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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).
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Filmography
all 94
Movies 83
Producer 59
self 17
TV Shows 11
Director 8
Drop (2025)
We Are Storror (2025)
Apartment 7A (2024)
Transformers One (2024)
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior (2024)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Ambulance (2022)
Songbird (2020)
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
6 Underground (2019)
Bumblebee (2018)
The Purge (2018)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
The First Purge (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Billion Dollar Wreck (2016)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Project Almanac (2015)
Ouija (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
The Last Ship (2014)
Black Sails (2014)
The Purge (2013)
Pain & Gain (2013)
The Neighbors (2012)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
I Am Number Four (2011)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Horsemen (2009)
The Unborn (2009)
Transformers (2007)
The Hitcher (2007)
The Island (2005)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Mystery Men (1999)
Armageddon (1998)
Taff (1997)
The Rock (1996)
Bad Boys (1995)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992)
Night Court (1984)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Fast and Loose
Life on Mars
The Birds
The Caretaker
The Rising
Duke Nukem
Wolf Night
Meet Jimmy
I Am Yours
Lure
Robopocalypse
Big Rig
Inherit the Earth
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GenderMale
Birthday1965-02-17 (60 years old)
Birth NameMichael Benjamin Bay
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States
ReligionJudaism
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesMiami, United States
Also Known AsМайкл Бэй, 麥可·貝, マイケル・ベイ, 마이클 베이, مايكل بي, ไมเคิล เบย์, Michael Benjamin Bay, مایکل بی
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