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Flea

Known for
Acting
Born
Oct 16, 1962
Place of birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also known as
Mike B. The Flea, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Michael Peter Balzary, Richard 'Flea' Balzari, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Flea (musician), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

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Acting credits

30 shows

Behind the camera

1 show