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