusive and extensive access to the Queen. Conducting insightful interviews with...	Self - Member Queen	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2016	Movie Freedom : La Story de George Michael In 1982, the British singer had a dazzling success with the group Wham! alongside his friend Andrew Ridgeley. From "Club...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2016	Movie Queen: A Night in Bohemia See the monumental 1975 London concert and the never-before-seen documentary that digs deep into the archives to tell the story...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2015	Movie Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody To mark the 40th anniversary of Bohemian Rhapsody, this documentary digs deep into archive to tell the story of Queen...	Self - Queen	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	Movie The Nation's Favourite Queen Song Queen are unquestionably one of the most popular acts in the history of the UK singles chart. In this programme,...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2014	Movie Queen: Will Rock You With his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals, Freddie Mercury propelled his band Queen to become one of the most...	Self	Not rated
2012	Movie Queen: Budapest On 27 July 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Népstadion in Budapest in front of 80,000 ecstatic...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2012	Movie Queen: A Magic Year This documentary follows Queen from just after their historic show–stealing performance at Live Aid, London, on 13 July 1985, through...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2011	Movie Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising Follow the life of four talented musicians from their origins as they soared to one of the greatest Rock n...	Self - Queen (uncredited)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	Movie Queen: Days of Our Lives In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2007	Movie Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid The Blu-Ray/DVD release contains two concert films of the British rock band Queen. The first comprises two concerts at the...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2007	Movie Queen Under Review: 1973-1980 Queen Under Review 1973 - 1980 features rare live and studio performances of the band playing some of their best...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2007	Movie Queen: Rock Case Studies Definitive overview of one of the greatest pop-rock acts ever, including expert analysis of their back catalogue by a host...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2007	Movie Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe Recorded Live at Nepstadium, Hungary, July 27, 1986. 1 Intro 2 One Vision 3 Tie Your Mother Down 4 In...	Unknown character	Not rated
2006	Movie The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews Interviews with the band Queen	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Queen: On the Rock Trail Unauthorized! Christmas 1975 was a remarkable time for the band Queen as their groundbreaking single Bohemian Rhapsody held the number...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera If ever there was an album worthy of inclusion in Eagle Vision’s Classic Albums series it is Queen’s breakout release...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie Queen: Music Video Box Documentary Follow the ups and downs of the British supergroup Queen in this documentary that goes backstage and behind the scenes...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2005	Movie Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today This concert film was created for the London premiére launch of Live Aid on dvd in November 2004. It contains...	Self	Not rated
2004	Movie The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody The story behind the epic Queen single.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2004	Movie Live Aid 4 × DVD, The broadcast of the biggest benefit concert in history, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to...	Self	TMDB 9.2 / 10
2004	Movie Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl Filmed on the Hot Space Tour, complete Queen concert from Milton Keynes Bowl, 5th June 1982 in England where the...	Self (Vocals / Bass)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2003	Movie Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 The sequel to the successful Queen - Greatest Video Hits. Contains Songs like A Kind of Magic and The Invisible...	Self - Queen	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2002	Movie Queen: Greatest Video Hits Greatest Video Hits 1 was the first Queen video collection on DVD. Most of the content was released previously on...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.2 / 10
2002	Movie Killer Queen! This is a new documentary on Queen, and features new interviews with Brian and Roger, footage from the 'We Will...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2001	Movie Queen - Heaven The show must go on! Experience Freddie Mercury and Queen, the incredible aura of the band, the creativity of their...	Self	Not rated
2000	Movie Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story Freddie Mercury (1946-91) was not just a man with one of the most pure and amazing voices the world has...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1995	Movie The Queen Phenomenon Retrospective documentary about the British rock band "Queen", from the 1970s till the death of Freddie Mercury, victim of AIDS....	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1995	Movie Queen: Champions of the World This documentary on the music group Queen includes performance and rehearsal footage, and exclusive interviews from backstage at the Freddie...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1992	Movie Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica is a two-part documentary about the process of making the...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1992	Movie The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert A live concert in tribute to Freddie Mercury, former lead singer of Queen. Mercury died of AIDS and so some...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1992	Movie Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985 Queen rock the National Yoyogi Stadium in this 1985 performance. 1. Opening 2. Tear It Up 3. Tie Your Mother...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Queen: Days of Our Lives Queen documentary from 1991 hosted by Axl Rose.	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1991	Movie Queen: Greatest Flix II Music Video Collection from Queen between 1981 and 1991	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1991	Movie Queen: Greatest Flix I and II This DVDs (Greatest Flix I and II) were the very first version of Queen's "Greatest Hits" on DVD. Even though...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1989	Movie Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space Rare Live is a unique video event, a Queen concert through time and space, tailored to please the collector's palate....	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1987	Movie Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3 This anthology chronicles Queen's 16 years. Footage includes "Live Aid" and the 1986 tour.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	Movie Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology This video trilogy documents the music group Queen. Videos in this set are Magic Years Vol. 1 - The Foundations...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1987	Movie Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1 This video is the first of a three volume documentary on the band.	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1987	Movie Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2 This volume of the anthology includes Queens tours of America, Japan and Rio de Janeiro.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1986	Movie Queen: Live in Japan 1982 This release captures highlights of Queen live in Tokorozawa on 3th November 1982. Recorded on the final date of the...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium One of the world's biggest bands returns to the scene of their Live Aid triumph (one year earlier in 1985)...	Bass	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1985	Movie Live Aid Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1985	Movie Queen: Live Aid Queen's performance at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985 is often regarded as rock's greatest live performance of all...	Self - Bass	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1985	Movie Queen: Live in Rio British rock's greatest entertainers play to more than 300,000 people in Rio, Brazil, headlining the first Rock in Rio festival...	Self - Bass	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1984	Movie Red Hot Rock Eleven sexy music videos you could never see on television complete and uncensored for the first time.	Self - Queen Bassist	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1982	Movie We Will Rock You In November 1981, and with “Under Pressure” topping the charts in the UK, Queen performed a blistering set of hits...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1982	Movie QUEEN - The Hot Space Box	Self	Not rated
1981	Movie Concerts for the People of Kampuchea Organized by Paul McCartney and the United Nations, these concerts were in response to the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge’s reign, where...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1981	Movie Queen: Live in Argentina Live in Argentina 1981 Recorded on March 1, 1981 at Velez Sarfield Stadium	Self	Not rated
1981	Movie Queen: Greatest Flix A compilation of Queen's hits set in chronological order so the viewer can trace the band's development.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1980	Movie The Queen Special Promotional special for the band's albums "The Game" and "Flash Gordon," featuring concert sequences, music videos, and celebrity cameos.	Self	Not rated
1979	Movie Queen: Live in Tokyo We Will Rock You, Let Me Entertain You, Killer Queen, Bicycle Race, I'm in Love with My Car, Teo Torriatte...	Self	Not rated
1979	Movie Live Killers Concert of the Queen Live Killers world tour at the Pavillion de Paris, March 1st 1979. Songs including Fat Bottomed...	Self - Bass	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1978	TV Young Music Show Japanese music show on NHK TV that broadcasted concerts	Unknown character	Not rated
1977	Movie Queen: Definitive Houston Queen at The Summit, Houston, TX, USA We Will Rock You [Slow/Fast] Brighton Rock Somebody to Love Death on Two...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1977	Movie Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena Concert by Queen, played live at Earl's Court, London on June 6th, 1977. Although the concert was planned to be...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1977	Movie Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall One of many Queen concerts recorded. This one being recorded in the UK in 1977, before the release of their...	Self	Not rated
1976	Movie Queen: Live in Hyde Park Queen Live in Hyde Park 1976 was a famous concert by the band. The concert took place on 18 September,...	Self	Not rated
1975	Movie Queen: A Night at the Odeon Queen’s legendary Hammersmith Odeon show on Christmas Eve 1975 is one of the best recorded and dynamic early shows available....	Self - Bass	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1975	TV Numéro un A French variety show.	Self - Queen	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1974	Movie Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74 For long-time fans, this may be the most outstanding concert by Queen. The reason? It gives a perfect overview of...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1973	Movie Queen: Queen I Following on from the 2024 Queen I box set, the remix of Queen's 1973 debut album has been released in...	Unknown character	Not rated
1963	TV World in Action World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2018	Movie Bohemian Rhapsody Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm...	Songs Sound	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	TV Dancing with the Stars The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1997	Movie Queen: Made in Heaven Four years after the death of Freddie Mercury 'Made In Heaven' the album was released. The visual conception was commissioned...	Music Sound	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1986	Movie Highlander He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets...	Songs Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1982	Movie The Man Who Saved the World Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the...	Music Sound	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1982	Movie We Will Rock You In November 1981, and with “Under Pressure” topping the charts in the UK, Queen performed a blistering set of hits...	Songs Sound	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1980	Movie Flash Gordon A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the...	Music Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10

Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time

2024 / TMDB 7.0

Queen Rock Montreal

2024 / TMDB 8.3

Rock: the origin

2023 / TMDB 10.0

ABBA V Queen

2022

Queen at the BBC

2021 / TMDB 7.2

Queen: The Band that Rocked the World

2020

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Got a question about John Deacon?

What are John Deacon's most successful songs?

John Deacon wrote several successful songs for Queen, including 'Another One Bites the Dust,' 'You're My Best Friend,' and 'I Want to Break Free.' These tracks contributed significantly to the band's commercial success.

Has John Deacon won any awards?

What was John Deacon's first film appearance?

How did John Deacon contribute to Queen's sound?

What is John Deacon's educational background?

What is John Deacon's estimated net worth?

Why did John Deacon retire from music?

What are some of John Deacon's hobbies?