Michael Bay

ProducerDirectorActorCrewProduction Feb 17 (age 61) Los Angeles, California, USA 1981–2027 (46 year career)

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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:…

Known For

Film

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Production Intern

Film

A Quiet Place

Producer

Film

A Quiet Place Part II

Producer

Film

Bad Boys for Life

Wedding MC

Film

Transformers

Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

Film

Armageddon

NASA Scientist (uncredited)

Film

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Producer

Film

Pearl Harbor

Director

Filmography

Acting (26)

Movies (22)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as Porsche Driver

Bad Boys: Legacy

as Self

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Bad Boys for Life

2020

as Wedding MC

7.1

6 Underground

2019

as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

as Truck Passenger (uncredited)

6.0

Evolution Within Extinction

2014

as Self

7.7

T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie

2014

as Self

9.0

Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now

2012

as Self

Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon

A Man's Story

as Self

The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

2009

as Self

6.8

Transformers

2007

as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

6.8

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel

2007

as Himself

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

as Self

Bad Boys II

as Crappy Car Driver

Coyote Ugly

as Photographer

Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'

as Self

Mystery Men

as Frat Boy

Armageddon

as NASA Scientist (uncredited)

6.8

Armageddon: Target Earth

1998

as Self

Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

1986

as Sled Agent

6.0

Television (4)

The Neighbors

as Michael Bay

Taff

as self

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self

Miami Vice

as Goon #3

Crew (90)

Movies (83)

A Quiet Place Part III

2027 Upcoming

Producer

Jul 29

Drop

2025

Producer

6.3

We Are Storror

2025

Director

We Are Storror

2025

Producer

A Quiet Place: Day One

Producer

Transformers One

Producer

Apartment 7A

Producer

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Producer

Ambulance

Director

Ambulance

Producer

A Quiet Place Part II

Producer

The Forever Purge

Producer

Songbird

Producer

6 Underground

Director

6 Underground

Producer

A Quiet Place

Producer

Bumblebee

Producer

The First Purge

Producer

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

Director

6.0

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

Executive Producer

6.0

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

2016

Director

7.3

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

2016

Producer

7.3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

2016

Producer

6.0

The Purge: Election Year

2016

Producer

6.4

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Producer

Project Almanac

Producer

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2014

Producer

5.9

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

Director

6.0

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Executive Producer

The Purge: Anarchy

Producer

Ouija

Producer

The Purge

Producer

Pain & Gain

Director

Pain & Gain

Producer

All Is Lost

Thanks

I Am Number Four

Producer

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

Director

6.2

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

Executive Producer

6.2

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Producer

Friday the 13th

Producer

The Unborn

Producer

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

Director

6.2

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Executive Producer

Horsemen

Producer

Transformers

Director

Transformers

Executive Producer

The Hitcher

Producer

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Producer

The Island

Director

The Island

Producer

The Amityville Horror

2005

Producer

6.1

In The Blink Of An Eye

2005

Consulting Producer

Bad Boys II

2003

Director

6.7

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2003

Producer

6.3

Great White: My...My...My...

Director

Pearl Harbor

Director

Pearl Harbor

Producer

Armageddon

Director

Armageddon

Producer

The Rock

Director

Bad Boys

Director

Indecent Proposal

Second Unit

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

1993

Director

7.3

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

Production Intern

7.9

Life on Mars

Producer

Lure

Producer

OutRun

Director

OutRun

Producer

Blink of an Eye

Producer

Untitled Skibidi Toilet Film

Director

Sponsor

Producer

Untitled The Purge Film

Producer

The Rising

Producer

I Am Yours

Producer

Wolf Night

Producer

Big Rig

Producer

The Birds

Producer

Untitled Transformers Film

Director

Untitled Transformers Film

Producer

Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie

Producer

Inherit the Earth

Producer

Saturation Point

Producer

Meet Jimmy

Producer

Television (7)

Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior

2024

Executive Producer

6.0

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Executive Producer

The Purge

Executive Producer

Billion Dollar Wreck

Executive Producer

Black Sails

Executive Producer

The Last Ship

Executive Producer

Night Court

Production Office Assistant

7.3