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Michael Bay

Michael Bay

Known For Production
Birthday Feb 17, 1965 (60)
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jul 27, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 f ... ilms 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.

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Filmography

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

2024

as Porsche Driver

Bad Boys for Life

Bad Boys for Life

2020

as Wedding MC

6 Underground

6 Underground

2019

as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

as Truck Passenger (uncredited)

Transformers

Transformers

2007

as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

Bad Boys II

Bad Boys II

2003

as Crappy Car Driver

Coyote Ugly

Coyote Ugly

2000

as Photographer

Mystery Men

Mystery Men

1999

as Frat Boy

Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

as NASA Scientist (uncredited)

Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal

1993

Second Unit

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

Production Intern

Ambulance

Ambulance

2022

Director

6 Underground

6 Underground

2019

Director

Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain

2013

Director

Transformers

Transformers

2007

Director

The Island

The Island

2005

Director

Bad Boys II

Bad Boys II

2003

Director

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

2001

Director

Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

Director

The Rock

The Rock

1996

Director

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1995

Director

Drop

Drop

2025

Producer

Transformers One

Transformers One

2024

Producer

Apartment 7A

Apartment 7A

2024

Producer

A Quiet Place: Day One

A Quiet Place: Day One

2024

Producer

Ambulance

Ambulance

2022

Producer

The Forever Purge

The Forever Purge

2021

Producer

A Quiet Place Part II

A Quiet Place Part II

2021

Producer

Songbird

Songbird

2020

Producer

6 Underground

6 Underground

2019

Producer

The First Purge

The First Purge

2018

Producer

Bumblebee

Bumblebee

2018

Producer

A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place

2018

Producer

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

Executive Producer

The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year

2016

Producer

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016

Producer

Project Almanac

Project Almanac

2015

Producer

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

Executive Producer

The Purge: Anarchy

The Purge: Anarchy

2014

Producer

Ouija

Ouija

2014

Producer

The Purge

The Purge

2013

Producer

Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain

2013

Producer

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

Executive Producer

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four

2011

Producer

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

2009

Producer

The Unborn

The Unborn

2009

Producer

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

Executive Producer

Horsemen

Horsemen

2009

Producer

Transformers

Transformers

2007

Executive Producer

The Hitcher

The Hitcher

2007

Producer

The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror

2005

Producer

The Island

The Island

2005

Producer

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

2001

Producer

Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Neighbors

as Michael Bay

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2012

Miami Vice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1984

On the Lot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 22, 2007

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1992

Taff

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 11, 1997

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