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Name
Flea

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1962-10-16 (64 years old)

Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962), known professionally as Flea, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He is a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Flea was born in Melbourne, Victoria; his family moved to Rye, New York, when he was four. After his parents divorced, Flea spent his childhood in the United States and Australia, before settling in California. At high school, he befriended singer Anthony Kiedis, with whom he formed the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1983. Flea is also a member of the supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and has played with acts including the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Alanis Morissette, Young MC, Nirvana, What Is This?, Fear, and Jane's Addiction.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1998 The Big Lebowski as Nihilist
1989 Back to the Future Part II as Needles
1990 Back to the Future Part III as Needles
1991 My Own Private Idaho as Budd
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Musician
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks as Self
2001 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map as Self
1983 Nightmares as Singer (voice)
2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life as Self
1987 Dudes as Milo
2023 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
2016 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016 as Bass
1984 Suburbia as Razzle
2004 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan as Self
2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Donnie Thornberry (voice)
2000 Gen¹³ as Grunge / Edward Chang (voice)
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99 as Self - Bass
1987 Less Than Zero as Musician #1
1991 Motorama as Busboy
2007 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten as Self
1988 Let's Get Lost as Self
2005 We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen as Self
2011 Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone as Self
2006 Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone as Self
1987 Stranded as Jester The Alien
1992 Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!? as Self
2011 Bob and the Monster
2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott as Himself
1993 Son in Law as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
1990 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven as Self
2001 The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Donald 'Donnie' Michael Thornberry (voice)
1999 "Weird Al" Yankovic: Behind the Music as Self
2014 Low Down as Hobbs
2014 Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Roller Man (voice)
1983 The Outsiders as Soc (uncredited)
2000 Goodbye, Casanova as Silent
2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan as Self - Bass
2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You as Himself
1999 Three Days as Self
2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011 as Himself
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley as Self
1990 Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo as Self - Bass
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia as Self
2001 Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio as Self
1996 Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden as Himself
2009 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006 as Self
2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan as Self
1987 Red Hot Skate Rock as Himself
1988 The Blue Iguana as Floyd
2022 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022 as Self
2015 Jaco as Self
1994 The Chase as Dale
2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement as bass, piano, backing vocals
2024 Inside Out 2 as Jake (voice)
1992 Roadside Prophets as Too Free Stooges
2022 Babylon as Bob Levine
2015 Inside Out as Mind Worker Cop Jake (voice)
2025 Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt as Self
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival as Self - Bass
1986 Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO as Bass
2024 Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird as Self
2016 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016 as Bass
1998 The Decline of Western Civilization Part III as Self
2024 ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord as Self
2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony as Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2002 Rising Low as Self
2017 Baby Driver as Eddie
2017 Song to Song as Michael Peter Balzary
2017 The Public Image Is Rotten as Himself
2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival as Self
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland as Self
2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale as Self
1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos as Self
2011 The Other F Word as Self
2012 My Own Private River as Budd (archive footage)
2018 Boy Erased as Brandon
2003 Rugrats Go Wild as Donnie Thornberry (voice)
1999 Liar's Poker as Freddie
2018 Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band as Himself
1991 Flea Sings as Él mismo
2017 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio as Bass
1996 Just Your Luck as Johnny
2019 Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids as Himself
1986 Tough Guys as Red Hot Chili Peppers Member
1998 Psycho as Bob Summerfield
2019 Toy Story 4 as Caboom TV Announcer (voice)
2019 Queen & Slim as Mr. Shepherd
1995 Afros, Macks & Zodiacs as (archive footage)
1986 Thrashin' as Flea
2013 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival as Himself
1992 Flea Master Session as Self
1994 Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
2015 Riley's First Date? as Jordan's Fear (voice)
2021 Arlo the Alligator Boy as Ruff (voice)
2021 The Sparks Brothers as Self
2021 What Drives Us as Self
2016 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016 as Bass
2021 Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage as Self
2023 Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 as Self - Bass
2006 Final 24: River Phoenix as Self (archive footage)
2006 Coachella as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1987 Zabagabee
2025 FireAid Benefit Concert as Self
1998 Free Tibet as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
2024 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
2026 The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel as Self
1993 Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival as Self
1996 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996 Tibetan Freedom Concert as Self
2025 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2025 Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos as Self
2000 Woodstock '99
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle as Self - Bass
2026 Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) as Self

1994 Duckman ( 1 episode ) as Flea (voice)
2007 Lil' Bush ( 1 episode )
1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Self
2011 The Jonathan Ross Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Flea (voice)
1990 Les Nuls, l'émission ( 1 episode ) as Self
1998 The Wild Thornberrys ( 91 episodes ) as Donnie Thornberry (voice)
2021 I Heart Arlo ( 2 episodes ) as Ruff (voice)
2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi ( 2 episodes ) as Vect Nokru
2015 Highston ( 1 episode ) as Flea
1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2009 MTV World Stage ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 Punk ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1998 The Lionhearts ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
2024 John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza ( 3 episodes )
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Orderly (voice)
1999 Family Guy ( 1 episode ) as Flea (voice)
1994 Hi Octane ( 1 episode ) as Self
Soon Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis ( 12 episodes ) as Self
2013 The Art of Punk ( 1 episode ) as Self
1989 MTV Rockumentary ( 1 episode )
2003 VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2019 Love, Death & Robots ( 1 episode ) as Flea (voice)
1959 The Grammys ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 Yo Gabba GabbaLand! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest

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