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Known For

Production

Known Credits

107

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-02-17 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Майкл Бэй

麥可·貝

マイケル・ベイ

마이클 베이

مايكل بي

ไมเคิล เบย์

Michael Benjamin Bay

مایکل بی

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: 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Coyote Ugly

2000

Coyote Ugly

as

Photographer

A Man's Story

2011

A Man's Story

as

Self

Transformers

2007

Transformers

as

Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

Mystery Men

1999

Mystery Men

as

Frat Boy

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

2024

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as

Porsche Driver

Bad Boys for Life

2020

Bad Boys for Life

as

Wedding MC

6 Underground

2019

6 Underground

as

Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)

Bad Boys II

2003

Bad Boys II

as

Crappy Car Driver

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction

as

Truck Passenger (uncredited)

Armageddon

1998

Armageddon

as

NASA Scientist (uncredited)

The Neighbors

The Neighbors

as

Michael Bay

MTV Movie & TV Awards

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as

Self - Presenter

Taff

Taff

as

self

Production

Crew

Directing