Michael Bay

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1965-02-17 (59 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Майкл Бэй, 麥可·貝, マイケル・ベイ, 마이클 베이, مايكل بي, ไมเคิล เบย์, Michael Benjamin Bay

Michael Bay

Biography

Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action films characterized by fast edits, polished visuals and substantial use of practical effects. His films, which include "The Rock" (1996), "Armageddon" (1998), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and entries in the "Bad Boys" (1995-2003) and "Transformers" (2007-2017) series, have grossed over three billion dollars worldwide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness; he is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain; and he co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production company which has remade horror movies including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003), "Friday the 13th" (2009) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).

Known For

Producer

Inherit the Earth

as Producer

Meet Jimmy

as Producer

I Am Yours

as Producer

The Birds

as Producer

Life on Mars

as Producer

Lure

as Producer

Wolf Night

as Producer

The Caretaker

as Producer

The Rising

as Producer

2025
Drop

as Producer

2024
Apartment 7A

as Producer

2024
2024
Transformers One

as Producer

2022
Ambulance

as Producer

2021
2021
The Forever Purge

as Producer

2020
Songbird

as Producer

2019
6 Underground

as Producer

2018
Bumblebee

as Producer

2018
A Quiet Place

as Producer

2018
The First Purge

as Producer

2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

as Executive Producer

2018
The Purge

as Executive Producer

2017
Transformers: The Last Knight

as Executive Producer

2016
2016
2016
Billion Dollar Wreck

as Executive Producer

2015
Project Almanac

as Producer

2014
The Purge: Anarchy

as Producer

2014
Ouija

as Producer

2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction

as Executive Producer

2014
The Last Ship

as Executive Producer

2014
Black Sails

as Executive Producer

2013
Pain & Gain

as Producer

2013
The Purge

as Producer

2011
I Am Number Four

as Producer

2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

as Executive Producer

2009
Horsemen

as Producer

2009
The Unborn

as Producer

2009
Friday the 13th

as Producer

2009
2007
The Hitcher

as Producer

2007
Transformers

as Executive Producer

2005
The Island

as Producer

2005
2001
Pearl Harbor

as Producer

1998
Armageddon

as Producer

Actor

2024
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)

2012
The Neighbors

as Michael Bay

2011
2007
Transformers

as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

2003
Bad Boys II

as Crappy Car Driver

2000
Coyote Ugly

as Photographer

1999
Mystery Men

as Frat Boy

1998
Armageddon

as NASA Scientist (uncredited)

1997
Taff

as self

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

Director

Fast and Loose

as Director

2022
Ambulance

as Director

2019
6 Underground

as Director

2013
Pain & Gain

as Director

2007
Transformers

as Director

2005
The Island

as Director

2003
Bad Boys II

as Director

2001
Pearl Harbor

as Director

1998
Armageddon

as Director

1996
The Rock

as Director

1995
Bad Boys

as Director

Crew

1993
Indecent Proposal

as Second Unit

1984
Night Court

as Production Office Assistant

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark

as Production Intern