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.

Filmography

• 2024Inside Out 2 — Jake (voice)
• Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
• 2024Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
• 2023Codice Carla — Original Music Composer
• 2023Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
• 2022Babylon — Bob Levine
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Vect Nokru
• 2021Arlo the Alligator Boy — Ruff (voice)
• I Heart Arlo — Ruff (voice)
• Love, Death & Robots — Flea (voice), Music
• 2019Queen & Slim — Mr. Shepherd
• 2019Toy Story 4 — Caboom TV Announcer (voice)
• 2018Boy Erased — Brandon
• 2017Baby Driver — Eddie
• 2017Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio — Bass
• 2017Song to Song — Michael Peter Balzary
• 2016Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016 — Bass
• 2016Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016 — Bass
• 2016Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016 — Bass
• Highston — Flea
• 2015Inside Out — Mind Worker Cop Jake (voice)
• 2015Riley's First Date? — Jordan's Fear (voice)
• 2015Zelos — Co-Producer
• 2014Low Down — Hobbs, Executive Producer
• 2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7 — Roller Man (voice)
• 2012My Own Private River — Budd (archive footage)
• 2012Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
• 2012Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement — bass, piano, backing vocals
• 2011Bob and the Monster
• Lil' Bush
• 2007Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
• American Dad! — Orderly (voice)
• 2003Rugrats Go Wild — Donnie Thornberry (voice)
• 2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie — Donnie Thornberry (voice)
• 2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie — Donald 'Donnie' Michael Thornberry (voice)
• 2000Goodbye, Casanova — Silent
• 2000Woodstock '99
• Family Guy — Flea (voice)
• 1999Liar's Poker — Freddie
• 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Musician
• 1998Gen¹³ — Grunge / Edward Chang (voice)
• 1998Psycho — Bob Summerfield
• 1998The Big Lebowski — Nihilist
• The Lionhearts — (voice)
• The Wild Thornberrys — Donnie Thornberry (voice)
• 1996Just Your Luck — Johnny
• 1996Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
• 1995Afros, Macks & Zodiacs — (archive footage)
• Duckman — Flea (voice)
• 1994Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
• 1994The Chase — Dale
• 1993Son in Law — Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1992Roadside Prophets — Too Free Stooges
• 1991Flea Sings — Él mismo
• 1991Motorama — Busboy
• 1991My Own Private Idaho — Budd
• 1990Back to the Future Part III — Needles
• 1989Back to the Future Part II — Needles
• MTV Rockumentary
• The Simpsons — Flea (voice)
• 1988The Blue Iguana — Floyd
• 1987Dudes — Milo
• 1987Less Than Zero — Musician #1
• 1987Stranded — Jester The Alien
• 1987Zabagabee
• 1986Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO — Bass
• 1986Thrashin' — Flea
• 1986Tough Guys — Red Hot Chili Peppers Member
• 1984Suburbia — Razzle
• 1983Nightmares — Singer (voice)
• 1983The Outsiders — Soc (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (77)

• 2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt — Self
• 2026Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) — Self
• 2026The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel — Self
• 20252025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2025FireAid Benefit Concert — Self
• 2025Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos — Self
• John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. — Self
• 2024Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird — Self
• 2024Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony — Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Yo Gabba GabbaLand! — Self
• 2024ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord — Self
• 2023Le groupe qui a changé ma vie — Self
• 2023Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 — Self - Bass
• 2022Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022 — Self
• 2021The Sparks Brothers — Self
• 2021What Drives Us — Self
• 2021Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage — Self
• Punk — Self
• 2019Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids — Himself
• 2018Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band — Himself
• 2017The Public Image Is Rotten — Himself
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Jaco — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest / Musical Guest
• 2013Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival — Himself
• The Art of Punk — Self
• 2012Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott — Himself
• 2011Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone — Self
• 2011Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011 — Himself
• 2011Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You — Himself
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• 2011The Other F Word — Self
• MTV World Stage — Self
• 2009Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006 — Self
• 2008Patti Smith: Dream of Life — Self
• 2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten — Self
• 2007Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland — Self
• 2007Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley — Self
• 2006Coachella — Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 2006Final 24: River Phoenix — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival — Self
• 2006Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan — Self - Bass
• 2006Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale — Self
• 2006Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone — Self
• 2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen — Self
• 2004Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan — Self
• 2003Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle — Self - Bass
• VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Rising Low — Self
• 2001Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map — Self
• 2001Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio — Self
• 2000Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan — Self
• 1999"Weird Al" Yankovic: Behind the Music — Self
• 1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival — Self - Bass
• 1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99 — Self - Bass
• 1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia — Self
• 1999Three Days — Self
• 1998Free Tibet — Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 1998The Decline of Western Civilization Part III — Self
• 1996Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden — Himself
• 1996Tibetan Freedom Concert — Self
• MADtv — Self
• 1994Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos — Self
• Hi Octane — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• 1993Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival — Self
• 1992Flea Master Session — Self
• 1992Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!? — Self
• 1991Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks — Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission — Self
• 1990Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven — Self
• 1990Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo — Self - Bass
• 1988Let's Get Lost — Self
• 1987Red Hot Skate Rock — Himself
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis — Self