Anthony Kiedis was born in 1962 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father, John Michael Kiedis, was an actor professionally known as Blackie Dammett, and his mother, Margaret "Peggy" Noble, has Lithuanian ancestry. Kiedis is of Mohican, Dutch, French, Irish, and English descent.
His parents divorced when he was three years old. After the divorce, his mother remarried and settled in Grand Rapids, where Kiedis was raised alongside his two half-sisters, Jenny and Julie. Every summer, Anthony spent two weeks in Hollywood with his father, a time he cherished and later described as formative. He idolized his father, and these visits became the highlight of his childhood.
At the age of 12, Kiedis moved to Los Angeles to live with his father full-time. At the time, his father was a struggling actor who also sold drugs to make ends meet. This environment significantly influenced Kiedis’s life, as he began using marijuana and cocaine at a young age. At 14, he unknowingly tried heroin, mistaking it for cocaine.
Introduced to acting through his father, Kiedis began performing under the stage name Cole Dammett. His most notable early role was playing the son of Sylvester Stallone’s character in the 1978 film F.I.S.T. That same year, he appeared in an ABC Afterschool Special and a short-lived show titled Jokes My Folks Never Told Me.
Kiedis attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, where he initially struggled to fit in. He eventually formed a strong friendship with Michael Balzary, better known as Flea. Though their friendship began with a conflict, the pair quickly bonded over shared interests. One of their more reckless pastimes involved jumping into swimming pools from rooftops. During one such attempt, Kiedis missed the pool and broke his back.
In the early 1980s, Kiedis co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers alongside Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons. Initially formed under the name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the band soon changed to its now-famous name. Kiedis has served as the lead vocalist since its inception and has recorded over ten studio albums with the group.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers gained international success with albums like Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, and By the Way. In 2012, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, solidifying their place in rock history.
| Birth Date: | 1 Nov, 1962 |
| Age: | 57 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Grand Rapids |
| Education: | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American singer |
| Net Worth 2021: | 150 million |
