Michael Bay

"Pain & Gain" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals

Bay in 2013, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 17, 1965

Ethnicity: publicly unknown (raised Jewish)

Michael Bay, full name Michael Benjamin Bay, is an American film director and producer. He has directed Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Island, and numerous Transformers films.

Michael was adopted as an infant by Harriet (Markowitz) and Sheldon James “Jim” Bay. Michael’s adoptive parents were Jewish, and he was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

Michael’s adoptive father’s parents were Samuel Leon Bay and Esphira Shapira-Kaplan. Samuel was born in Russia.

Michael’s adoptive father’s brother, Mordecah Wolfe Bay, is the father of actress and director Susan (Bay) Nimoy, who was married to actor Leonard Nimoy.

Source: Genealogy of Michael Bay (focusing on his adoptive father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

4 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    LOL that’s outdated Stuff anyhow “Alpine” specimens look totally different by Bay in anthropology: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_race

    Bay is a Nordid type

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