Michael Bay

Directing · Born 1965-02-17 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

Filmography

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Porsche Driver
• Bad Boys for Life as Wedding MC
• Coyote Ugly as Photographer
• Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' as Self
• A Man's Story as Self
• Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo as Sled Agent
• Transformers as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
• Mystery Men as Frat Boy
• Evolution Within Extinction as Self
• The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen as Self

TV

• On the Lot
• The Neighbors as Michael Bay
• MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
• Taff as self
• Miami Vice as Goon #3