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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Saturday Night Live
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Full House
Brian Wilson
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Omnibus
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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
Self - The Beach Boys
Duck Dodgers
Brian Wilson (voice)
Classic Albums
Self - The Beach Boys
The Ed Sullivan Show
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Behind the Music
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Hack
Raymond Henley
The Kennedy Center Honors
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Legends
Self (archive footage)
Olympic Gala
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
Self - Former Member 'The Beach Boys' (archive footage)
Love & Mercy
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Disorderlies
Himself
The Beach Boys
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Going Home
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Streetlight Harmonies
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Live Aid
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Beach Blanket Bingo
Beach Boy
Mellodrama
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Live 8
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The Devil and Daniel Johnston
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The Girls on the Beach
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
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The T.A.M.I. Show
Self - The Beach Boys
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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The Wrecking Crew
Self - The Beach Boys Co-Founder
Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Self - The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Self - Beach Boys member
The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds
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Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
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Brian Wilson - Live at Baloise Session
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Tales of the Rat Fink
The Surfite (voice)