Meat Loaf Add to My Celebs Age 64 Birthday Sep. 27th, 1947 Born in Dallas, Texas, USA Height 5' 10 1/2"

Meat Loaf's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Celebrity Blackjack Meat Loaf Lightning Force Richard Tal… Rock & A Hard Place Host

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Chasing Ghosts 2005 - Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 2005 - The Pleasure Drivers 2004 - Extreme Dating 2002 - Wishcraft 2002 - The Salton Sea 1999 - Crazy in Alabama 1999 - Fight Club 1998 - The Mighty 1998 - Black Dog 1997 - Spice World 1992 - Wayne's World 1992 - Leap of Faith 1989 - Der siebente Kontinent 1986 - Out of Bounds 1985 - Der Formel Eins Film 1980 - Roadie 1979 - Scavenger Hunt 1979 - Americathon 1975 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1962 - State Fair

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


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:

• Has had 17 concussions.
• His movies _Blacktop (2000) (TV)_ (qv) & _Trapped (2001) (TV)_ (qv) and his special appearances in TV series _"Lightning Force" (1991)_ (qv), _"The Outer Limits" (1995)_ (qv), _"John Doe" (2002)_ (qv) & _"Masters of Horror" (2005)_ (qv) were all filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
• 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.
• Only single to chart in the United States for Meat Loaf in the 1980s was "I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us" which peaked at #84 (He charted in the UK 4 times: in 1981 with 'Cher (I)' (qv) for "Dead Ringer for Love" (reaching #5), in 1983 for "Midnight at the Lost and Found" (#17), in 1984 for "Modern Girl" (#17) and in 1986 with 'John Parr (II)' (qv) for "Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries" (#31)).
• Has told numerous contradictory "official" stories of how he got his stage name.
• Occasionally hosts VH1 show _"The List" (1999)_ (qv).
• Got his start in show business in a traveling stage production of the infamous play, "Hair".

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