Flea
- Acting
- October 16, 1962 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt · Self
- Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) · Self
- The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel · Self
- 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos · Self
- FireAid Benefit Concert · Self
- Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird · Self
- Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony · Self
- Yo Gabba GabbaLand! · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
- Inside Out 2 · Jake (Voice)
- Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. · Self
- ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 · Self
- Codice Carla · Music
- Le groupe qui a changé ma vie · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
- Babylon · Bob Levine
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022 · Self
- Obi-Wan Kenobi · Vect Nokru
- I Heart Arlo · Ruff (Voice)
- Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage · Self
- The Sparks Brothers · Self
- What Drives Us · Self
- Arlo the Alligator Boy · Ruff (Voice)
- Queen & Slim · Mr. Shepherd
- Toy Story 4 · Caboom TV Announcer (Voice)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids · Self
- Love, Death & Robots · Flea (Voice), Music
- Punk · Self
- Boy Erased · Brandon
- Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio · Bass
- Baby Driver · Eddie
- The Public Image Is Rotten · Self
- Song to Song · Michael Peter Balzary
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016 · Bass
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016 · Bass
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016 · Bass
- Highston · Flea
- Riley's First Date? · Jordan's Fear (Voice)
- Zelos · Co-producer
- Inside Out · Mind Worker Cop Jake (Voice)
- Jaco · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Stan Lee's Mighty 7 · Roller Man (Voice)
- Low Down · Hobbs, Executive producer
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival · Self
- The Art of Punk · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement · bass, piano, backing vocals
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
- My Own Private River · Budd (archive footage)
- The Other F Word · Self
- Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone · Self
- Bob and the Monster
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011 · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006 · Self
- MTV World Stage · Self
- Patti Smith: Dream of Life · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
- Lil' Bush
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival · Self
- Final 24: River Phoenix · Self
- Coachella · Self
- Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan · Self
- We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen · Self
- American Dad! · Orderly (Voice)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan · Self
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle · Self
- Rugrats Go Wild · Donnie Thornberry (Voice)