Director · Actor · Producer
Michael Bay
Michael Bay has worked on 49 movies and 9 TV shows, between 1984 and 2025. On Nahoko: 47 movies and 6 TV shows. Best known for Transformers, Armageddon and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
- Born
- 17 February 1965 (61 years old)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Michael Benjamin Bay
- Activities
- Director · Actor · Producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Career start
- 1984
- Education
- Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, Art Center College of Design, Wesleyan University
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Biography
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action movies 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), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
Career in figures
Career
- Active since
- 1986
- Titles on Nahoko
- 47 movies and 6 TV shows
- Main genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Next release
- A Quiet Place Part III (2027)
Ratings and box office
- Average rating
- ★ 6.4 IMDb
- Most voted
- Transformers
- Box office
- $6.5B, led by Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($1.1B)
Frequent collaborators
Josh Duhamel4 titles together
Shia LaBeouf3 titles together
Tyrese Gibson3 titles together
Mark Wahlberg3 titles together
Will Smith2 titles together
Martin Lawrence2 titles together
Ed Harris2 titles together
Ben Affleck2 titles togetherFilmography 53
2025
- DropMovieMovie · Producer
★ 6.1
2024
- A Quiet Place: Day OneMovieMovie · Producer
★ 6.2 - Bad Boys: Ride or DieMovieMovie · as Porsche Driver
★ 6.5 - Transformers OneMovieMovie · Producer★ 7.6
- Apartment 7AMovieMovie · Producer★ 5.9
2023
- Transformers: Rise of the BeastsMovieMovie · Producer★ 6.0
2022
- AmbulanceMovieMovie · Director · Producer
★ 6.1
2021
- The Forever PurgeMovieMovie · Producer
★ 5.4
2020
- A Quiet Place Part IIMovieMovie · Producer★ 7.2
- Bad Boys for LifeMovieMovie · as Wedding MC★ 6.5
- SongbirdMovieMovie · Producer
★ 4.8
2019
- 6 UndergroundMovieMovie · as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited) · Director · Producer★ 6.1
2018
- A Quiet PlaceMovieMovie · Producer★ 7.5
- BumblebeeMovieMovie · Producer
★ 6.7 - Jack RyanTV showTV show · Executive producer
★ 8.0 - The First PurgeMovieMovie · Producer★ 5.2
- The PurgeTV showTV show · Executive producerRent/Buy★ 6.6
2017
- Transformers: The Last KnightMovieMovie · Director · Executive producer★ 5.2
2016
- 13 HoursMovieMovie · Director · Producer
★ 7.3 - The Purge: Election YearMovieMovie · Producer★ 6.0
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsMovieMovie · Producer★ 5.9
- Ouija: Origin of EvilMovieMovie · Producer★ 6.2
2015
- Project AlmanacMovieMovie · Producer
★ 6.4
2014
- Transformers: Age of ExtinctionMovieMovie · as Truck Passenger (uncredited) · Director · Executive producer★ 5.6
- Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesMovieMovie · Producer★ 5.8
- The Purge: AnarchyMovieMovie · Producer★ 6.4
- Black SailsTV showTV show · Executive producer★ 8.2
- The Last ShipTV showTV show · Executive producer★ 7.4
- OuijaMovieMovie · Producer★ 4.5
2013
- The PurgeMovieMovie · Producer★ 5.8
- Pain & GainMovieMovie · Director · Producer★ 6.4
2012
- The NeighborsTV showTV show · as Michael Bay · 1 episodeRent/Buy★ 6.9
2011
- Transformers: Dark of the MoonMovieMovie · Director · Executive producer★ 6.2
- I Am Number FourMovieMovie · ProducerRent/Buy★ 6.1
2010
- A Nightmare on Elm StreetMovieMovie · Producer
★ 5.2
2009
- Transformers: Revenge of the FallenMovieMovie · Director · Executive producer★ 6.0
- Friday the 13thMovieMovie · Producer★ 5.5
- The UnbornMovieMovie · ProducerRent/Buy★ 4.7
- HorsemenMovieMovie · Producer
★ 5.5
2007
- TransformersMovieMovie · as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited) · Director · Executive producer★ 7.1
- The HitcherMovieMovie · ProducerRent/Buy★ 5.6
2006
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningMovieMovie · ProducerRent/Buy★ 5.8
2005
- The IslandMovieMovie · Director · Producer★ 6.8
- The Amityville HorrorMovieMovie · Producer★ 5.9
2003
- Bad Boys IIMovieMovie · as Crappy Car Driver · Director★ 6.6
- The Texas Chainsaw MassacreMovieMovie · Producer
★ 6.2
2001
- Pearl HarborMovieMovie · Director · Producer★ 6.3
2000
- Coyote UglyMovieMovie · as Photographer★ 5.8
1999
- Mystery MenMovieMovie · as Frat Boy★ 6.1
1998
- ArmageddonMovieMovie · as NASA Scientist (uncredited) · Director · Producer★ 6.7
1996
- The RockMovieMovie · Director★ 7.4
1995
- Bad BoysMovieMovie · Director★ 6.8
1984
- Miami ViceTV showTV show · as Goon #3 · 1 episode★ 7.6
More credits 18
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2027
- A Quiet Place Part IIIMovieMovie · Producer
2025
- A History of ProtectionMovieMovie · Director
- We Are StorrorMovieMovie · Director · Producer
2024
- Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the SaviorTV showTV show · Executive producer
2016
- Billion Dollar WreckTV showTV show · Executive producer
2014
- Evolution Within ExtinctionMovieMovie · as themselves
2012
- Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the MoonMovieMovie
- Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and NowMovieMovie · as themselves
2011
- A Man's StoryMovieMovie · as themselves
2009
- The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the FallenMovieMovie · as themselves
2007
- Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a PrequelMovieMovie · as themselves
- On the LotTV showTV show
2004
- Chainsaw Redux: Making a MassacreMovieMovie · as themselves
2002
- Great White: My...My...My...MovieMovie · Director
2000
- Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'MovieMovie · as themselves
1998
- Armageddon: Target EarthMovieMovie · as themselves
1993
- I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)MovieMovie · Director
1986
- Vengeance: The Story of Tony CimoMovieMovie · as Sled Agent