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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
February 17, 1965
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Michael Benjamin Bay
Michael Bay
6.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.4
Self
Bad Boys: Legacy
2024
7.3
Porsche Driver
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
0.0
Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2023
7.1
Wedding MC
Bad Boys for Life
2020
6.3
Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
6 Underground
2019
7.7
Self
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
🎬
9.0
Self
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
2014
6.0
Truck Passenger (uncredited)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
6.3
Michael Bay
The Neighbors
2012
6.0
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
2012
Credits
Bad Boys: Legacy
as Self
2024
5.4
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Porsche Driver
2024
7.3
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
as Self
2023
0.0
Bad Boys for Life
as Wedding MC
2020
7.1
6 Underground
as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
2019
6.3
Evolution Within Extinction
as Self
2014
7.7
🎬
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
as Self
2014
9.0
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Truck Passenger (uncredited)
2014
6.0
The Neighbors
as Michael Bay
2012
6.3
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
2012
6.0
🎬
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
as Self
2012
0.0
A Man's Story
as Self
2011
6.9
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
as Self
2009
6.8
Transformers
as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
2007
6.8
On the Lot
2007
5.8
🎬
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
as Himself
2007
0.0
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Self
2004
6.0
Bad Boys II
as Crappy Car Driver
2003
6.7
Coyote Ugly
as Photographer
2000
6.3
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
as Self
2000
6.0
Mystery Men
as Frat Boy
1999
5.8
Armageddon
as NASA Scientist (uncredited)
1998
6.8
Armageddon: Target Earth
as Self
1998
0.0
Taff
as self
1997
3.2
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self
1992
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
1992
8.1
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Sled Agent
1986
6.0
Miami Vice
as Goon #3
1984
7.5