Meat Loaf
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
Credits
- 2023 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · McEnroe as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021 · Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns as Himself
- 2021 · Rocky Horror 45: The Movie as Self
- 2020 · The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · #NoJoke as Self
- 2017 · Hit the Road as Himself
- 2017 · Ghost Wars as Doug Rennie
- 2016 · Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende as Meat Loaf
- 2016 · Sausage Party as Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015 · Meat Loaf - Live In Bergen 2015 as Himself
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell as Self
- 2014 · Wishin' and Hopin' as Monsignor Muldoon
- 2014 · Stage Fright as Roger McCall
- 2013 · All American Christmas Carol as Ross
- 2013 · The Moment as Sergeant Goodman
- 2012 · Meat Loaf : Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live from Sydney as Himself
- 2012 · Elementary as Herman Wolf
- 2011 · Absolute Killers as Dan
- 2011 · Beautiful Boy as Motel Clerk
- 2011 · Fairly Legal as Charlie DeKay
- 2010 · Burning Bright as Howie
- 2010 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
- 2010 · Popstar to Operastar as
- 2010 · Polish Bar as Joe
- 2009 · Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour as Himself - Lead Vocals
- 2009 · Citizen Jane as Detective Jack Morris (as Meat Loaf Aday)
- 2009 · Glee as Barry Jeffries
- 2008 · Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self
- 2008 · Rock and a Hard Place as
- 2007 · Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live as Himself
- 2007 · Any Dream Will Do as
- 2007 · Urban Decay as Rick Zero
- 2007 · Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise as Self
- 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
- 2006 · The Pleasure Drivers as Dale
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Jake Feldman
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Leonid
- 2005 · Crazylove as John (as Meat Loaf Aday)
- 2005 · Extreme Dating as Marshall Jackson
- 2005 · Chasing Ghosts as Richard Valbruno
- 2005 · Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1 as self
- 2004 · House as Eddie
- 2004 · Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as Himself - Artist
- 2004 · A Hole in One as Billy
- 2003 · Let it Rock: Volume 1 as Self
- 2003 · Learning Curves as Timmons
- 2002 · Wishcraft as Detective Sparky Shaw
- 2002 · Monk as Reverend Hadley Jorgensen
- 2002 · American Idol as Self - Guest
- 2002 · The Car Kid as
- 2002 · Ultimate Albums as
- 2002 · The Salton Sea as Bo
- 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 · Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Self
- 1999 · Crazy in Alabama as Sheriff John Doggett
- 1999 · Fight Club as Robert Paulson
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Themselves - Panellist
- 1999 · TV Total as Self
- 1999 · Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell as Self
- 1999 · The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man as
- 1998 · Outside Ozona as Floyd Bibbs
- 1998 · Chef Aid: Behind The Menu as Self
- 1998 · Die Lotto-Show as Self
- 1998 · Everything That Rises as Red
- 1998 · The Mighty as Iggy
- 1998 · Black Dog as Red
- 1998 · Gunshy as Lew Collins
- 1998 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1997 · Spice World as Dennis
- 1997 · Behind the Music as Self
- 1997 · South Park as Meat Loaf (voice)
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia as Self
- 1995 · The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Self
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Col. Angus Devine
- 1995 · To Catch a Yeti as Big Jake Grizzly
- 1994 · TOTP2 as Self
- 1993 · I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) as The Beast
- 1993 · Psyched for Snuppa as Snuppa (voice) (as Meatloaf)
- 1993 · WWE Raw as
- 1992 · Leap of Faith as Hoover
- 1992 · The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Larry
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1992 · ECHO-Verleihung as Self
- 1992 · Wayne's World as Tiny
- 1991 · Noel's House Party as
- 1991 · Lightning Force as Richard Talbot
- 1991 · Motorama as Vern
- 1991 · Meat Loaf - Hits out of Hell as Himself
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Chumley
- 1988 · One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)
- 1988 · Monsters as
- 1988 · Smash Hits Poll Winners Party as Self
- 1987 · Vandemonium Plus as
- 1987 · The Squeeze as Titus
- 1987 · The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
- 1987 · Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2 as
- 1986 · Out of Bounds as Gil
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Sugar Fly Simon
- 1985 · Feel the Motion as Meat Loaf
- 1985 · Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live as
- 1984 · Musik Convoy as Self
- 1982 · Meat Loaf Live At Wembley 1982 as Himself
- 1981 · Dead Ringer as Meat Loaf/Marvin
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Roadie as Travis W. Redfish
- 1979 · Scavenger Hunt as Scum
- 1979 · Americathon as Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
- 1978 · Rockpalast - Meat Loaf as himself
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- 1975 · The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Eddie
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self - Host
- 1962 · State Fair as Boy in Stands (uncredited)
- 1952 · Today as Self