Portrait of Michael Bay

Michael Bay

Directing

Biography

Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors. He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: February 17, 1965

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Filmography

2024
2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as Porsche Driver

2020
Bad Boys for Life

as Wedding MC

2019
6 Underground

as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)

2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction

as Truck Passenger (uncredited)

2012
The Neighbors

as Michael Bay

2011
2007
Transformers

as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

2003
Bad Boys II

as Crappy Car Driver

2000
Coyote Ugly

as Photographer

1999
Mystery Men

as Frat Boy

1998
Armageddon

as NASA Scientist (uncredited)

1997
Taff

as self

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

1984
Miami Vice

as Goon #3