Actor

Michael Bay

Directing

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Acting credits

Active

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TMDB popularity

2.6

Moderate attention

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Movies: 66Series: 12Crew credits: 59

TMDB ID: 865

IMDb ID: nm0000881

Known for: Directing

Born: February 17, 1965

Age: 60

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1981 - 2028

Years active: 48

Average TMDB rating: 6.56

Wikidata: Q59259

Also known as

Michael Benjamin Bay

Other jobs

Producer (30)Director (18)Executive Producer (6)Consulting Producer (1)Production Intern (1)Production Office Assistant (1)Second Unit (1)Thanks (1)

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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: 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).