Flea
Known for: Acting
Born: October 16, 1962
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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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Filmography
118 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
5.7
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
2026
7.3
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
2026
4.8
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2025
NR
Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos
2025
NR
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
8.5
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
7.0
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
2024
6.2
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2024
6.8
Yo Gabba GabbaLand!
2024
8.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
2024
7.5
Inside Out 2
2024
7.0
Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
2024
5.9
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
7.2
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
2024
10.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
2023
NR
Codice Carla
2023
9.4
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
2023
7.3
Babylon
2022
8.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
2022
7.0
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
5.1
I Heart Arlo
2021
6.5
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
7.4
The Sparks Brothers
2021
6.8
What Drives Us
2021
6.8
Arlo the Alligator Boy
2021
7.1
Queen & Slim
2019
7.5
Toy Story 4
2019
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
2019
8.2
Love, Death & Robots
2019
7.9
Punk
2019
7.0
Boy Erased
2018
5.2
Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
2018
8.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
2017
7.4
Baby Driver
2017
7.4
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017
5.5
Song to Song
2017
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016
2016
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
2016
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016
2016
7.0
Highston
2015
7.2
Riley's First Date?
2015
5.1
Zelos
2015
7.9
Inside Out
2015
7.5
Jaco
2015
7.1
Hot Ones
2015
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
5.8
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
5.5
Low Down
2014
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival
2013
NR
The Art of Punk
2013
9.5
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
2012
5.8
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
2012
5.3
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
2012
7.4
My Own Private River
2012
6.5
The Other F Word
2011
7.3
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
2011
6.4
Bob and the Monster
2011
5.2
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You
2011NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011
2011
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006
2009
NR
MTV World Stage
2009
6.1
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
10.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley
2007
9.7
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
2007
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
2007
5.5
Lil' Bush
2007
7.3
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
8.3
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival
2006
NR
Final 24: River Phoenix
2006
6.5
Coachella
2006
7.1
Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone
2006
10.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale
2006
7.8
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
2006
6.8
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
9.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan
2004
8.7
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle
2003
6.4
Rugrats Go Wild
2003
7.3
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
2003
6.5
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
7.3
Rising Low
2002
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
20019.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio
2001
7.1
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
2001
5.4
Woodstock '99
2000
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan
2000
8.0
Goodbye, Casanova
2000
8.0
Liar's Poker
1999NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival
1999NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia
1999
8.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
1999
7.0
"Weird Al" Yankovic: Behind the Music
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
7.5
Three Days
1999
5.1
Psycho
1998
6.9
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
1998
4.5
The Lionhearts
1998
8.0
Free Tibet
1998
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
5.9
Gen¹³
1998
7.2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
7.8
The Big Lebowski
1998
4.8
Just Your Luck
1996
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
NR
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
1996
7.1
MADtv
1995NR
Afros, Macks & Zodiacs
1995
7.5
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
8.3
Hi Octane
1994
7.2
Duckman
1994
5.8
The Chase
1994
NR
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
6.0
Son in Law
1993
8.0
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
1993
7.9
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
1992
5.6
Roadside Prophets
1992
NR
Flea Master Session
1992
7.1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991
6.6
Motorama
1991
7.0
My Own Private Idaho
1991NR
Flea Sings
1991
8.6
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
7.5
Back to the Future Part III
1990![Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2FqvvOcKaEsGA9qJY7UBpUfaPYWNP.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo
1990
7.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
7.8
Back to the Future Part II
1989
7.0
MTV Rockumentary
1989
7.1
Let's Get Lost
1988
4.2
The Blue Iguana
1988
5.6
Stranded
1987
6.4
Less Than Zero
1987
NR
Red Hot Skate Rock
1987
5.7
Dudes
1987
NR
Zabagabee
1987NR
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO
1986
6.0
Tough Guys
1986
6.3
Thrashin'
1986
7.9
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
6.7
Suburbia
1984
5.7
Nightmares
1983
7.2
The Outsiders
1983
8.6
The Grammys
1959
5.5
Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis
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