Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962), known professionally as Flea, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He is a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962), known professionally as Flea, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He is a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Flea was born in Melbourne, Victoria; his family moved to Rye, New York, when he was four. After his parents divorced, Flea spent his childhood in the United States and Australia, before settling in California. At high school, he befriended singer Anthony Kiedis, with whom he formed the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1983. Flea is also a member of the supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and has played with acts including the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Alanis Morissette, Young MC, Nirvana, What Is This?, Fear, and Jane's Addiction.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0281359
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202859
Facebook: https://facebook.com/flea
Instagram: https://instagram.com/flea333
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Filmography (Movies)
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2025
Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2025
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Character:Self
Release Date:12/03/2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2025
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2024
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Character:Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Release Date:11/08/2024
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
Character:
Release Date:03/08/2024
Inside Out 2
Character:Jake (voice)
Release Date:11/06/2024
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
Character:Self
Release Date:23/03/2024
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
Character:Self - Bass
Release Date:24/11/2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
Character:
Release Date:19/02/2023
Babylon
Character:Bob Levine
Release Date:22/12/2022
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
Character:Self
Release Date:09/10/2022
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Character:Self
Release Date:23/07/2021
The Sparks Brothers
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2021
What Drives Us
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/2021
Arlo the Alligator Boy
Character:Ruff (voice)
Release Date:16/04/2021
Queen & Slim
Character:Mr. Shepherd
Release Date:27/11/2019
Toy Story 4
Character:Caboom TV Announcer (voice)
Release Date:19/06/2019
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/03/2019
Boy Erased
Character:Brandon
Release Date:24/09/2018
Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
Character:Himself
Release Date:23/04/2018
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
Character:Bass
Release Date:24/09/2017
Baby Driver
Character:Eddie
Release Date:28/06/2017
The Public Image Is Rotten
Character:Himself
Release Date:21/04/2017
Song to Song
Character:Michael Peter Balzary
Release Date:17/03/2017
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016
Character:Bass
Release Date:27/08/2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
Character:Bass
Release Date:30/07/2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016
Character:Bass
Release Date:04/06/2016
Riley's First Date?
Character:Jordan's Fear (voice)
Release Date:03/11/2015
Inside Out
Character:Mind Worker Cop Jake (voice)
Release Date:17/06/2015
Jaco
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/2015
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
Character:Roller Man (voice)
Release Date:01/02/2014
Low Down
Character:Hobbs
Release Date:19/01/2014
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/11/2013
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
Character:bass, piano, backing vocals
Release Date:30/12/2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/08/2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
Character:
Release Date:09/06/2012
My Own Private River
Character:Budd (archive footage)
Release Date:19/02/2012
The Other F Word
Character:Self
Release Date:02/11/2011
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Character:Himself
Release Date:07/10/2011
Bob and the Monster
Character:
Release Date:24/09/2011
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/08/2011
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/08/2011
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
Character:
Release Date:07/03/2010
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2009
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Character:Self
Release Date:02/04/2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley
Character:Self
Release Date:07/07/2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival
Character:Self
Release Date:29/07/2006
Final 24: River Phoenix
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/05/2006
Coachella
Character:Self (with Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Release Date:09/05/2006
Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone
Character:Self
Release Date:26/04/2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale
Character:Self
Release Date:20/04/2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
Character:Self - Bass
Release Date:05/02/2006
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Character:Self
Release Date:25/02/2005
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rockpalast
Character:
Release Date:05/06/2004
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Slane Castle
Character:
Release Date:27/11/2003
Rugrats Go Wild
Character:Donnie Thornberry (voice)
Release Date:13/06/2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Character:Donnie Thornberry (voice)
Release Date:20/12/2002
Rising Low
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/10/2002
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Character:Donald 'Donnie' Michael Thornberry (voice)
Release Date:18/08/2001
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio
Character:Self
Release Date:21/01/2001
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
Gen¹³
Character:Grunge / Edward Chang (voice)
Release Date:30/10/2000
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan
Character:Self
Release Date:09/01/2000
Goodbye, Casanova
Character:Silent
Release Date:01/01/2000
Liar's Poker
Character:Freddie
Release Date:29/10/1999
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival
Character:Self - Bass
Release Date:20/08/1999
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/1999
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
Character:Self - Bass
Release Date:25/07/1999
"Weird Al" Yankovic: Behind the Music
Character:Self
Release Date:04/07/1999
Three Days
Character:Self
Release Date:23/01/1999
Psycho
Character:Bob Summerfield
Release Date:04/12/1998
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
Character:Self
Release Date:13/11/1998
Free Tibet
Character:Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Release Date:11/09/1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Character:Musician
Release Date:22/05/1998
The Big Lebowski
Character:Nihilist
Release Date:06/03/1998
Just Your Luck
Character:Johnny
Release Date:29/11/1996
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Character:
Release Date:16/06/1996
Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
Character:Himself
Release Date:02/02/1996
Afros, Macks & Zodiacs
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1995
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Character:Self
Release Date:16/08/1994
The Chase
Character:Dale
Release Date:04/03/1994
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Son in Law
Character:Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
Release Date:02/07/1993
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
Character:Self
Release Date:23/01/1993
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/1992
Roadside Prophets
Character:Too Free Stooges
Release Date:27/03/1992
Flea Master Session
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1992
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1991
Motorama
Character:Busboy
Release Date:10/09/1991
My Own Private Idaho
Character:Budd
Release Date:01/02/1991
Flea Sings
Character:Él mismo
Release Date:01/01/1991
Back to the Future Part III
Character:Needles
Release Date:25/05/1990
![Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qvvOcKaEsGA9qJY7UBpUfaPYWNP.jpg)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo
Character:Self - Bass
Release Date:26/01/1990
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1990
Back to the Future Part II
Character:Needles
Release Date:22/11/1989
Let's Get Lost
Character:Self
Release Date:15/09/1988
The Blue Iguana
Character:Floyd
Release Date:22/04/1988
Stranded
Character:Jester The Alien
Release Date:20/11/1987
Less Than Zero
Character:Musician #1
Release Date:06/11/1987
Red Hot Skate Rock
Character:Himself
Release Date:20/09/1987
Dudes
Character:Milo
Release Date:01/08/1987
Zabagabee
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1987
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO
Character:Bass
Release Date:24/11/1986
Tough Guys
Character:Red Hot Chili Peppers Member
Release Date:03/10/1986
Thrashin'
Character:Flea
Release Date:29/08/1986
Suburbia
Character:Razzle
Release Date:13/04/1984
Nightmares
Character:Singer (voice)
Release Date:02/09/1983
The Outsiders
Character:Soc (uncredited)
Release Date:25/03/1983
Television Appearances
Yo Gabba GabbaLand!
Character:Self
Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
Character:
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
Character:Self
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Character:Vect Nokru
I Heart Arlo
Character:Ruff (voice)
Love, Death & Robots
Character:Flea (voice)
Punk
Character:Self
Highston
Character:Flea
Hot Ones
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
The Art of Punk
Character:Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character:Self
MTV World Stage
Character:Self
Lil' Bush
Character:
American Dad!
Character:Orderly (voice)
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
Character:Self (archive footage)
Family Guy
Character:Flea (voice)
The Lionhearts
Character:(voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
Character:Donnie Thornberry (voice)
MADtv
Character:Self
Hi Octane
Character:Self
Duckman
Character:Flea (voice)
Les Nuls, l'émission
Character:Self
The Simpsons
Character:Flea (voice)
MTV Rockumentary
Character:
MTV Video Music Awards
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Musical Guest
The Grammys
Character:Self
Images
