As Actor
What Drives Us
2021
6.8
Flea
Acting
Birth date
October 16, 1962
Birth place
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
6.8
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Queen & Slim
2019
7.1
As Actor
Boy Erased
2018
7.0
As Actor
Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
2018
5.2
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Baby Driver
2017
7.5
As Actor
Jaco
2015
7.5
As Actor
Low Down
2014
5.5
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My Own Private River
2012
7.5
As Actor
The Other F Word
2011
6.4
As Actor
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
2011
7.3
As Actor
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
6.0
As Actor
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
7.2
As Actor
Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone
2006
7.1
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We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
6.6
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The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
6.4
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Rising Low
2002
6.5
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The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
7.0
As Actor
Gen¹³
2000
6.0
As Actor
"Weird Al" Yankovic: Behind the Music
1999
7.0