Michael Bay
Age: N/A | From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Michael Benjamin Bay
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 87
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Transformers One
(2024) Producer
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
(2018) Executive Producer
The Last Ship
(2014) Executive Producer
A Quiet Place: Day One
(2024) Producer
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981) Production Intern
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
(2023) Producer
Night Court
(1984) Production Office Assistant
A Quiet Place
(2018) ProducerActing
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| 2024 | Self | |
| Porsche Driver | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2020 | Wedding MC | |
| 2019 | Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Truck Passenger (uncredited) | ||
| 2012 | Michael Bay | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2011 | Self | |
| 2009 | Self | |
| 2007 | Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited) | |
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| Himself | ||
| 2004 | Himself | |
| 2003 | Crappy Car Driver | |
| 2000 | Photographer | |
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Frat Boy | |
| 1998 | NASA Scientist (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| 1997 | self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| 1986 | Sled Agent | |
| 1984 | N/A | |
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Directing
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| 2025 | Director | |
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| 2022 | Director | |
| 2019 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2011 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
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| 2003 | Director | |
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| 1998 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
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Production
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| 2025 | Producer | |
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| 2024 | Producer | |
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| 2023 | Producer | |
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| 2022 | Producer | |
| 2021 | Producer | |
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| 2020 | Producer | |
| 2019 | Producer | |
| 2018 | Producer | |
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| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | Producer | |
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| 2015 | Producer | |
| 2014 | Producer | |
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| 2013 | Producer | |
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| 2011 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2010 | Producer | |
| 2009 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2006 | Producer | |
| 2005 | Producer | |
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| 2003 | Producer | |
| 2001 | Producer | |
| 1998 | Producer | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1993 | Second Unit | |
| 1984 | Production Office Assistant | |
| 1981 | Production Intern | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
