- Born
- Place
Flea
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.
As actor
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos
Inside Out 2
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
Babylon
Arlo the Alligator Boy
The Sparks Brothers
What Drives Us
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
Toy Story 4
Queen & Slim
Boy Erased
Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
Baby Driver
Song to Song
The Public Image Is Rotten
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016