Michael Bay
Personal Info
Known for
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-02-17 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael Bay
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).
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Porsche Driver
(2024)
Bad Boys: Legacy
as Self
(2023)
(2020)
Bad Boys for Life
as Wedding MC
(2019)
6 Underground
as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
(2014)
Evolution Within Extinction
as Self
(2014)
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
as Self
(2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Truck Passenger (uncredited)
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
A Man's Story
as Self
(2009)
(2007)
Transformers
as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
(2007)
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
as Himself
(2004)
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Himself
(2003)
Bad Boys II
as Crappy Car Driver
(2000)
Coyote Ugly
as Photographer
(2000)
(1999)
Mystery Men
as Frat Boy
(1998)
Armageddon
as NASA Scientist (uncredited)
(1998)
Armageddon: Target Earth
as Self
(1986)
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Sled Agent
Crew
The Rising
Producer
Wolf Night
Producer
Lure
Producer
Life on Mars
Producer
The Birds
Producer
I Am Yours
Producer
Meet Jimmy
Producer
Inherit the Earth
Producer
Fast and Loose
Director
Big Rig
Producer
Untitled OutRun Film
Director, Producer
(2025)
Drop
Producer
(2025)
We Are Storror
Director, Producer
(2024)
Apartment 7A
Producer
(2024)
A Quiet Place: Day One
Producer
(2024)
Transformers One
Producer
(2023)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Producer
(2022)
Ambulance
Director, Producer
(2021)
A Quiet Place Part II
Producer
(2021)
The Forever Purge
Producer
(2020)
Songbird
Producer
(2019)
6 Underground
Director, Producer
(2018)
Bumblebee
Producer
(2018)
A Quiet Place
Producer
(2018)
The First Purge
Producer
(2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight
Director, Executive Producer
(2016)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Director, Producer
(2016)
(2016)
The Purge: Election Year
Producer
(2016)
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Producer
(2015)
Project Almanac
Producer
(2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Director, Executive Producer
(2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Producer
(2014)
The Purge: Anarchy
Producer
(2014)
Ouija
Producer
(2013)
Pain & Gain
Producer, Director
(2013)
The Purge
Producer
(2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Director, Executive Producer
(2011)
I Am Number Four
Producer
(2010)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Producer
(2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Director, Executive Producer
(2009)
Horsemen
Producer
(2009)
The Unborn
Producer
(2009)
Friday the 13th
Producer
(2007)
Transformers
Director, Executive Producer
(2007)
The Hitcher
Producer
(2006)
(2005)
The Island
Producer, Director
(2005)
The Amityville Horror
Producer
(2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
(2003)
Bad Boys II
Director
(2002)
Great White: My...My...My...
Director
(2001)
Pearl Harbor
Director, Producer
(1998)
Armageddon
Producer, Director
(1996)
The Rock
Director
(1995)
Bad Boys
Director
(1993)
Indecent Proposal
Second Unit
(1993)
(1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Production Intern