
Michael Bay
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
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Production Intern
A Quiet Place
Producer
A Quiet Place Part II
Producer
Bad Boys for Life
Wedding MC
Transformers
Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
Armageddon
NASA Scientist (uncredited)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Producer
Pearl Harbor
Director
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Filmography
Acting (26)
Movies (22)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024as Porsche Driver
Bad Boys: Legacy
2024as Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2023as Self (archive footage)
Bad Boys for Life
2020as Wedding MC
6 Underground
2019as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014as Truck Passenger (uncredited)
Evolution Within Extinction
2014as Self
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
2014as Self
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
2012as Self
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
2012
A Man's Story
2011as Self
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
2009as Self
Transformers
2007as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007as Himself
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004as Self
Bad Boys II
2003as Crappy Car Driver
Coyote Ugly
2000as Photographer
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
2000as Self
Mystery Men
1999as Frat Boy
Armageddon
1998as NASA Scientist (uncredited)
Armageddon: Target Earth
1998as Self
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986as Sled Agent
Crew (90)
Movies (83)
A Quiet Place Part III
2027 UpcomingProducer
Jul 29
Drop
2025Producer
We Are Storror
2025Director
We Are Storror
2025Producer
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024Producer
Transformers One
2024Producer
Apartment 7A
2024Producer
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023Producer
Ambulance
2022Director
Ambulance
2022Producer
A Quiet Place Part II
2021Producer
The Forever Purge
2021Producer
Songbird
2020Producer
6 Underground
2019Director
6 Underground
2019Producer
A Quiet Place
2018Producer
Bumblebee
2018Producer
The First Purge
2018Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017Director
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017Executive Producer
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016Director
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016Producer
The Purge: Election Year
2016Producer
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016Producer
Project Almanac
2015Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014Producer
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014Director
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014Executive Producer
The Purge: Anarchy
2014Producer
Ouija
2014Producer
The Purge
2013Producer
Pain & Gain
2013Director
Pain & Gain
2013Producer
All Is Lost
2013Thanks
I Am Number Four
2011Producer
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011Director
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011Executive Producer
A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010Producer
Friday the 13th
2009Producer
The Unborn
2009Producer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009Director
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009Executive Producer
Horsemen
2009Producer
Transformers
2007Director
Transformers
2007Executive Producer
The Hitcher
2007Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006Producer
The Island
2005Director
The Island
2005Producer
The Amityville Horror
2005Producer
In The Blink Of An Eye
2005Consulting Producer
Bad Boys II
2003Director
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003Producer
Great White: My...My...My...
2002Director
Pearl Harbor
2001Director
Pearl Harbor
2001Producer
Armageddon
1998Director
Armageddon
1998Producer
The Rock
1996Director
Bad Boys
1995Director
Indecent Proposal
1993Second Unit
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
1993Director
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981Production Intern
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
2024Executive Producer
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018Executive Producer
The Purge
2018Executive Producer
Billion Dollar Wreck
2016Executive Producer
Black Sails
2014Executive Producer
The Last Ship
2014Executive Producer
Night Court
1984Production Office Assistant
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