Flea
Acting
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.
Born: October 16, 1962 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Filmography (78)
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
2025
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2024
Inside Out 2
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
2024
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
2023
Babylon
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
I Heart Arlo
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
The Sparks Brothers
2021
What Drives Us
2021
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
Queen & Slim
2019
Toy Story 4
2019
Love, Death & Robots
2019
Punk
2019
Boy Erased
2018
Baby Driver
2017
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017
Song to Song
2017
Riley's First Date?
2015
Inside Out
2015
Jaco
2015
Hot Ones
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
Low Down
2014
My Own Private River
2012
The Other F Word
2011
Bob and the Monster
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
Lil' Bush
2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
2006
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
American Dad!
2005
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle
2003
Rugrats Go Wild
2003
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
2001
Gen¹³
2000
Woodstock '99
2000
Family Guy
1999
Psycho
1998
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
The Big Lebowski
1998
MADtv
1995
Duckman
1994
The Chase
1994
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Son in Law
1993
Roadside Prophets
1992
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991
Motorama
1991
My Own Private Idaho
1991
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
Back to the Future Part III
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Let's Get Lost
1988
The Blue Iguana
1988
Stranded
1987
Less Than Zero
1987
Dudes
1987
Tough Guys
1986
Thrashin'
1986
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Suburbia
1984
Nightmares
1983
The Outsiders
1983
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Grammys
1959