Meat Loaf

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-09-27

Deathday 2022-01-20 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Dallas, Texas, USA

Also Known As Meat Loaf Aday, Marvin Lee Aday, Meatloaf, Michael Lee Aday

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meat Loaf, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2023
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

as Self (archive footage)

2022
McEnroe

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020
2019
#NoJoke

as Self

2017
Hit the Road

as Himself

2017
Ghost Wars

as Doug Rennie

2016
Sausage Party

as Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)

2014
Wishin' and Hopin'

as Monsignor Muldoon

2014
Stage Fright

as Roger McCall

2013
The Moment

as Sergeant Goodman

2012
Elementary

as Herman Wolf

2011
2011
Beautiful Boy

as Motel Clerk

2011
Fairly Legal

as Charlie DeKay

2010
2010
Polish Bar

as Joe

2009
Citizen Jane

as Detective Jack Morris (as Meat Loaf Aday)

2009
Glee

as Barry Jeffries

2007
Urban Decay

as Rick Zero

2006
Pelts

as Jake Feldman

2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

as Bud Black (uncredited)

2006
The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Musical Guest

2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2006
The One Show

as Self

2005
Crazylove

as John (as Meat Loaf Aday)

2005
BloodRayne

as Leonid

2005
Extreme Dating

as Marshall Jackson

2005
Chasing Ghosts

as Richard Valbruno

2005
Masters of Horror

as Jake Feldman

2004
A Hole in One

as Billy

2004
House

as Eddie

2003
Learning Curves

as Timmons

2002
Wishcraft

as Detective Sparky Shaw

2002
2002
Monk

as Reverend Hadley Jorgensen

2002
American Idol

as Self - Guest

2001
The 51st State

as The Lizard

2001
Focus

as Fred

2001
Trapped

as Jim Hankins

2001
Rustin

as Coach Trellingsby

2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge

2000
Blacktop

as Jack

1999
Crazy in Alabama

as Sheriff John Doggett

1999
Fight Club

as Robert Paulson

1999
Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over

as Themselves - Panellist

1999
TV Total

as Self

1998
Outside Ozona

as Floyd Bibbs

1998
The Mighty

as Iggy

1998
Black Dog

as Red

1998
Gunshy

as Lew Collins

1998
1997
Spice World

as Dennis

1997
1997
South Park

as Meat Loaf (voice)

1997
1995
To Catch a Yeti

as Big Jake Grizzly

1995
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

1992
1992
1991
Motorama

as Vern

1991
Lightning Force

as Richard Talbot

1989
1987
The Squeeze

as Titus

1986
1985
Feel the Motion

as Meat Loaf

1985
The Equalizer

as Sugar Fly Simon

1984
Musik Convoy

as Self

1981
Dead Ringer

as Meat Loaf/Marvin

1981
1980
Roadie

as Travis W. Redfish

1979
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

Producer