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Meat Loaf
Age: 62
Height: 5' 10 1/2"
Birth Place: Dallas, Texas, USA
Born: Sep. 27th, 1947
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Meat Loaf's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Meat Loaf was born in Texas, and moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands and appear in musicals such as "Hair" and "As You Like It". He made his film debut with a memorable role in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album called "Bat Out Of Hell", the record was huge and has sold 35,000,000 copies worldwide. However, the tour promoting the album took a toll on Meat's voice and left him unable to sing on the follow-up record "Bad For Good". Meat Loaf stayed in the dark through the eighties doing 4 records which never got any airplay or chart position in the US. Meat Loaf appeared in films Out of Bounds (1986) as a Pilot, and The Squeeze (1987) with Michael Keaton. But after getting back together with Steinman, they delivered a powerful sequel "Bat Out Of Hell II" which went to #1 in the US and UK. Bat II has now sold an excess of 20,000,000 copies. His TV credits include the Soldier being held prisoner in Vietnam in "Lightning Force" (1991), a mad Doctor who invents a serum to keep zombies from deteriorating in "Monsters" (1988) and a slick Landlord of a restaurant who ends up on the menu in HBO series "Tales from the Crypt" (1989). Meat Loaf has also appeared in Crazy in Alabama (1999) and Fight Club (1999).
TRIVIA:
- 17 November 2003 - Collapsed while performing on a London stage. Doctors said it was Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a syndrome of pre-excitation of the ventricles of the heart due to an accessory pathway known as the Bundle of Kent. This accessory pathway is an abnormal electrical communication from the atria to the ventricles.
- According to the Encyclopedia of Rock Stars, Meat Loaf began a Slim Fast plan in 1990 and lost 84 pounds. This made him $1,000,000 richer
- Received a fan letter from a Swedish fan named Jerker, which has been widely regarded as the greatest joke ever in the Swedish fan base with the phrase: "Don't let your meat loaf, jerker!".
- Has an extensive line of theatre credits including "Hair" and its sequel "Rainbow," "More Than You Deserve" which collaborated him with his future lyricist 'Jim Steinman' (qv), 'William Shakespeare (I)' (qv)'s "As You Like It" and the theatre production of "The Rocky Horror Show", later to reprise his role in the film version _The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)_ (qv).
- Was a vegetarian for 15 years but then decided to eat meat. His favorite meat is pork chops.
- Well known as a singer. His song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" was a major hit in the late 70s. The album from which this song came was also a top seller as well.
- Has had 17 concussions.
- Was offered the title role in "Phantom Of The Opera" but turned it down
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