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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-09-27 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Meat Loaf

Biography:

Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022) (height 6ft), better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. More than four decades after its release, the first album still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history.

After the commercial success of Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and earning a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love", Meat Loaf nevertheless experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States. This did not stop him from becoming one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records. The key to this success was his retention of iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the United Kingdom, where he received the 1994 Brit Award for best-selling album and single, appeared in the 1997 film Spice World, and ranks 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts, as of 2006. He ranks 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".

Aday appeared in over 50 movies and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona. His film roles include Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Bob Paulson in Fight Club (1999). His early stage work included dual roles in the original Broadway cast of The Rocky Horror Show, and he also appeared in the musical Hair, both on- and off-Broadway.

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Known For

Acting

2023

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self (archive footage)

2022

McEnroe as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

2020

2019

#NoJoke as Self

2017

Hit the Road as Himself
Ghost Wars as Doug Rennie

2016

Sausage Party as Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)

2015

2014

Stage Fright as Roger McCall
Wishin' and Hopin' as Monsignor Muldoon

2013

The Moment as Sergeant Goodman

2012

Elementary as Herman Wolf

2011

Beautiful Boy as Motel Clerk
Fairly Legal as Charlie DeKay

2010

Polish Bar as Joe

2009

Citizen Jane as Detective Jack Morris (as Meat Loaf Aday)
Glee as Barry Jeffries

2008

2007

Urban Decay as Rick Zero

2006

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Bud Black (uncredited)
Pelts as Jake Feldman
The One Show as Self - Guest
The One Show as Self
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Musical Guest

2005

Extreme Dating as Marshall Jackson
Chasing Ghosts as Richard Valbruno
Crazylove as John (as Meat Loaf Aday)
BloodRayne as Leonid
Masters of Horror as Jake Feldman

2004

A Hole in One as Billy
House as Eddie

2003

Learning Curves as Timmons

2002

Wishcraft as Detective Sparky Shaw
Monk as Reverend Hadley Jorgensen
American Idol as Self - Guest
Bo' Selecta! as Self
John Doe as Digger

2001

The 51st State as The Lizard
Focus as Fred
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
Trapped as Jim Hankins
Rustin as Coach Trellingsby

2000

Blacktop as Jack

1999

Fight Club as Robert Paulson
Crazy in Alabama as Sheriff John Doggett
Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Themselves - Panellist
TV total as Self

1998

The Mighty as Iggy
Black Dog as Red
Outside Ozona as Floyd Bibbs
Gunshy as Lew Collins

1997

Spice World as Dennis
South Park as Meat Loaf (voice)

1996

Nash Bridges as Charlie Pep

1995

To Catch a Yeti as Big Jake Grizzly
The Outer Limits as Col. Angus Devine

1994

TOTP2 as Self

1993

Psyched for Snuppa as Snuppa (voice) (as Meatloaf)

1992

Leap of Faith as Hoover

1991

Motorama as Vern
Lightning Force as Richard Talbot

1989

1988

1987

The Squeeze as Titus

1986

1985

Feel the Motion as Meat Loaf
The Equalizer as Sugar Fly Simon

1984

Musik Convoy as Self

1982

1981

Dead Ringer as Meat Loaf/Marvin

1980

Roadie as Travis W. Redfish

1979

Americathon as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz

1978

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest

1964

Top of the Pops as Self - Host

1962

State Fair as Boy in Stands (uncredited)

1952

Today as Self

Sound

1986

Thrashin' as Theme Song Performance

1985

Production

2007

Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live as Executive Producer

Directing

Writing