Name
Meat Loaf
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-09-27
Deathday
2022-01-20 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Biography
Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), 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.
Known For
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A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression ...
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After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet en...
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The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's ba...
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Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevi...
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After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope...
- 1999 Fight Club as Robert Paulson
- 1985 Feel the Motion as Meat Loaf
- 2001 The 51st State as The Lizard
- 2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Bud Black (uncredited)
- 1980 Roadie as Travis W. Redfish
- 1993 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) as The Beast
- 1979 Scavenger Hunt as Scum
- 2006 The Pleasure Drivers as Dale
- 1997 Spice World as Dennis
- 2002 The Salton Sea as Bo
- 2002 Wishcraft as Detective Sparky Shaw
- 1999 Crazy in Alabama as Sheriff John Doggett
- 1992 Wayne's World as Tiny
- 1992 Leap of Faith as Hoover
- 1998 The Mighty as Iggy
- 1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Larry
- 2004 Extreme Dating as Marshall Jackson
- 2005 Chasing Ghosts as Richard Valbruno
- 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Eddie
- 2005 Crazylove as John (as Meat Loaf Aday)
- 2004 Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as Self - Artist
- 1979 Americathon as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
- 1991 Motorama as Vern
- 1999 Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell as Self
- 1998 Black Dog as Red
- 2009 Citizen Jane as Detective Jack Morris
- 2022 Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 State Fair as Boy in Stands (uncredited)
- 2007 Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise as Self
- 1995 To Catch a Yeti as Big Jake Grizzly
- 2011 Beautiful Boy as Motel Clerk
- 2000 Blacktop as Jack
- 1999 The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
- 2021 Rocky Horror 45: The Movie as Self
- 2010 Polish Bar as Joe
- 1998 Outside Ozona as Floyd Bibbs
- 1998 Gunshy as Lew Collins
- 2014 Stage Fright as Roger McCall
- 2006 BloodRayne as Leonid
- 2013 The Moment as Sergeant Goodman
- 2007 Urban Decay as Rick Zero
- 2013 All American Christmas Carol as Ross
- 2020 The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 Meat Loaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live From Sydney as Self
- 2016 Sausage Party as Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)
- 1993 Psyched for Snuppa as Snuppa (voice) (as Meatloaf)
- 2001 Focus as Fred
- 1998 Chef Aid: Behind The Menu as Self
- 2022 McEnroe as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004 A Hole in One as Billy
- 1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)
- 2001 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
- 2014 Wishin' and Hopin' as Monsignor Muldoon
- 2009 Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour as Self - Lead Vocals
- 2006 Pelts as Jake Feldman
- 1991 Meat Loaf - Hits out of Hell as Self
- 1986 Out of Bounds as Gil
- 1999 Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Self
- 2001 Trapped as Jim Hankins
- 1981 Dead Ringer as Meat Loaf / Marvin
- 2015 Meat Loaf - Live In Bergen 2015 as Self
- 1987 The Squeeze as Titus
- 2002 The Car Kid
- 1987 The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
- 2015 Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Learning Curves as Timmons
- 2001 Rustin as Coach Trellingsby
- 2015 Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell as Self
- 1998 Everything That Rises as Red
- 2016 Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende as Meat Loaf
- 2007 Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live as Self
- 2003 Let it Rock: Volume 1 as Self
- 1982 Meat Loaf Live At Wembley 1982 as Self
- 1995 The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Self
- 2019 #NoJoke as Self
- 1985 Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live
- 1987 Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2
- 1995 Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia as Self
- 2005 Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1 as Self
- 1987 Vandemonium Plus
- 2010 Burning Bright as Howie
- 2011 Absolute Killers as Dan
- 1999 Meat Loaf VH1: Storytellers as Self
- 2025 Meat Loaf: From Hell and to Connaught as Himself
- 1988 Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
- 1989 The Seventh Continent as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Eddie
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Monk ( 1 episode ) as Reverend Hadley Jorgensen
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Chumley
- 1997 South Park ( 1 episode ) as Meat Loaf (voice)
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1991 Noel's House Party ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Die Lotto-Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Masters of Horror ( 1 episode ) as Jake Feldman
- 2007 Any Dream Will Do ( 1 episode )
- 2002 American Idol ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Sugar Fly Simon
- 2011 Fairly Legal ( 1 episode ) as Charlie DeKay
- 1994 TOTP2 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Where Are They Now? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 Lightning Force ( 2 episodes ) as Richard Talbot
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2008 Rock and a Hard Place ( 22 episodes )
- 2002 Ultimate Albums ( 19 episodes )
- 2010 Popstar to Operastar ( 19 episodes ) as Self
- 2010 Justin Lee Collins: Good Times ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Behind the Music ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Col. Angus Devine
- 1978 An Audience with... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Elementary ( 1 episode ) as Herman Wolf
- 2008 Shatner's Raw Nerve ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panellist
- 1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2017 Hit the Road ( 1 episode ) as Meat Loaf
- 1984 Musik Convoy ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 ECHO-Verleihung ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Raw ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 Glee ( 1 episode ) as Barry Jeffries
- 1998 The Johannes B. Kerner Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 TV total ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2017 Ghost Wars ( 7 episodes ) as Doug Rennie
- 1986 Saturday Live ( 1 episode )
- 2006 The Megan Mullally Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1964 Top of the Pops ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2002 Bo' Selecta! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 Nash Bridges ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Pep
- 1964 Top of the Pops ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 2009 Hannity ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 The BRIT Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 Monsters ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Willard Wingite
- 2010 Overheard with Evan Smith ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 TFI Unplugged ( 1 episode ) as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1996 TFI Friday ( 1 episode )
- 2005 The F Word ( 1 episode )
