Meat Loaf

Birthday: 1947-09-27
Deathday: 2022-01-20
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
2016-11-30 Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende Meat Loaf
2016-07-11 Sausage Party Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)
2014-11-23 Wishin' and Hopin' Monsignor Muldoon
2014-04-03 Stage Fright Roger McCall
2013-11-05 All American Christmas Carol Ross
2013-04-21 The Moment Sergeant Goodman
2011-10-01 Absolute Killers Dan
2011-06-03 Beautiful Boy Motel Clerk
2010-08-17 Burning Bright Howie
2010-01-01 Polish Bar Joe
2009-09-12 Citizen Jane Detective Jack Morris (as Meat Loaf Aday)
2007-01-01 Urban Decay Rick Zero
2006-12-01 Pelts Jake Feldman
2006-11-22 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Bud Black (uncredited)
2006-06-28 The Pleasure Drivers Dale
2005-10-22 Crazylove John (as Meat Loaf Aday)
2005-10-22 BloodRayne Leonid
2005-06-23 Extreme Dating Marshall Jackson
2005-05-11 Chasing Ghosts Richard Valbruno
2005-01-01 Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1 self
2004-05-02 A Hole in One Billy
2003-08-02 Learning Curves Timmons
2002-09-25 Wishcraft Detective Sparky Shaw
2002-05-11 The Car Kid
2002-02-12 The Salton Sea Bo
2001-12-07 The 51st State The Lizard
2001-10-19 Focus Fred
2001-07-24 Trapped Jim Hankins
2001-06-18 Rustin Coach Trellingsby
2001-01-20 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
2000-10-20 Blacktop Jack
1999-10-22 Crazy in Alabama Sheriff John Doggett
1999-10-15 Fight Club Robert Paulson
1999-01-01 The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1998-12-18 Outside Ozona Floyd Bibbs
1998-07-12 Everything That Rises Red
1998-06-01 The Mighty Iggy
1998-05-01 Black Dog Red
1998-03-06 Gunshy Lew Collins
1997-12-18 Spice World Dennis
1995-01-12 To Catch a Yeti Big Jake Grizzly
1993-09-11 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) The Beast
1993-06-01 Psyched for Snuppa Snuppa (voice) (as Meatloaf)
1992-12-18 Leap of Faith Hoover
1992-08-21 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Larry
1992-02-14 Wayne's World Tiny
1991-09-10 Motorama Vern
1987-12-31 Vandemonium Plus
1987-07-10 The Squeeze Titus
1987-01-01 Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2
1986-07-25 Out of Bounds Gil
1985-07-05 Feel the Motion Meat Loaf
1985-05-01 Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live
1981-06-01 Dead Ringer Meat Loaf/Marvin
1980-06-13 Roadie Travis W. Redfish
1979-12-21 Scavenger Hunt Scum
1979-08-10 Americathon Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
1975-08-14 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Eddie
1962-03-09 State Fair Boy in Stands (uncredited)