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Michael Bay
Producer, Director, ActorBorn February 17, 1965 (60 years)
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).
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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).
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Michael Bay Filmography
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| 2024 | Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2018 | The Purge (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2017 | Horror at the Cecil Hotel (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight · as Executive Producer |
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| 2016 | Billion Dollar Wreck (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | Occult · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Last Ship (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Black Sails (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | The A-Game: Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain' · as Executive Producer |
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| 2012 | Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon · as Executive Producer |
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| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · as Executive Producer |
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| 2007 | Our World · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Transformers · as Executive Producer |
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| 2007 | Their War · as Executive Producer |
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| 2005 | In the Blink of an Eye · as Consulting Producer |
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| 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) |
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| 2007 | Transformers · as Guy Flicked By Megatron (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II · as Crappy Car Driver |
| 2001 | Double Down · as Extra |
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly · as Photographer |
| 1999 | Mystery Men · as Frat Boy |
| 1998 | Armageddon · as Nasa Scientist (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo · as Sled Agent |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Goon #3 |
| 2022 | Theaters of War · as Self |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The A-Game: Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain' · as Self |
| 2012 | The Neighbors (TV Series) · as Michael Bay |
| 2010 | A Man's Story · as Self |
| 2010 | The Buried Life (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2009 | 2009 MTV Movie Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2008 | 2008 MTV Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | Our World · as Self |
| 2007 | 2007 MTV Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | On the Lot (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 2007 | Xposé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel · as Himself |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Their War · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Attack of the Show (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre · as Self |
| 2002 | 2002 ABC World Stunt Awards · as Self |
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| 2002 | Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion · as Self |
| 2001 | Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor · as Self |
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| 2001 | Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal' · as Self - L.a. Premiere |
| 2000 | Playboy 2000: The Party Continues · as Self |
| 1998 | Armageddon: Target Earth · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | VIP World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Tough (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Movie Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show · as Self - Director |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |