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Michael Peter Balzary, known professionally as Flea, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He is best known as a founding member and the bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and has appeared on every album released by the band. Flea briefly appeared as the bassist for such bands as What Is This?, Fear, and Jane's Addiction. He has performed with rock supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and collaborated with the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Alanis Morissette, and Young MC. Flea also performed live with Nirvana in 1993 playing the trumpet.
Birth Name
Michael Peter Balzary
Born
Tuesday, 16 October 1962
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside Out 2 | Mind Cop Worker Jake | 2024 |
| Babylon | Bob Levine | 2022 |
| Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers | Self - Musician / Lakers Fan | 2022 |
| Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 | Self | 2022 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | Vect Nokru | 2022 |
| I Heart Arlo | Ruff | 2021 |
| Count Me In | Self | 2021 |
| Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage | Self | 2021 |
| The Sparks Brothers | Self | 2021 |
| What Drives Us | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside Out 2 | Mind Cop Worker Jake | 2024 |
| Babylon | Bob Levine | 2022 |
| Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers | Self - Musician / Lakers Fan | 2022 |
| Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 | Self | 2022 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | Vect Nokru | 2022 |
| I Heart Arlo | Ruff | 2021 |
| Count Me In | Self | 2021 |
| Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage | Self | 2021 |
| The Sparks Brothers | Self | 2021 |
| What Drives Us | 2021 | |
| Arlo the Alligator Boy | Ruff (voice) / Ruff | 2021 |
| Music Box | Self | 2020 |
| Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert | Self | 2020 |
| Queen & Slim | Mr. Shepherd | 2019 |
| Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Self | 2019 |
| Toy Story 4 | Caboom TV Announcer / Caboom TV Announcer (voice) | 2019 |
| Punk | Self | 2019 |
| Boy Erased | Brandon | 2018 |
| Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| The Public Image is Rotten | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| The Top Ten Revealed | Self | 2018 |
| Baby Driver | Eddie | 2017 |
| Song to Song | Flea / Michael Peter Balzary | 2017 |
| Highston | Flea | 2015 |
| Riley's First Date? | Jordan's Fear (voice) / Jordan's Fear | 2015 |
| Inside Out | Mind Worker Cop Jake (voice) / Mind Worker Cop Jake | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Carpool Karaoke | 2015 |
| Hot Ones | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Low Down | Hobbs | 2014 |
| Jaco | Self | 2014 |
| Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show | Self | 2014 |
| Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Roller Man (voice) / Roller Man | 2014 |
| Sheriff Callie's Wild West | The Milk Bandit | 2013 |
| Bob and the Monster | Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2013 |
| The Art of Punk | Self | 2013 |
| Rock Legends | Self | 2013 |
| The Gorburger Show | Self | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Too Young to Die | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2012 |
| The Other F Word | Self | 2011 |
| My Own Private River | Budd (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | 2011 |
| Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone | himself / Self | 2011 |
| The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! | Self | 2010 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Whole Lotta Shakin' | Self | 2009 |
| Patti Smith: Dream of Life | Self | 2008 |
| Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Self | 2007 |
| American Hardcore | Self | 2006 |
| Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone | Self | 2006 |
| Final 24 | Self | 2006 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan | Himself - Bass | 2006 |
| Coachella | Self | 2006 |
| The Work of Director Mark Romanek | Self - Interviewee | 2005 |
| The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui | Self (segments "Scar Tissue" and "Give it Away") | 2005 |
| Video on Trial | Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers / Self | 2005 |
| We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen | Himself / Self | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Orderly | 2005 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle | Bassist / Self | 2003 |
| Three Days | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| Rugrats Go Wild | Donnie Thornberry (voice) / Donnie Thornberry | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Donnie Thornberry (voice) / Donnie Thornberry | 2002 |
| Rising Low | Himself / Self | 2002 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2001 |
| The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Donald 'Donnie' Michael Thornberry / Donald 'Donnie' Michael Thornberry (voice) | 2001 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map | Himself / Self | 2001 |
| Goodbye, Casanova | Silent | 2000 |
| Independent Lens | Self | 1999 |
| Woodstock '99 | Self | 1999 |
| Making the Video | Self | 1999 |
| Liar's Poker | Freddie | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Flea | 1999 |
| Psycho | Bob Summerfield | 1998 |
| The Decline of Western Civilization Part III | himself / Self | 1998 |
| The Lionhearts | (voice) | 1998 |
| Free Tibet | Self | 1998 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Donnie / Donnie Thornberry (voice) / Tom / Donald Michael Thornberry / Additional Voices / Donnie Thornberry / Cub / Hingah / Otter / Zebra | 1998 |
| Gen¹³ | Edward Chang (voice) / Grunge / Edward Chang | 1998 |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Musician / Hippie/Musician | 1998 |
| The Big Lebowski | Nihilist #2 / Nihilist | 1998 |
| Behind the Music | Self | 1997 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Mad TV | Self | 1995 |
| Woodstock '94 | Self | 1995 |
| The Chase | Dale | 1994 |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Flea | 1994 |
| Hi Octane | Self | 1994 |
| Live & Kicking | Donald Michael Thornberry | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
| Son in Law | Tattoo Artist | 1993 |
| The Ben Stiller Show | Flea | 1992 |
| Roadside Prophets | Too Free Stooges | 1992 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks | Himself / Self | 1991 |
| Motorama | Busboy | 1991 |
| My Own Private Idaho | Budd | 1991 |
| The Idiot Box | Mugger | 1991 |
| Back to the Future Part III | Needles | 1990 |
| Back to the Future Part 3 | Needles | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Flea | 1989 |
| Back to the Future Part II | Needles | 1989 |
| Let's Get Lost | Self | 1988 |
| P.O.V. | Self | 1988 |
| The Blue Iguana | Floyd | 1988 |
| Dudes | Milo | 1988 |
| Stranded | Jester The Alien | 1987 |
| Less Than Zero | Musician #1 | 1987 |
| Tough Guys | Red Hot Chili Peppers Member | 1986 |
| Thrashin' | Flea / Himself | 1986 |
| Suburbia | Razzle | 1984 |
| Nightmares | Singer / Singer (voice) | 1983 |
| The Outsiders | Soc #3 | 1983 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Low Down | 2014 |
