Michael Diamond
- Teen actor
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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.”
Acted in
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022
as Chasen's Pianist
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
as Self
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
as Self
Beastie Boys Story
2020
as Self
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
2019
as Self
Finding the Funk
2014
as Himself
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013
as Self
Downloaded
2013
as Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
as Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
2012
as Self
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
2011
as Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
as Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Cop 2
Rappin' With The Rickster
2010
as Self
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
2007
as Self
30 Rock
2006
as Mike D.
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!
2006
as Self
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
2005
as Self
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
2004
as Self
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
2004
as Self (as Mike D)
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
2004
as Self
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
as Self
Keep Your Eyes Open
2002
as Officer Diamond
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
2000
as Self
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
1999
as Self
Futurama
1999
as Mike D's head (voice)
Beastie|ography
1998
as Himself
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
1998
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
1994
as The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
Hi Octane
1994
as Self
Ciao L.A.
1994
as Asasondro Alegré
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
1994
as Self
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
1992
as Mike D
Tougher Than Leather
1988
as Himself
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as Self - as Beastie Boys
Krush Groove
1985
as Self (Beastie Boys)
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Over Exposed
1984
as George
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
as Himself