What is Michael Bay?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Multiple issues| {{Update|date=November 2014}} {{redlinks|date=November 2014}} }} {{Infobox person | image = Michael.bay.png | image_size = | caption = Bay in 2006 | birth_name = Michael Benjamin Bay | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|2|17}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | nationality = American | education = [[Art Center College of Design]] | alma_mater = [[Wesleyan University]] | occupation = Director, producer, actor | years_active = 1984–present | notable_works = ''[[The Rock (movie)|The Rock]]'', ''[[Armageddon (1998 movie)|Armageddon]]'', ''[[Pearl Harbor (movie)|Pearl Harbor]]'', ''[[Transformers (movie)|Transformers]]'', ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' | website = {{URL|http://www.michaelbay.com/}} }} '''Michael Benjamin Bay''' (born February 17, 1965) is an [[Americans|American]] [[movie director|director]], [[movie producer|producer]] and [[actor]]. He is known for his high-budget action movies which often use a lot of special effects, especially explosions. These include ''[[Transformers (movie)|Transformers]]'', ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'', ''[[Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 movie)|Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th (2009 movie)|Friday the 13th]]'', ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', ''[[Bad Boys (1995 movie)|Bad Boys]]'', ''[[Pearl Harbor (movie)|Pearl Harbor]]'', and ''[[Armageddon (1998 movie)|Armageddon]]''. ==Early life== Bay was born on February 17, 1965 in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/28/Michael-Bay.html |title=Michael Bay Biography (1965–) |work=FilmReference.com |publisher=Advameg, Inc. |accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> He studied at [[Wesleyan University]]. His cousin-in-law was actor [[Leonard Nimoy]]. ==Career== [[Fi