Flea
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2025Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos as Self
2025Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt as Self
2025FireAid Benefit Concert as Self
2024Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird as Self
2024Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony as Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2024Yo Gabba GabbaLand! as Self
2024Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
2024Inside Out 2 as Jake (voice)
2024Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
2024John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. as Self
2024ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord as Self
2023Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 as Self - Bass
2023Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
2022Babylon as Bob Levine
2022Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022 as Self
2022Obi-Wan Kenobi as Vect Nokru
2021I Heart Arlo as Ruff (voice)
2021Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage as Self
2021The Sparks Brothers as Self
2021What Drives Us as Self
2021Arlo the Alligator Boy as Ruff (voice)
2019Queen & Slim as Mr. Shepherd
2019Toy Story 4 as Caboom TV Announcer (voice)
2019Love, Death & Robots as Flea (voice)
2019Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids as Himself
2019Punk as Self
2018Boy Erased as Brandon
2018Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band as Himself
2017Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio as Bass
2017Baby Driver as Eddie
2017The Public Image Is Rotten as Himself
2017Song to Song as Michael Peter Balzary
2016Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016 as Bass
2016Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016 as Bass
2016Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016 as Bass
2015Highston as Flea
2015Riley's First Date? as Jordan's Fear (voice)
2015Inside Out as Mind Worker Cop Jake (voice)
2015Jaco as Self
2015Hot Ones as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Roller Man (voice)
2014Low Down as Hobbs
2013Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2013] Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival as Himself
2013The Art of Punk as Self
2012Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement as bass, piano, backing vocals
2012Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott as Himself
2012Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
2012My Own Private River as Budd (archive footage)
2011The Other F Word as Self
2011Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone as Himself
2011Bob and the Monster
2011The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
2011Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You as Himself
2011Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011 as Himself
2010Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
2009Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006 as Self
2009MTV World Stage as Self
2008Patti Smith: Dream of Life as Self
2007Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley as Self
2007Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland as Self
2007Lil' Bush
2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten as Self
2006Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival as Self
2006Final 24: River Phoenix as Self (archive footage)
2006Coachella as Self (with Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2006Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone as Self
2006Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale as Self
2006Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan as Self - Bass
2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen as Himself
2005American Dad! as Orderly (voice)
2004Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rockpalast
2004Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan as Self
2003Rugrats Go Wild as Donnie Thornberry (voice)
2003VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown as Self (archive footage)
2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Donnie Thornberry (voice)
2002Rising Low as Himself
2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Donald 'Donnie' Michael Thornberry (voice)
2001Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio as Self
2001Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map as Self
2000Gen¹³ as Grunge / Edward Chang (voice)
2000Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan as Self
2000Goodbye, Casanova as Silent
1999Liar's Poker as Freddie
1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival as Self - Bass
1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia as Self
1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99 as Self - Bass
1999"Weird Al" Yankovic: Behind the Music as Self
1999Family Guy as Flea (voice)
1999Three Days as Self
1998Psycho as Bob Summerfield
1998The Decline of Western Civilization Part III as Self
1998The Lionhearts as (voice)
1998Free Tibet as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1998The Wild Thornberrys as Donnie Thornberry (voice)
1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Musician
1998The Big Lebowski as Nihilist
1996Just Your Luck as Johnny
1996Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden as Himself
1995MADtv as Self
1995Afros, Macks & Zodiacs as (archive footage)
1994Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos as Self
1994Hi Octane as Self
1994Duckman as Flea (voice)
1994The Chase as Dale
1994Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1993Son in Law as Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
1993Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
1992Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!? as Self
1992Roadside Prophets as Too Free Stooges
1992Flea Master Session as Self
1991Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks as Self
1991Motorama as Busboy
1991My Own Private Idaho as Budd
1991Flea Sings as Él mismo
1990Les Nuls, l'émission as Self
1990Back to the Future Part III as Needles
1990Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo as Self - Bass
1990Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven as Self
1989The Simpsons as Flea (voice)
1989Back to the Future Part II as Needles
1989MTV Rockumentary
1988Let's Get Lost as Self
1988The Blue Iguana as Floyd
1987Stranded as Jester The Alien
1987Less Than Zero as Musician #1
1987Red Hot Skate Rock as Himself
1987Dudes as Milo
1987Zabagabee
1986Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO as Bass
1986Tough Guys as Red Hot Chili Peppers Member
1986Thrashin' as Flea
1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1984Suburbia as Razzle
1983Nightmares as Singer (voice)
1983The Outsiders as Soc (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1959The Grammys as Self
—Tibetan Freedom Concert
—Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rock am Ring (Rockpalast 2004) as Self - Bass
—Untitled Red Hot Chili Peppers Documentary as Self
—Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis as Self