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Personal Info

Birth date

1947-09-27 (77 Years)

Day of death

2022-01-20

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Also known as

Meat Loaf Aday
Marvin Lee Aday
Meatloaf
Michael Lee Aday
میت لوف

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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Filmography

Acting

2023Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self (archive footage)

2022McEnroe as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns (1 Episode) as Self

2021Rocky Horror 45: The Movie as Self

2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self (archive footage)

2019#NoJoke as Self

2017Hit the Road (1 Episode) as Meat Loaf

2017Ghost Wars (7 Episodes) as Doug Rennie

2016Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende as Meat Loaf

2016Sausage Party as Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)

2015Meat Loaf - Live In Bergen 2015 as Self

2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self (archive footage)

2015Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell as Self

2014Wishin' and Hopin' as Monsignor Muldoon

2014Stage Fright as Roger McCall

2013All American Christmas Carol as Ross

2013The Moment as Sergeant Goodman

2012Meat Loaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live From Sydney as Self

2012Elementary (1 Episode) as Herman Wolf

2011Absolute Killers as Dan

2011Beautiful Boy as Motel Clerk

2011Fairly Legal (1 Episode) as Charlie DeKay

2010Burning Bright as Howie

2010Justin Lee Collins: Good Times (1 Episode) as Self

2010Popstar to Operastar (19 Episodes) as Self

2010Polish Bar as Joe

2009Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour as Self - Lead Vocals

2009Citizen Jane as Detective Jack Morris

2009Glee (1 Episode) as Barry Jeffries

2008Shatner's Raw Nerve (1 Episode) as Self

2008Rock and a Hard Place (22 Episodes) as Unknown

2007Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live as Self

2007Any Dream Will Do (1 Episode) as Unknown

2007Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise as Self

2007Urban Decay as Rick Zero

2006Pelts as Jake Feldman

2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Bud Black (uncredited)

2006The Megan Mullally Show (1 Episode) as Self - Musical Guest

2006The One Show (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Guest, Self

2006The Pleasure Drivers as Dale

2005Masters of Horror (1 Episode) as Jake Feldman

2005Crazylove as John (as Meat Loaf Aday)

2005BloodRayne as Leonid

2005Extreme Dating as Marshall Jackson

2005Chasing Ghosts as Richard Valbruno

2005Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1 as Self

2004House (1 Episode) as Eddie

2004Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as Self - Artist

2004A Hole in One as Billy

2003Let it Rock: Volume 1 as Self

2003Learning Curves as Timmons

2002Wishcraft as Detective Sparky Shaw

2002Bo' Selecta! (1 Episode) as Self

2002Monk (1 Episode) as Reverend Hadley Jorgensen

2002American Idol (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2002The Car Kid as Unknown

2002Ultimate Albums (19 Episodes) as Unknown

2002The Salton Sea as Bo

2001The 51st State as The Lizard

2001Focus as Fred

2001Trapped as Jim Hankins

2001Rustin as Coach Trellingsby

2001The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge

2000Blacktop as Jack

1999Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Self

1999Crazy in Alabama as Sheriff John Doggett

1999Fight Club as Robert Paulson

1999Meat Loaf VH1: Storytellers as Self

1999Where Are They Now? (1 Episode) as Self

1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1 Episode) as Self

1999Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over (1 Episode) as Self - Panellist

1999TV total (2 Episodes) as Self

1999Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell as Self

1999The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man as Unknown

1998Outside Ozona as Floyd Bibbs

1998Chef Aid: Behind The Menu as Self

1998Die Lotto-Show (1 Episode) as Self

1998Everything That Rises as Red

1998The Mighty as Iggy

1998Black Dog as Red

1998Gunshy as Lew Collins

1998The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1 Episode) as Self

1997Spice World as Dennis

1997Behind the Music (1 Episode) as Self

1997South Park (1 Episode) as Meat Loaf (voice)

1997Classic Albums (1 Episode) as Self

1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2 Episodes) as Self

1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1 Episode) as Self

1996Nash Bridges (1 Episode) as Charlie Pep

1995Die Harald Schmidt Show (1 Episode) as Self

1995Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia as Self

1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Self

1995The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Col. Angus Devine

1995To Catch a Yeti as Big Jake Grizzly

1994TOTP2 (1 Episode) as Self

1993I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) as The Beast

1993Psyched for Snuppa as Snuppa (voice) (as Meatloaf)

1993Raw (1 Episode) as Unknown

1992Leap of Faith as Hoover

1992The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Larry

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 Episodes) as Self

1992ECHO-Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self

1992Wayne's World as Tiny

1991Noel's House Party (1 Episode) as Unknown

1991Lightning Force (2 Episodes) as Richard Talbot

1991Motorama as Vern

1991Meat Loaf - Hits out of Hell as Self

1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Chumley

1988One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)

1988Monsters (1 Episode) as Unknown

1988Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (1 Episode) as Self

1987Vandemonium Plus as Unknown

1987The Squeeze as Titus

1987The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self

1987Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2 as Unknown

1986Out of Bounds as Gil

1986Saturday Live (1 Episode) as Unknown

1985The Equalizer (1 Episode) as Sugar Fly Simon

1985Feel the Motion as Meat Loaf

1985Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live as Unknown

1984Musik Convoy (1 Episode) as Self

1982Meat Loaf Live At Wembley 1982 as Self

1981Dead Ringer as Meat Loaf / Marvin

1981Wetten, dass..? (1 Episode) as Self

1980Roadie as Travis W. Redfish

1979Scavenger Hunt as Scum

1979Americathon as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz

1978Rockpalast - Meat Loaf as Self

1978An Audience with... (1 Episode) as Self

1975Saturday Night Live (2 Episodes) as Self - Musical Guest

1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Eddie

1964Top of the Pops (1, 9 Episode) as Self - Host, Self

1962State Fair as Boy in Stands (uncredited)

1952Today (1 Episode) as Self

Sound

2025Bat Out of Hell: The Musical ... Songs

1986Thrashin' ... Theme Song Performance

1985Feel the Motion ... Music

Production

2007Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live ... Executive Producer

2004Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ... Executive Producer