Ace Frehley
Actor, Composer
April 27, 1951 — October 16, 2025 (74 years)
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley was an American musician and songwriter best known as the former lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band KISS.
Guitar World magazine ranked him as the 14th Greatest Metal Guitarist of All Time. His solos often incorporate the minor pentatonic scale and the use of vibratos. Frehley is also known for the use of many "whimsical" guitars, including a Gibson Les Paul guitar that emits smoke from the neck humbucker pickup and produces spinning pyrotechnics, and a custom Les Paul that emits light based on song tempo.
Guitar World magazine ranked him as the 14th Greatest Metal Guitarist of All Time. His solos often incorporate the minor pentatonic scale and the use of vibratos. Frehley is also known for the use of many "whimsical" guitars, including a Gibson Les Paul guitar that emits smoke from the neck humbucker pickup and produces spinning pyrotechnics, and a custom Les Paul that emits light based on song tempo.
Filmography
| 2011 | Kiss Interviews · as Cast |
| 2010 | Kiss: Invasion · as Cast |
| 2008 | |
| 2006 | Remedy · as Johnny |
| 2006 | Metalocalypse · as Dr. Naniltred Faniltendriten |
| 2004 | Kiss Loves You · as Cast |
| 2004 | KISS - Love Gun · as Lead Guitar,singing |
| 2001 | |
| 1999 | Detroit Rock City · as Kiss |
| 1999 | Family Guy · as Ace Frehley (voice) |
| 1996 | Millennium · as Policía Enfermo |
| 1994 | KISS My A**: The Video · as Space Ace |
| 1978 | Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park · as Space Ace |
| 1976 |
| 2025 | Året var 1976 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Biography: KISStory · as Self |
| 2021 | Biography: KISStory · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | KISS och gitarristen som försvann · as Self - (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Provokation · as Self |
| 2014 | 5x5 · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2011 | Metal Evolution · as Self |
| 2009 | Sober House · as Self |
| 2008 | Celebrity Ghost Stories · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Kissology: The Ultimate Kiss Collection · as Self |
| 2006 | Robins · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | VH1's Heavy: The Story of Metal · as Self |
| 2004 | Rockthology 2 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | Tupac: Resurrection · as Self |
| 2002 | American Idol · as Self |
| 2001 | A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas · as Himself (voice) |
| 2000 | Kiss: Hells Guardians · as Self |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | Kiss: The Second Coming · as Self |
| 1997 | Tracks · as Self |
| 1996 | 1996 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1995 | MADtv · as Self |
| 1995 | WCW Monday Nitro · as Self |
| 1995 | KaBlam! · as Self (segment: Action League Now!) |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show · as Self |
| 1992 | Kiss: X-treme Close-Up · as Self |
| 1989 | MTV Unplugged · as Self |
| 1989 | Hard 'N Heavy Volume 5 · as Self |
| 1987 | The Morton Downey Jr. Show · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | KISS: eXposed · as Self |
| 1987 | Headbangers Ball · as Self |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1980 | Fridays · as Self - Musical GuestOn Plex |
| 1978 | Kids Are People Too! · as Self |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder · as Self |
| 1973 | Fantástico · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special · as Self - Musician |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 2001 | Kiss: Beyond the Makeup · as Composer |