Michael Bay
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 17 February 1965 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action movies 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), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
Known for
Production 67
- 2028Untitled hybrid live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · producer
- 2027A Quiet Place Part III · producer
- 2026The Caretaker · producer
- 2026I Am Yours · producer
- 2026Life on Mars · producer
- 2026Inherit the Earth · producer
- 2026OutRun · producer
- 2026Untitled Transformers Film · producer
- 2026Skibidi Toilet · producer
- 2026Untitled The Purge Film · producer
- 2026Untitled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Continuation · producer
- 2026Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie · producer
- 2026The Fisherman · producer
- 2026Shredded · producer
- 2026Operation Epic Fury · producer
- 2026Detention · producer
- 2026The Birds · producer
- 2026Big Rig · producer
- 2026Lure · producer
- 2026Sponsor · producer
- 2026Saturation Point · producer
- 2026Meet Jimmy · producer
- 2025Wolf Night · producer
- 2025Blink of an Eye · producer
- 2025The Rising · producer
- 2025Drop · producer
- 2025We Are Storror · producer
- 2024Apartment 7A · producer
- 2024Transformers One · producer
- 2024A Quiet Place: Day One · producer
- 2023Transformers: Rise of the Beasts · producer
- 2022Ambulance · producer
- 2021The Forever Purge · producer
- 2021A Quiet Place Part II · producer
- 2020Songbird · producer
- 20196 Underground · producer
- 2018Bumblebee · producer
- 2018The First Purge · producer
- 2018A Quiet Place · producer
- 2017Transformers: The Last Knight · executive producer
- 2016Ouija: Origin of Evil · producer
- 2016The Purge: Election Year · producer
- 2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows · producer
- 201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi · producer
- 2015Project Almanac · producer
- 2014Ouija · producer
- 2014Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · producer
- 2014The Purge: Anarchy · producer
- 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction · executive producer
- 2013The Purge · producer
- 2013Pain & Gain · producer
- 2011Transformers: Dark of the Moon · executive producer
- 2011I Am Number Four · producer
- 2010A Nightmare on Elm Street · producer
- 2009Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · executive producer
- 2009Friday the 13th · producer
- 2009Horsemen · producer
- 2009The Unborn · producer
- 2007Transformers · executive producer
- 2007The Hitcher · producer
- 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning · producer
- 2005In The Blink Of An Eye · consulting producer
- 2005The Island · producer
- 2005The Amityville Horror · producer
- 2003The Texas Chainsaw Massacre · producer
- 2001Pearl Harbor · producer
- 1998Armageddon · producer
Directing 23
- 2026OutRun · director
- 2026Untitled Transformers Film · director
- 2026Skibidi Toilet · director
- 2026Operation Epic Fury · director
- 2025We Are Storror · director
- 2025A History of Protection · director
- 2022Ambulance · director
- 20196 Underground · director
- 2017Transformers: The Last Knight · director
- 201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi · director
- 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction · director
- 2013Pain & Gain · director
- 2011Transformers: Dark of the Moon · director
- 2009Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · director
- 2007Transformers · director
- 2005The Island · director
- 2003Bad Boys II · director
- 2002Great White: My...My...My... · director
- 2001Pearl Harbor · director
- 1998Armageddon · director
- 1996The Rock · director
- 1995Bad Boys · director
- 1993I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) · director
Acting 22
- 2024Bad Boys: Legacy as Self
- 2024Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Porsche Driver
- 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Bad Boys for Life as Wedding MC
- 20196 Underground as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
- 2014Evolution Within Extinction as Self
- 2014T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie as Self
- 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction as Truck Passenger (uncredited)
- 2012Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now as Self
- 2012Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
- 2011A Man's Story as Self
- 2009The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen as Self
- 2007Transformers as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
- 2007Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel as Self
- 2004Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre as Self
- 2003Bad Boys II as Crappy Car Driver
- 2000Coyote Ugly as Photographer
- 2000Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' as Self
- 1999Mystery Men as Frat Boy
- 1998Armageddon as NASA Scientist (uncredited)
- 1998Armageddon: Target Earth as Self
- 1986Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo as Sled Agent
crew 3
- 2013All Is Lost · thanks
- 1993Indecent Proposal · second unit
- 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark · production intern