Michael Bay (I)

Producer | Director | Actor

A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music ...

Born: February 17, 1965

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Filmography

Known For

Armageddon Producer (1998)
Transformers: Age of Extinction Producer (2014)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Producer (2009)
Known For

Transformers Producer (2007)
Director

6 Underground (2019)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
13 Hours (2016)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Pain & Gain (2013)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Transformers (2007)
The Island (2005)
The Lionel Richie Collection (2003)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Faith Hill: There You'll Be (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Armageddon (1998)
Aerosmith: Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) (1997)
The Rock (1996)
Diana King: Shy Guy (Bad Boys Version) (1995)
Bad Boys (1995)
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994)
Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994)
Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994)
Got Milk: Aaron Burr (1993)
Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993)
Shadows and Light: From a Different View (1992)
Wilson Phillips: You Won't See Me Cry (1992)
Lionel Richie: Do It to Me (1992)
Tina Turner: Love Thing (1992)
Winger: Can't Get Enuff (1991)
Divinyls: I Touch Myself (1991)
Great White: My... My... My... the Video Collection (1991)
Great White: Call It Rock 'N Roll (1991)
Young M.C.: That's the Way Love Goes (1991)
Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits (1991)
House of Lords: Remember My Name (1991)
Great White: Congo Square (1991)
Donny Osmond: Sure Lookin' (1991)
Poco: Nothin' to Hide (1990)
Styx: Show Me the Way (1990)
Britny Fox: Dream On (1990)
Louie Louie: Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury (1990)
Tyler Collins: Second Chance (1990)
Slaughter: Up All Night (1990)
Vanilla Ice: I Love You (1990)
Play That Funky Music (1990)
Playboy: Kerri Kendall - September 1990 Video Centerfold (1990)
Styx: Love Is the Ritual (1990)
Chicago: Hearts in Trouble (1990)
Donny Osmond: My Love Is a Fire (1990)
The Neville Brothers: Bird on a Wire (1990)
Colin James: Keep on Lovin Me Baby (1990)
Faster Pussycat: House of Pain (1990)
Seduction: Heartbeat (1990)
Donny Osmond: Sacred Emotion (1989)
Gregg Allman: I'll Be Holding On (1989)
Tyler Collins: Whatcha Gonna Do? (1989)
Richard Marx: Angelia (1989)
Director

Poco: Call It Love (1989)
Producer

Songbird (2020)
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
The Purge (2018-2019)
6 Underground (2019)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018-2019)
Bumblebee (2018)
The Last Ship (2014-2018)
The First Purge (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018)
Horror at the Cecil Hotel (2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Black Sails (2014-2017)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Billion Dollar Wreck (2016)
13 Hours (2016)
Project Almanac (2015)
Ouija (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Pain & Gain: The A Game - Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain' (2013)
The Purge (2013)
Pain & Gain (2013)
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now (2012)
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon (2012)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
I Am Number Four (2011)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Horsemen (2009)
The Unborn (2009)
From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack (2007)
Their War (2007)
Our World (2007)
Transformers (2007)
The Hitcher (2007)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
In the Blink of an Eye (2005)
The Island (2005)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Armageddon (1998)
Producer

Occult
Actor

Bad Boys for Life Wedding MC (2020)
6 Underground Reporter #4 (2019)
Transformers: Age of Extinction Truck Passenger (2014)
The Neighbors Michael Bay (2013)
Transformers Guy Flicked by Megatron (2007)
Bad Boys II Crappy Car Driver (2003)
Zigs Extra (2001)
Coyote Ugly Photographer (2000)
Mystery Men Frat Boy (1999)
Armageddon NASA Scientist (1998)
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo Sled Agent (1986)
Actor

Miami Vice Goon #3 (1986)
Writer

Colin James: Keep on Lovin Me Baby (1990)
Camera and Electrical Department

6 Underground (2019)
13 Hours (2016)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Pain & Gain (2013)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Transformers (2007)
The Island (2005)
Camera and Electrical Department

Bad Boys II (2003)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
The Rock (1996)
Archive footage

The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition 2020- (2021)
Comment réalise Alexandre Astier? (2020)
Entertainment Tonight (2016-2020)
Celebrity Page (2017)
The Whole Plate (2017)
News Zero (2012)
Archive footage

Espías en Hollywood (2010)
Short Insanity 6 (2000)
Additional Crew

Horsemen (2009)
The Unborn (2009)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Additional Crew

Night Court (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Script and Continuity Department

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Music Department

Bad Boys II (2003)

Videos

Awards

9 wins & 16 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Was challenged by German filmmaker Uwe Boll to a charity boxing match in 2008.

[on shooting in 3-D]: Digital, no matter what people tell you, it's bullshit. They say, "Oh, it looks just like film." It doesn't look like film and never will. And it's like those people that are telling you are technicians. But I will be able to ...