Cast & creator
Meat Loaf
Best known for Raw, Saturday Night Live, House
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.
Also known as: Meat Loaf Aday, Marvin Lee Aday, Meatloaf, Michael Lee Aday
94
film credits
56
television credits
143
1952–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (150)
Showing 150 of 150 credits
Raw
Self
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
House
Eddie
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
South Park
Meat Loaf (voice)
1997
Top of the Pops
Self - Host
1964Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Monk
Reverend Hadley Jorgensen
2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Elementary
Herman Wolf
2012
The Outer Limits
Col. Angus Devine
1995
Glee
Barry Jeffries
2009The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
American Idol
Self - Guest
2002
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
Nash Bridges
Charlie Pep
1996
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Fight Club
Robert Paulson
1999
The Equalizer
Sugar Fly Simon
1985
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self
1999
Tales from the Crypt
Chumley
1989
An Audience with...
Self
1978
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Musical Guest
2006
Behind the Music
Self
1997
TOTP2
Self
1994
Today
Self
1952
TFI Friday
1996
Monsters
Dr. Willard Wingite
1988
Masters of Horror
Jake Feldman
2005
Fairly Legal
Charlie DeKay
2011
Classic Albums
Self
1997Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Noel's House Party
1991
Sausage Party
Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)
2016ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Bo' Selecta!
Self
2002
The BRIT Awards
Self
1977
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Eddie
1975
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage)
2026
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996Musik Convoy
Self
1984
Ghost Wars
Doug Rennie
2017
The F Word
2005
Saturday Live
1986
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
2008
Wayne's World
Tiny
1992
Lightning Force
Richard Talbot
1991
The Salton Sea
Bo
2002
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Bud Black (uncredited)
2006Die Lotto-Show
Self
1998
The 51st State
The Lizard
2001
Ghost Hunters: TAPS Returns
Self
2021
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Self
2010
Spice World
Dennis
1997
Leap of Faith
Hoover
1992
TV total
Self
1999
Beautiful Boy
Motel Clerk
2011
Any Dream Will Do
2007Popstar to Operastar
Self
2010
Burning Bright
Howie
2010
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Mighty
Iggy
1998
BloodRayne
Leonid
2006
Crazy in Alabama
Sheriff John Doggett
1999
Wishcraft
Detective Sparky Shaw
2002
Black Dog
Red
1998
Hit the Road
Meat Loaf
2017Rock and a Hard Place
2008
Overheard with Evan Smith
Self
2010
The Seventh Continent
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self (archive footage)
2020
Thrashin'
Theme Song Performance
1986
Americathon
Oklahoma Daredevil, Roy Budnitz
1979
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Squeeze
Titus
1987
Out of Bounds
Gil
1986
#NoJoke
Self
2019Ultimate Albums
2002
Scavenger Hunt
Scum
1979
Citizen Jane
Detective Jack Morris
2009
Stage Fright
Roger McCall
2014Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over
Self - Panellist
1999
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
1987
All American Christmas Carol
Ross
2013
Gunshy
Lew Collins
1998
Absolute Killers
Dan
2011Learning Curves
Timmons
2003
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
2001
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Larry
1992
Let it Rock: Volume 1
Self
2003
Rustin
Coach Trellingsby
2001
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
McEnroe
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Pelts
Jake Feldman
2006
Focus
Fred
2001
Hannity
Self
2009
Blacktop
Jack
2000
State Fair
Boy in Stands (uncredited)
1962
The Moment
Sergeant Goodman
2013
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
1988
Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
Songs
2025
Chasing Ghosts
Richard Valbruno
2005
A Hole in One
Billy
2004
Feel the Motion
Meat Loaf
1985Feel the Motion
Music
1985
Outside Ozona
Floyd Bibbs
1998
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
Self
1995
Extreme Dating
Marshall Jackson
2004
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
The Beast
1993
Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell
Self
2015
Roadie
Travis W. Redfish
1980
Everything That Rises
Red
1998
Chef Aid: Behind The Menu
Self
1998
Polish Bar
Joe
2010
Trapped
Jim Hankins
2001
To Catch a Yeti
Big Jake Grizzly
1995
The Pleasure Drivers
Dale
2006
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
Self
2021
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1
Self
2005
Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Self - Artist
2004Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Executive Producer
2004
Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour
Self - Lead Vocals
2009Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour
Lyricist
2009
Wishin' and Hopin'
Monsignor Muldoon
2014
Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Self
1999
Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live
Self
2007Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live
Executive Producer
2007
Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude Live
1985
Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
Self
1995
Motorama
Vern
1991
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Self
1999
Crazylove
John (as Meat Loaf Aday)
2005
Urban Decay
Rick Zero
2007
Kerrang! Video Kompilation 2
1987Halloween Jam II at Universal Studios
Self
1995
The Car Kid
2002
Meat Loaf Live At Wembley 1982
Self
1982
Meat Loaf - Hits out of Hell
Self
1991
Dead Ringer
Meat Loaf / Marvin
1981
Vandemonium Plus
1987
Meat Loaf VH1: Storytellers
Self
1999Meat Loaf - Live In Bergen 2015
Self
2015
Meat Loaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live From Sydney
Self
2012Meat Loaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live From Sydney
Director
2012
Meat Loaf: From Hell and to Connaught
Himself
2025
Psyched for Snuppa
Snuppa (voice) (as Meatloaf)
1993Meat Loaf - Die Rocklegende
Meat Loaf
2016
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
Self
2007