Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), 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.

Filmography

• 2025Bat Out of Hell: The Musical — Songs
• Ghost Wars — Doug Rennie
• Hit the Road — Meat Loaf
• 2016Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende — Meat Loaf
• 2016Sausage Party — Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)
• 2014Stage Fright — Roger McCall
• 2014Wishin' and Hopin' — Monsignor Muldoon
• 2013All American Christmas Carol — Ross
• 2013The Moment — Sergeant Goodman
• Elementary — Herman Wolf
• 2012Meat Loaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live From Sydney — Self, Director
• 2011Absolute Killers — Dan
• 2011Beautiful Boy — Motel Clerk
• Fairly Legal — Charlie DeKay
• 2010Burning Bright — Howie
• 2010Polish Bar — Joe
• 2009Citizen Jane — Detective Jack Morris
• Glee — Barry Jeffries
• 2009Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour — Self - Lead Vocals, Lyricist
• Rock and a Hard Place
• Any Dream Will Do
• 2007Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live — Self, Executive Producer
• 2007Urban Decay — Rick Zero
• 2006BloodRayne — Leonid
• 2006Pelts — Jake Feldman
• 2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny — Bud Black (uncredited)
• 2006The Pleasure Drivers — Dale
• 2005Chasing Ghosts — Richard Valbruno
• 2005Crazylove — John (as Meat Loaf Aday)
• Masters of Horror — Jake Feldman
• The F Word
• 2004A Hole in One — Billy
• 2004Extreme Dating — Marshall Jackson
• House — Eddie
• 2004Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra — Self - Artist, Executive Producer
• 2003Learning Curves — Timmons
• Monk — Reverend Hadley Jorgensen
• 2002The Car Kid
• 2002The Salton Sea — Bo
• Ultimate Albums
• 2002Wishcraft — Detective Sparky Shaw
• 2001Focus — Fred
• 2001Rustin — Coach Trellingsby
• 2001The 51st State — The Lizard
• 2001The Ballad of Lucy Whipple — Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
• 2001Trapped — Jim Hankins
• 2000Blacktop — Jack
• 1999Crazy in Alabama — Sheriff John Doggett
• 1999Fight Club — Robert Paulson
• 1999The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
• 1998Black Dog — Red
• 1998Everything That Rises — Red
• 1998Gunshy — Lew Collins
• 1998Outside Ozona — Floyd Bibbs
• 1998The Mighty — Iggy
• South Park — Meat Loaf (voice)
• 1997Spice World — Dennis
• Nash Bridges — Charlie Pep
• TFI Friday
• The Outer Limits — Col. Angus Devine
• 1995To Catch a Yeti — Big Jake Grizzly
• 1993I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) — The Beast
• 1993Psyched for Snuppa — Snuppa (voice) (as Meatloaf)
• 1992Leap of Faith — Hoover
• 1992The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag — Larry
• 1992Wayne's World — Tiny
• Lightning Force — Richard Talbot
• 1991Motorama — Vern
• Noel's House Party
• Tales from the Crypt — Chumley
• 1989The Seventh Continent — Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
• Monsters — Dr. Willard Wingite
• 1987Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2
• 1987The Squeeze — Titus
• 1987Vandemonium Plus
• 1986Out of Bounds — Gil
• Saturday Live
• 1986Thrashin' — Theme Song Performance
• 1985Feel the Motion — Meat Loaf, Music
• 1985Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live
• The Equalizer — Sugar Fly Simon
• 1981Dead Ringer — Meat Loaf / Marvin
• 1980Roadie — Travis W. Redfish
• 1979Americathon — Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
• 1979Scavenger Hunt — Scum
• 1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Eddie
• 1962State Fair — Boy in Stands (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (57)

• TFI Unplugged — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2025Meat Loaf: From Hell and to Connaught — Himself
• 2022McEnroe — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life — Self (archive footage)
• Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns — Self
• 2021Rocky Horror 45: The Movie — Self
• 2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Self (archive footage)
• 2019#NoJoke — Self
• 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Meat Loaf - Live In Bergen 2015 — Self
• 2015Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell — Self
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times — Self
• Overheard with Evan Smith — Self
• Popstar to Operastar — Self
• Hannity — Self
• Shatner's Raw Nerve — Self
• 2007Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise — Self
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Musical Guest
• 2005Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1 — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2003Let it Rock: Volume 1 — Self
• American Idol — Self - Guest
• Bo' Selecta! — Self
• 1999Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Self
• 1999Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell — Self
• Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over — Self - Panellist
• 1999Meat Loaf VH1: Storytellers — Self
• TV total — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• 1998Chef Aid: Behind The Menu — Self
• Die Lotto-Show — Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self
• Behind the Music — Self
• Classic Albums — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• 1995Halloween Jam II at Universal Studios — Self
• 1995Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia — Self
• 1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show — Self
• TOTP2 — Self
• Raw — Self
• ECHO-Verleihung — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• 1991Meat Loaf - Hits out of Hell — Self
• 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self
• 1988One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage — Self (uncredited)
• 1987The Grand Knockout Tournament — Self
• Musik Convoy — Self
• 1982Meat Loaf Live At Wembley 1982 — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• The BRIT Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• Top of the Pops — Self - Host
• Today — Self