Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022) (height 6ft), better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. More than four decades after its release, the first album still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history.
After the commercial success of Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and earning a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love", Meat Loaf nevertheless experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States. This did not stop him from becoming one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records. The key to this success was his retention of iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the United Kingdom, where he received the 1994 Brit Award for best-selling album and single, appeared in the 1997 film Spice World, and ranks 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts, as of 2006. He ranks 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
Aday appeared in over 50 movies and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona. His film roles include Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Bob Paulson in Fight Club (1999). His early stage work included dual roles in the original Broadway cast of The Rocky Horror Show, and he also appeared in the musical Hair, both on- and off-Broadway.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 22.211 |
Birthday | 1947-09-27 |
Place of Birth | Dallas, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | Meat Loaf Aday, Marvin Lee Aday, Meatloaf, Michael Lee Aday, |
1999
Fight Club
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2001
The 51st State
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1985
Feel the Motion
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2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
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Roadie
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1997
Spice World
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2002
The Salton Sea
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1979
Scavenger Hunt
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2006
The Pleasure Drivers
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1999
Crazy in Alabama
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2002
Wishcraft
5/34
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1992
Wayne's World
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1992
Leap of Faith
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The Mighty
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Chasing Ghosts
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Extreme Dating
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Crazylove
5.3/13
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2004
Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
7.3/5
Recorded Live in Melbourne, Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra February 20 & 22, 2004.
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1979
Americathon
3.6/10
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Americathon
1998
Black Dog
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1999
Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
7.6/8
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1991
Motorama
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Motorama
2009
Citizen Jane
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1995
To Catch a Yeti
3.2/14
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2000
Blacktop
5.2/9
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Blacktop
2011
Beautiful Boy
6/90
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1998
Outside Ozona
5.6/8
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1998
Gunshy
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2005
BloodRayne
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2013
The Moment
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2013
All American Christmas Carol
4.477/22
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2012
Meat Loaf : Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live from Sydney
8.7/3
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The Squeeze
5/23
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2001
Focus
6.4/23
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Wishin' and Hopin'
5.4/10
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2006
Pelts
5.6/53
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2009
Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour
7/1
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Meat Loaf - Hits out of Hell
7/2
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Out of Bounds
5.5/23
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Dead Ringer
6/1
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2015
Meat Loaf - Live In Bergen 2015
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2002
The Car Kid
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1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
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2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
6.6/64
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2014
Stage Fright
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2003
Learning Curves
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Learning Curves
2001
Rustin
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2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
5.3/10
The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.
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2015
Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell
9/4
Documentary featuring an intimate profile of American rock legend Meat Loaf, spanning from his childhood of domestic violence, through a decade of rej...
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2001
Trapped
4/2
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Trapped
1998
Everything That Rises
6/2
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2016
Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende
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2007
Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live
6.7/6
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2004
A Hole in One
4.5/2
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2003
Let it Rock: Volume 1
0/0
A collection of rare TV recordings by some of the biggest acts in rock history.
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1982
Meat Loaf Live At Wembley 1982
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Live is a live video of Meat Loaf, recorded at the Wembley Arena in London, on April 29, 1982. According to a misprint on some versions, the songs "Pa...
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1978
Rockpalast - Meat Loaf
10/1
Rockpalast series featuring Meat Loaf
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1995
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
10/2
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2019
#NoJoke
6.2/4
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1987
Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2
10/1
The second installment of Kerrang's Video Kompilation series featuring: Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land, Gary Moore - Over The Hills And Fa...
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1985
Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live
10/1
Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express, recorded live at London's Brixton Academy, on the 'Bad Attitude' tour, 1985.
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1995
Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
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2005
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1
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1987
Vandemonium Plus
0/0
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2010
Burning Bright
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2011
Absolute Killers
0/0
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1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
5.1/28
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1962
State Fair
4.9/14
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State Fair
2007
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
7.5/2
Meat Loaf, the legendary rocker, reveals surprising shades of himself -- and his internal demons -- as he sets out on an ambitious world tour.
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1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
0/0
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2021
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
10/2
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2016
Sausage Party
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Sausage Party
1993
Psyched for Snuppa
0/0
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Psyched for Snuppa
2022
McEnroe
5.556/18
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1988
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
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1999
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
10/1
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1993
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
5.5/2
A take on "Beauty and The Beast" and "Phantom of the Opera" in which Meatloaf pursues a beautiful woman as he's chased by the cops.
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I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
2023
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
0/0
A short film tribute about the musician Meat Loaf, released by his family in 2023 on the anniversary of his death.
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2010
Polish Bar
0/0
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2007
Urban Decay
0/0
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2020
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
7.686/59
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Chef Aid: Behind The Menu
0/0
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