Director · producer · actor
Michael Bay
age 61 · born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles
I’ll let you know on July 28, 2027: A Quiet Place Part III.
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Key films
All films, 61
Newest first
- 2025
Drop, Producing. 
A History of Protection, Directing. 
We Are Storror, Directing, producing. - 2024
A Quiet Place: Day One, Producing. 
Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Porsche Driver, actor. 
Transformers One, Producing. 
Apartment 7A, Producing. 
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior, Producing · 5 eps.. - 2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Producing. - 2022
Ambulance, Directing, producing.
Show the other 51From A Quiet Place Part II (2021) to Miami Vice (1984)
- 2021
A Quiet Place Part II, Producing. 
The Forever Purge, Producing. - 2020
Bad Boys for Life, Wedding MC, actor. 
Songbird, Producing. - 2019
6 Underground, Reporter #4 (voice), actor, directing, producing. - 2018
A Quiet Place, Producing. 
Bumblebee, Producing. 
The First Purge, Producing. 
The Purge, Producing · 20 eps.. 
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Producing · 30 eps.. - 2017
Transformers: The Last Knight, Directing, producing. - 2016
The Purge: Election Year, Producing. 
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Directing, producing. 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Producing. 
Ouija: Origin of Evil, Producing. 
Billion Dollar Wreck, Producing · 9 eps.. - 2015
Project Almanac, Producing. - 2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction, Truck Passenger, actor, directing, producing. 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Producing. 
The Purge: Anarchy, Producing. 
Ouija, Producing. 
Black Sails, Producing · 38 eps.. 
The Last Ship, Producing · 56 eps.. - 2013
The Purge, Producing. 
Pain & Gain, Directing, producing. - 2012
The Neighbors, Michael Bay, actor · 1 ep.. 
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon, Actor. - 2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Directing, producing. 
I Am Number Four, Producing. - 2010
A Nightmare on Elm Street, Producing. - 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Directing, producing. 
Friday the 13th, Producing. 
The Unborn, Producing. 
Horsemen, Producing. - 2007
Transformers, Guy Flicked by Megatron, actor, directing, producing. 
The Hitcher, Producing. - 2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Producing. - 2005
The Island, Directing, producing. 
The Amityville Horror, Producing. - 2003
Bad Boys II, Crappy Car Driver, actor, directing. 
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Producing. - 2002
Great White: My...My...My..., Directing. - 2001
Pearl Harbor, Producing, directing. - 2000
Coyote Ugly, Photographer, actor. - 1999
Mystery Men, Frat Boy, actor. - 1998
Armageddon, NASA Scientist, actor, directing, producing. - 1996
The Rock, Directing. - 1995
Bad Boys, Directing. - 1993
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), Directing. - 1986
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo, Sled Agent, actor. - 1984
Miami Vice, Goon #3, actor · 1 ep..
As himself: 13 appearances
documentaries, award shows, talk shows
Filmography: TMDB.
Coming soon from Michael Bay
21 more with no date
The Birds, Detention, OutRun, Skibidi Toilet, Untitled The Purge Film
Release dates: TMDB. They may change.
Who is Michael Bay?
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).
Biography: TMDB.
At a glance
- Born
- February 17, 1965 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Facts: TMDB.
Online
Michael Bay’s career in numbers
- roles: 53 films and 8 series
- 61
- TV episodes
- 160
- years behind the camera, since 1984
- 42
- top rated: “Transformers One” (TMDB)
- 8.0
- films as director
- 19
Genres of his features
- action49%
- thriller45%
- science fiction38%
- horror36%
- adventure25%
Numbers from the TMDB filmography, genres from 53 features. One film can have several genres.
Regular collaborators of Michael Bay
Counted from TMDB casts and crews.
Frequently asked questions about Michael Bay
How old is Michael Bay?
61 years old. They were born on February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles.
What has Michael Bay been in?
Among others: “Transformers”, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”.
When is the next film with Michael Bay out?
A Quiet Place Part III comes out July 28, 2027.
What films has Michael Bay directed?
19 features, including “A History of Protection” (2025), “We Are Storror” (2025), “Ambulance” (2022), “6 Underground” (2019), and “Transformers: The Last Knight” (2017).
Sources: TMDB (person data, filmography, photos). As of November 13, 2026. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. · Ta strona po polsku