Brian Wilson
Acting
1942-06-20 · Inglewood, California, USA
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.
movieThe Beach Boys
as Self · 2024 · 6.5
movieReinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage) · 2023 · 6.5
movieA Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
as Self · 2023 · 8.1
movieThe Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
as Self (archive footage) · 2022 · 5.5
movieBrian Wilson: Long Promised Road
as Self · 2021 · 6.2
movieStreetlight Harmonies
as Self · 2020 · 0.0
movieMy Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self - The Beach Boys (archive footage) · 2019 · 7.5
movieThe Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
as Self · 2017 · 7.6
movieBrian Wilson at la Baloise Session
as Self · 2016 · 8.3
movieThe Beach Boys: A Long Promised Road - Volume 1 & 2 - 1962-1971
as Self · 2016 · 0.0
tvDr. Feelgood
as Self (archive footage) · 2015 · 0.0
movieI Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
as Self · 2015 · 0.0
movieBrian Wilson and Friends - A Soundstage Special Event
as Self · 2015 · 8.0
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015 · 6.1
movieLove & Mercy
as Self (Archive Footage) · 2015 · 7.1
movieBrian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982
as Self (archive footage) · 2014 · 9.0
movieThe Beach Boys - Live in Concert 50th Anniversary
as Self · 2012 · 8.0
movieThe Beach Boys: Doin' It Again
as Self · 2012 · 8.0
movie…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage) · 2012 · 7.0
movieEndless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth
as Himself · 2012 · 0.0
movieClassic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
as Self - The Beach Boys · 2010 · 6.4
movieBrian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
as Self (archive footage) · 2010 · 0.0
movieGoing Home
as Self · 2009 · 0.0
movieBrian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
as Self · 2009 · 7.0