John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician, best known for being the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He joined Queen in 1971 on the strength of his musical and electronic skills. As well as bass, Deacon played some guitar, keyboards and piano on Queen's studio work. After the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991 and the following year's Tribute Concert, he performed only sporadically with the remaining members of Queen before retiring from the music industry in 1997. His son, Luke, appears in Queen's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

Filmography

• 2024Queen Rock Montreal — John Deacon (self)
• 2018Bohemian Rhapsody — Songs
• 2007Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
• 2007Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
• Dancing with the Stars — Thanks
• 2001Queen - Rock Montreal
• 1997Queen: Made in Heaven — Music
• 1986Highlander — Songs
• 1986Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium — Bass
• 1982The Man Who Saved the World — Music
• 1982We Will Rock You — Self, Songs
• 1980Flash Gordon — Music
• Young Music Show
• 1973Queen: Queen I
• World in Action

Appearances as themselves (68)

• 202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60 — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time — Self (Archive)
• 2023Rock: the origin — Self (archive footage)
• 2022ABBA V Queen — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Queen at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Queen: The Band that Rocked the World — Self
• 2020We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen — Self
• 2018Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen — Self - Bass
• 2017QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary] — Self
• 2017Queen : The American Dream — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Queen: Rock the World — Self - Member Queen
• 2016Freedom : La Story de George Michael — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Queen: A Night in Bohemia — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody — Self - Queen
• 2014Queen: Will Rock You — Self
• 2014The Nation's Favourite Queen Song — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Queen: A Magic Year — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Queen: Budapest — Self
• 2011Queen: Days of Our Lives — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising — Self - Queen (uncredited)
• 2007Queen Under Review: 1973-1980 — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Queen: Rock Case Studies — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera — Self
• 2006Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews — Self
• 2006Queen: Music Video Box Documentary — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Queen: On the Rock Trail — Self
• 2006The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen — Self
• 2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today — Self
• 2004Live Aid — Self
• 2004Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl — Self (Vocals / Bass)
• 2004The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 — Self - Queen
• 2002Killer Queen! — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Queen: Greatest Video Hits — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Queen - Heaven — Self
• 2000Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story — Self
• 1995Queen: Champions of the World — Self
• 1995The Queen Phenomenon — Self
• 1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica — Self
• 1992Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985 — Self
• 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert — Self
• 1991Queen: Days of Our Lives — Self
• 1991Queen: Greatest Flix I and II — Self (archive footage)
• 1991Queen: Greatest Flix II — Self (archive footage)
• 1989Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space — Self (archive footage)
• 1987Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology — Self
• 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1 — Self
• 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2 — Self
• 1987Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3 — Self
• 1986Queen: Live in Japan 1982 — Self
• 1985Live Aid — Self
• 1985Queen: Live Aid — Self - Bass
• 1985Queen: Live in Rio — Self - Bass
• 1984Red Hot Rock — Self - Queen Bassist
• 1982QUEEN - The Hot Space Box — Self
• 1981Concerts for the People of Kampuchea — Self
• 1981Queen: Greatest Flix — Self (archive footage)
• 1981Queen: Live in Argentina — Self
• 1980The Queen Special — Self
• 1979Live Killers — Self - Bass
• 1979Queen: Live in Tokyo — Self
• 1977Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall — Self
• 1977Queen: Definitive Houston — Self
• 1977Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena — Self
• 1976Queen: Live in Hyde Park — Self
• Numéro un — Self - Queen
• 1975Queen: A Night at the Odeon — Self - Bass
• 1974Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74 — Self