Flea
Acting · Born 1962-10-16 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
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.
Known for
- The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel (2026)
- Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) (2026)
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025)
- FireAid Benefit Concert (2025)
- 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2025)
- Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos (2025)
- Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird (2024)
- ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord (2024)
- Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony (2024)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023 (2024)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome (2023)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 (2023)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022 (2022)
- Babylon (2022)
- The Sparks Brothers (2021)
- What Drives Us (2021)
- Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids (2019)
- Queen & Slim (2019)
- Boy Erased (2018)
- Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band (2018)
- Baby Driver (2017)
- Song to Song (2017)
- The Public Image Is Rotten (2017)