About

Known credits:
41
Birthday:
1965-11-20
Place of birth:
Brooklyn - New York - USA
Website:
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Michael Diamond

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Diamond was born in New York City to an upper-middle-class Jewish household. He attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York for six months. In 1979, Diamond co-founded the band The Young Aborigines. In 1981, Adam Yauch, aka MCA, a friend and follower of the band became their bass player, and on the suggestion of their then-guitar player, John Berry, the band changed their name to the Beastie Boys. By 1983,Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) joined, and their sound began to shift away from punk to hip-hop. In 1992, Mike D founded the Beastie Boys' now-defunct record label Grand Royal Records. He is also interested in interior decoration, and designed Brooklyn-themed toile wallpaper; it was used in the renovation of the Marquee nightclub in Chelsea, which reopened in January 2013. A year after the passing of MCA in 2012, Mike D told Rolling Stone he was "excited about making new stuff again" and released "Humberto Vs the New Reactionaries (Christine and the Queens Remix)" in July 2013. A remix of Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band's "Bad Dancer" by Mike D and Adam Horovitz was streamed online in August 2013. The pair is credited with “additional beats, programming and other curve balls.”

Known for

Acting
2020 Celebrity Escape Room Actor Self 58
Average
2020 Beastie Boys Story Actor Self 62
Fair
2019 Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication' Actor Self N/A
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2014 Finding the Funk Actor Himself 59
Average
2013 Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records Actor Self 59
Average
2013 Downloaded Actor Self 59
Average
2012 Ben Lee: Catch My Disease Actor Self 59
Average
2012 Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Actor Self N/A
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2012 Bad Brains: A Band in DC Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Beastie Boys: Move on Up Actor Self N/A
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2011 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited Actor Cop 2 59
Average
2010 Rappin' With The Rickster Actor Self 58
Average
2007 Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome Actor Self N/A
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2006 Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! Actor Self 59
Average
2005 Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits Actor Self 58
Average
2004 Beastie Boys 'Horseplay' Actor Self 59
Average
2004 Beastie Boys $2 Bill Actor Self (as Mike D) N/A
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2004 Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam Actor Self N/A
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2003 The Work of Director Spike Jonze Actor Self 60
Fair
2002 Keep Your Eyes Open Actor Officer Diamond N/A
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2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology Actor Self 59
Average
1999 Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999 Actor Self 59
Average
1998 Free Tibet Actor Mike D - Beastie Boys N/A
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1998 Beastie|ography Actor Self N/A
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1998 Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga Actor N/A
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1994 Beastie Boys: Sabotage Actor The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré) 60
Fair
1994 The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder Actor Self N/A
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1994 Ciao L.A. Actor Asasondro Alegré N/A
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1992 Beastie Boys - Live in Japan Actor Self N/A
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1992 Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$ Actor Self 58
Average
1988 Tougher Than Leather Actor Himself 58
Average
1987 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville Actor Self - as Beastie Boys N/A
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1985 Krush Groove Actor Self (Beastie Boys) 58
Average
1984 Over Exposed Actor George 59
Average

Writing
2020 Beastie Boys Story Writing Writer 62
Fair

Production
2020 Beastie Boys Story Production Executive Producer 62
Fair

Sound
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Sound Songs 75
Good
2010 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Sound Music 59
Average
2005 Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits Sound Music 58
Average
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology Sound Music 59
Average