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Meat Loaf(1947-2022)

  • Music Artist
  • Actor
  • Producer
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Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas, to Wilma Artie (Hukel), a teacher and gospel singer, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a police officer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands. In 1970, he moved to New York and appeared in the Broadway musicals "Hair", "Rockabye Hamlet" and "The Rocky Horror Show," and Off Broadway in "Rainbow", "More Than You Deserve", "National Lampoon Show" and the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "As You Like it;" as well as other productions at the famed New York Public Theatre. He made his film debut with a memorable role in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album called "Bat Out Of Hell"; the record was huge and has sold 50,000,000 copies worldwide and is tied with AC/DC for the 2nd best selling record of all time. The tour and promoting the album took a toll on Meat Loaf's voice and left him unable to sing for 2 years, but with months of rehabilitation, he was able to get back in the studio and record the album "Dead Ringer". Meat Loaf stayed in the dark through the 1980s in the US, recording 4 records which got very little airplay or high chart positions in the US but continued to have major chart success in Europe and Australia. The 1981 Single "Dead Ringer for Love", a duet with Cher, was a top 10 single in many countries outside the US, but which American radio refused to play.

Meat Loaf had many film and TV roles, including the lead character Travis Redfish in Roadie (1980); a pilot in Out of Bounds (1986); in The Squeeze (1987) with Michael Keaton; and Fred in Focus (2001) (based on the Arthur Miller book by the same name), with Laura Dern and William H. Macy. When Meat Loaf and Steinman got back together in 1993, they delivered a powerful sequel, "Bat Out Of Hell II", which went to #1 in the US and UK and 26 other countries. Bat II sold over 22,000,000 copies.

He appeared in many films, including Crazy in Alabama (1999), Formula 51 (2001) (with Samuel L. Jackson), and Fight Club (1999) (with Brad Pitt). TV credits included guest starring roles as a soldier being held prisoner in Vietnam in Lightning Force (1991), a newspaper reporter in the hit series Glee (2009), a slick landlord of a restaurant who ends up on the menu in HBO series Tales from the Crypt (1989) a blacksmith on Showtime's Dead Man's Gun (1997), as fur trader Jake in Masters of Horror (2005) episode Pelts (2006), in House (2004) as caring husband Eddie, and, most recently, in the supporting role of Doug in the SYFY series Ghost Wars (2017). Hugh Laurie (star of "House") played piano on the song "If I Can't Have You" on Meat Loaf's album "Hang Cool Teddy Bear", which was produced by award-winning music producer Rob Cavallo. (Jack Black also sang on the album.)

Marvin Lee Aday died on January 20, 2022 in Austin, Texas from COVID-19 complications.
BornSeptember 27, 1947
DiedJanuary 20, 2022(74)
BornSeptember 27, 1947
DiedJanuary 20, 2022(74)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 4 nominations

Photos84

Meat Loaf in The Big Picture (1988)
Meat Loaf and William Petersen in Gunshy (1998)
Meat Loaf in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Meat Loaf and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)
Meat Loaf in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Meat Loaf, Pierre Bedenes, Christopher Biggins, Gaye Brown, Rufus Collins, and Lindsay Ingram in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Meat Loaf and Kaki Hunter in Roadie (1980)
Meat Loaf in House (2004)
William Shatner and Meat Loaf in Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008)
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Meat Loaf in The Moment (2013)
Meat Loaf in Stage Fright (2014)
Meat Loaf in Stage Fright (2014)

Known for

Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7.4
  • Eddie - Ex Delivery Boy(as Meatloaf)
  • 1975
Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle in Formula 51 (2001)
Formula 51
6.3
  • The Lizard
  • 2001
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club
8.8
  • Robert Paulsen(as Meat Loaf Aday)
  • 1999
Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Victoria Beckham, and Mel B in Spice World (1997)
Spice World
3.6
  • Dennis
  • 1997

Credits

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Actor

  • Ghost Wars (2017)
    Ghost Wars
    • Doug Rennie (as Meat Loaf Aday)
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in Elementary (2012)
    Elementary
    • Herman Wolf (as Meat Loaf Aday)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Meat Loaf: Going All the Way - Lyric Video
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues - Lyric Video
    • Meat Loaf (voice)
    • Music Video
    • 2016
  • Michael Cera, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, and Danny McBride in Sausage Party (2016)
    Sausage Party
    • Meatloaf (voice, uncredited)
    • 2016
  • Molly Ringwald and Wyatt Ralff in Wishin' and Hopin' (2014)
    Wishin' and Hopin'
    • Monsignor Muldoon
    • 2014
  • Allie MacDonald in Stage Fright (2014)
    Stage Fright
    • Roger McCall (as Meat Loaf Aday)
    • 2014
  • Night of the Proms (2013)
    Night of the Proms
    • Singer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • All American Christmas Carol (2013)
    All American Christmas Carol
    • Ross (as Meat Loaf Aday)
    • 2013
  • The Moment (2013)
    The Moment
    • Sergeant Goodman
    • 2013
  • Meatloaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour, Live from Sydney
    • Performer
    • Music Video
    • 2012
  • Serj Tankian in U B Da Judge (2012)
    U B Da Judge
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Sarah Shahi in Fairly Legal (2011)
    Fairly Legal
    • Charles McKay (as Meat Loaf Aday)
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Absolute Killers (2011)
    Absolute Killers
    • Dan (as Meat Loaf Aday)
    • 2011
  • Golden Brooks and Vincent Piazza in Polish Bar (2010)
    Polish Bar
    • Joe
    • 2010

Producer

  • Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live (2007)
    Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007)
    Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
    • executive producer
    • 2007
  • Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004)
    Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2004
  • Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth) (1995)
    Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 1995
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Videos22

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Official Trailer
Trailer 1:39
Official Trailer
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise - Trailer
Trailer 3:22
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise - Trailer
Rock Camp: The Movie
Trailer 1:57
Rock Camp: The Movie
Stage Fright
Trailer 2:08
Stage Fright
Stage Fright
Trailer 2:11
Stage Fright
All American Christmas Carol
Trailer 2:05
All American Christmas Carol
Fight Club
Trailer 2:00
Fight Club
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Trailer 0:30
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Apple Music
    • Cameo
  • Alternative names
    • Marvin Day Aday
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • September 27, 1947
    • Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • January 20, 2022
    • Austin, Texas, USA(complications from COVID-19)
  • Spouses
      Deborah GillespieSeptember 10, 2010 - January 20, 2022 (his death)
  • Children
      Pearl Aday
  • Other works
    Album: "Midnight at the Lost and Found"
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 4 Interviews
    • 7 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    His 1970s album, 'Bat out of Hell', is the third highest selling album of all time, with an estimated 30,000,000 copies sold worldwide. It spent over 470 weeks in the UK charts - an all-time record.
  • Quotes
    [asked in 2003 interview whether he was born in 1947 or 1951] 1951. I have it on my passport and driving license. [I said 1947 in my autobiography] because I just wanted to maintain a constant lie. I was born in 1951 but see what a great thing it is, because everybody asks me? And I can keep it up--I can tell you I was born in 1952. Names and ages piss me off. So I just continually lie.
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      Powerful wide-ranging voice

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