Michael Bay

Michael Bay

Directing

Born February 17, 1965 · Los Angeles, California, USA

22 films as director · Active 1993–2025

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 a…

Known for

Taff

Taff

1997

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

1984

MTV Movie & TV Awards

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

2024

Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

Bad Boys for Life

Bad Boys for Life

2020

Directed(22)

We Are Storror

2025We Are Storror

Ambulance

2022Ambulance★ 6.6

6 Underground

20196 Underground★ 6.3

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017Transformers: The Last Knight★ 6.1

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi★ 7.3

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014Transformers: Age of Extinction★ 6.0

Pain & Gain

2013Pain & Gain★ 6.3

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011Transformers: Dark of the Moon★ 6.2

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen★ 6.2

Transformers

2007Transformers★ 6.8

The Island

2005The Island★ 6.7

Bad Boys II

2003Bad Boys II★ 6.7

Great White: My...My...My...

2002Great White: My...My...My...★ 5.7

Pearl Harbor

2001Pearl Harbor★ 6.9

Armageddon

1998Armageddon★ 6.8

The Rock

1996The Rock★ 7.2

Bad Boys

1995Bad Boys★ 6.8

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

1993I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)★ 7.2

—Skibidi Toilet

—Untitled Transformers Film

—Operation Epic Fury

Acting(25)

2024Bad Boys: Ride or DiePorsche Driver

2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of LifeSelf (archive footage)

2020Bad Boys for LifeWedding MC

Michael Bay — Watchpile | Watchpile

20196 UndergroundReporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)

2014Evolution Within ExtinctionSelf

2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionTruck Passenger (uncredited)

2012The NeighborsMichael Bay

2012Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and NowSelf

2012Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon

2011A Man's StorySelf

2009The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the FallenSelf

2007TransformersGuy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

2007Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a PrequelSelf

2004Chainsaw Redux: Making a MassacreSelf

2003Bad Boys IICrappy Car Driver

2000Coyote UglyPhotographer

2000Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'Self

1999Mystery MenFrat Boy

1998ArmageddonNASA Scientist (uncredited)

1998Armageddon: Target EarthSelf

1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf

1986Vengeance: The Story of Tony CimoSled Agent

1984Miami ViceGoon #3