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Michael Peter Balzary was born on the 16th of October 1962, in Melbourne, Australia. When he was four, his parents divorced and Michael, his sister Karen and his mother Patricia headed for New York, but they didn't stay long and soon ended up in L.A. (in 1972), where his step-father, a jazz musician named Walter Urban Jr... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (28 titles)
???? Low Down (filming)
 
1998-2004 The Wild Thornberrys (TV series)
Donnie / Tom / Additional Voices / …
Eliza Unplugged (2004) … Donnie / Tom
Look Who's Squawking (2003) … Donnie
Sir Nigel: Part 1 (2003) … Donnie
Sir Nigel: Part 2 (2003) … Donnie (voice)
Clash and Learn (2003) … Donnie / Tom
 
2000 Gen 13 (video)
Grunge (voice) / Edward Chang (voice)
 
2000 Goodbye, Casanova
Silent
 
1998 Psycho
Bob Summerfield
 
1998 The Lionhearts (TV series)
Singin' in the Mane (1998) (voice)
 
1998 The Big Lebowski
Nihilist #2, Kieffer
 
1996 Just Your Luck (video)
Johnny
 
1994 The Chase
Dale
 
1993 Son in Law
Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
 
1993 The Simpsons (TV series)
Flea
Krusty Gets Kancelled (1993) … Flea (voice)
 
1992 Roadside Prophets
Too Free Stooges
 
1991 My Own Private Idaho
Budd
 
1991 Motorama
Busboy
 
1991 The Idiot Box (TV series)
Mugger
Episode #1.2 (1991) … Mugger
 
1988 The Blue Iguana
Floyd
 
1987 Stranded
Jester The Alien
 
1987 Less Than Zero
Musician #1
 
1987 Dudes
Milo
 
1983 Suburbia
Razzle (as Mike B. The Flea)
 
1983 Nightmares
Singer (voice) (as The Flea)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (40 titles)
2012 Divorce (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (2012) (writer: "Californication")
 
2012/I Flight (performer: "Under the Bridge")
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
Cançons de viatge (2012) (writer: "Give It Away")
 
2011 Tu cara me suena (TV series)
Episode #1.10 (2011) (writer: "Give It Away")
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #19.115 (2011) (writer: "Give It Away" - uncredited)
 
2010/I The Fighter (writer: "Strip My Mind")
 
2010 Law & Order: LA (TV series)
Echo Park (2010) (writer: "Venice Queen" - uncredited)
 
2010 Casal Rock (TV series)
El gran concert (2010) (writer: "Give It Away")
Compte enrere (2010) (writer: "Give It Away")
La gira (2010) (writer: "Give It Away")
Ressaca (2010) (writer: "Give It Away")
Avis Road (2010) (writer: "Give It Away")
 
2010 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV series)
The Malaysian Grand Prix (2010) (writer: "By The Way")
The Malaysian Grand Prix: Highlights (2010) (writer: "By The Way")
 
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
Episode #1.114 (2010) (writer: "Under the Bridge")
 
2009 The Big Bang Theory (TV series)
The Maternal Capacitance (2009) (writer: "Under the Bridge" - uncredited)
 
2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (writer: "Suck My Kiss")
 
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Video Game) (writer: "Suck My Kiss")
 
2006 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Tom Hanks/Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) (writer: "Dani California", "Give It Away")
 
2006 Coachella (video documentary) (writer: "Californication")
 
2005 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary) (writer: "Californication")
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (writer: "Californication")
 
2004 Chris Rock: Never Scared (TV documentary) (writer: "Venice Queen")
 
2004 Bluebird (TV movie) (writer: "Otherside")
 
2003 Something's Gotta Give (writer: "Butterfly" / as Michael Balzary)
 
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos (video documentary) (writer: "Give It Away", "Suck My Kiss", "Under the Bridge", "Aeroplane", "My Friends", "Scar Tissue", "Around the World", "Otherside", "Californication", "Road Trippin'", "By the Way", "The Zephyr Song", "Can't Stop", "Universally Speaking", "Soul to Squeeze")
 
2002 Orange County (writer: "Butterfly" / "Butterfly")
 
2001 Pro Skater 3 (Video Game) (writer: "Fight Like A Brave" / as Michael Balzary)
 
2001 Saving Silverman (writer: "Butterfly")
 
2001 Things Behind the Sun (writer: "A System for Shutting Everything Out" / performer: "A System for Shutting Everything Out")
 
1999 Bringing Out the Dead (writer: "So What")
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary) (writer: "Give It Away" / as M. Balzary)
 
1998 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
Werewolf (1998) (writer: "Give It Away" - uncredited)
 
1998 All Saints: The Video (video) (writer: "Under the Bridge MTV Live", "Under the Bridge", "Under the Bridge Acapella" - uncredited / as Balzary)
 
1996 Grace of My Heart (performer: "The Nitty Gritty" / producer: "The Nitty Gritty")
 
1996 Twister (writer: "Melancholy Mechanics")
 
1995 The Basketball Diaries (writer: "I've Been Down" / performer: "I've Been Down")
 
1993 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
Sporting Goods (1993) (writer: "Breaking The Girl")
Sperm Bank (1993) (writer: "Suck My Kiss")
Sign Here (1993) (writer: "Show Me Your Soul")
 
1993 Coneheads (writer: "Soul to Squeeze")
 
1992 Wayne's World ("SIKAMIKANICO")
 
1990 Pretty Woman (writer: "Show Me Your Soul")
 
1989 Say Anything... (writer: "Taste The Pain" / as Mike Balzary)
 
1987 Less Than Zero (music: "Fight Like A Brave" / lyrics: "Fight Like A Brave")
 
1986 Thrashin' (writer: "Black Eyed Blonde" / as Michael Balzary)
 
1984 Gimme an 'F' (writer: "Get Up and Jump" / as M. Balzary)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2006 Snow (Hey Oh) (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2000 Traffic (musician: master of the 4-string electric bassius o'pheilius)
 
Show ShowSelf (68 titles)
2012 Lexicon Devil (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Bob and the Monster (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Jonathan Ross Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (2011) … Himself (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2011 The Other F Word (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Making of Olympia (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2009 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Making of Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Hump de Bump' (video documentary short)
 
2007 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 4Real (TV series documentary)
4Real Haiti (2007)
 
2006 Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik (TV series documentary)
Himself - Performer
Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) … Himself - Performer (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2006 Making of Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Snow (Hey Oh)' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Snow (Hey Oh) (short)
Himself
 
2006 My Shot With (TV series)
Himself
The Virgin Music Festival (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Making of Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Tell Me Baby' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Making of Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Dani California' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself
Tom Hanks/Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) … Himself (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2006 Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 House Band (TV series)
Himself
Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Popworld (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 April 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 American Hardcore (documentary)
Himself (as Richard 'Flea' Balzari)
 
2006 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.2 (2006) … Himself (as Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
 
2006 Coachella (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui (video documentary)
Himself (segments "Scar Tissue" and "Give it Away") (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2005 The Work of Director Mark Romanek (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Can't Stop") (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2005 All We Are Saying (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos (video documentary)
Himself (Bass) (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.69 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 2003 Radio Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself (as The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2003 Ice Cube: The Videos, Volume 1 (video)
Himself (segment "Wicked")
 
2003 Brit Awards 2003 (TV special)
Himself (as The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2002 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.11 (2002) … Himself (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2002 Rising Low (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 MTV 20: Live & Almost Legal (TV documentary)
Himself (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2001 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map (video)
Himself
 
2000 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Member, Red Hot Chili Peppers (as The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
2000 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.8 (2000) … Himself
Episode #5.12 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 MTV Video Music Awards 2000 (TV special)
Himself - Performer (as Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
1999 Making the Video (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Woodstock '99 (TV special)
Himself (as The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
'Weird Al' Yankovic (1999) … Himself
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) … Himself
 
1999/I Three Days (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary)
Himself (as The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
1998 The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series)
Himself
A Star Is Abhorred (1997) … Himself (voice)
 
1995 Woodstock '94 (video documentary)
Himself (as The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 
1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 24 Hours in Rock and Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Rhythm & Jam (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1992 The Ben Stiller Show (TV series)
Himself
With Flea (1992) … Himself
 
1992 MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (TV special)
Himself - Red Hot Chili Peppers Bassist
 
1992 Red Hot Chili Peppers: What Hits?! (video)
Himself
 
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks (video)
Himself
 
1988 Let's Get Lost (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Tough Guys
Himself - Red Hot Chili Peppers
 
1986 Thrashin'
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2008 Whale Wars (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Provinssirock 30 (TV series documentary)
 
2006-2007 Video on Trial (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

Richard 'Flea' Balzari | Mike B. The Flea | The Flea | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Red Hot Chilli Peppers | The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on his acting role in Back to the Future Part II] It was okay. I mean, I didn't really like the film very much. I wasn't happy with my performance in it either, but, you know, it's basically a multi-million dollar piece of trash. See more »

Trivia:

Rode in the ambulance with River Phoenix the night he died. See more »

Trademark:

Modulus bass guitar See more »

Star Sign:

Libra