Michael Bay
Director
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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Filmography
Transformers
as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited) 2007
Bad Boys for Life
as Wedding MC 2020
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Truck Passenger (uncredited) 2014
Armageddon
as NASA Scientist (uncredited) 1998
Bad Boys II
as Crappy Car Driver 2003
6 Underground
as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited) 2019
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Porsche Driver 2024
Coyote Ugly
as Photographer 2000
Mystery Men
as Frat Boy 1999
A Man's Story
as Self 2011
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Sled Agent 1986
Bad Boys: Legacy
as Self 2024
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
as Self 2009
Evolution Within Extinction
as Self 2014
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
as Self 2000
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
as Self 2014
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Self 2004