Meat Loaf

Acting · 1.6 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022
From: Dallas, Texas, USA

Biography

Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), 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.

Works

86 films

Fight Club

19998.4

Sausage Party

20165.8

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

19757.4

Wayne's World

19926.7

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

20066.8

Spice World

19974.9

The 51st State

20016.1

Black Dog

19986.4

The Mighty

19987.3

The Salton Sea

20026.6

Burning Bright

20106.3

The Seventh Continent

19897.5

Citizen Jane

20095.2

Beautiful Boy

20116.0

BloodRayne

20054.1

Leap of Faith

19925.8

Crazy in Alabama

19996.0

Wishcraft

20025.2

Gunshy

19985.4

Americathon

19793.7

#NoJoke

20196.2

Scavenger Hunt

19795.6

Pelts

20065.6

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

20156.7

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

19925.1

The Squeeze

19875.0

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

20207.6

Out of Bounds

19865.4

State Fair

19624.8

Let it Rock: Volume 1

2003

The Grand Knockout Tournament

19876.8

Rustin

20016.0

Stage Fright

20145.3

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1

2005

Polish Bar

2010

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

20015.6

Learning Curves

20034.0

Focus

20016.5

Absolute Killers

20111.0

The Moment

20134.5

McEnroe

20226.2

Motorama

19916.5

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

19998.0

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

2022

All American Christmas Carol

20134.2

Roadie

19805.9

Chasing Ghosts

20055.5

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

19886.5

Crazylove

20055.2

Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell

20159.0

Outside Ozona

19985.3

Wishin' and Hopin'

20144.8

The Pleasure Drivers

20064.7

The Car Kid

200210.0

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie

202110.0

Chef Aid: Behind The Menu

19987.0

Blacktop

20005.1

Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise

20077.5

Extreme Dating

20045.5

Feel the Motion

19853.4

Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live

198510.0

Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

20048.2

Trapped

20015.2

Everything That Rises

19985.8

A Hole in One

20045.0

Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

19997.8

Meat Loaf - Live In Bergen 2015

2015

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

19937.2

Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live

20076.7

Urban Decay

2007

Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia

1995

Meat Loaf Live At Wembley 1982

1982

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

199910.0

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

19959.7

Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2

198710.0

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1988

Dead Ringer

19816.5

Meat Loaf - Hits out of Hell

19918.0

To Catch a Yeti

19953.3

Meat Loaf VH1: Storytellers

19999.0

Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende

2016

Vandemonium Plus

19878.0

Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour

20098.5

Psyched for Snuppa

199310.0

Meat Loaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live From Sydney

20128.7

Meat Loaf: From Hell and to Connaught

2025