🎭 Actor
Mike Portnoy
🎂 Born 20 April 1967 (age 59)📍 Long Beach, New York, USA
0
Popularity Score
94
Acting Credits
5
Directed
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his drumming prowess and technical skill, Portnoy has won 23 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last six Dream Theater albums with guitarist John Petrucci, starting from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory. From A Change of Seasons onwards, Portnoy had been writing a substantial amount of Dream Theater's lyrics. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age). On September 8, 2010, it was announced that Portnoy had left Dream Theater. Portnoy cited conflicting interests as the reason behind his departure. On February 3, 2011, Portnoy announced that he has started a new project with Symphony X singer Russell Allen and guitarist Mike Orlando. Also he is involved in various projects with Neal Morse.
Known For
Directed Films(5)
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
2007
Director
★ 8.4
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
2001
Director
★ 7.6
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
2004
Director
★ 7.6
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
2006
Director
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
2019
Director
Full Filmography(94 films)
YearTitleRating
2010Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage★ 7.52024Phil Collins: Drummer First★ 7.02025Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris★ 9.32006Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City—2007Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos—2008Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion★ 6.92016Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas★ 8.02004Neal Morse: Testimony Live—2001Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York★ 8.42005Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon—2006Dream Theater: The Score So Far...—2013Flying Colors: Live in Europe★ 6.22003Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City—2013Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo★ 8.02004Dream Theater: Live at Budokan★ 7.62011Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City—2009Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05—2023Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia★ 8.01993Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo★ 6.42006Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America—2011Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough—2025Dream Theater - Parasomnia★ 8.02006Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour★ 7.62025Quarantième: Live à Paris—2004Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite★ 5.01994Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment—2005Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan—2013Neal Morse: Live Momentum★ 4.82014Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live—2005G3 - Live in Tokyo★ 7.12011Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On★ 5.62018Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016—2019Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary—2003Transatlantic - Live in Europe★ 9.02024Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind—2020The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019★ 8.02020Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia—2014The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan★ 8.02017Morsefest 2015: Question Mark★ 10.01998Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime★ 7.72015Morsefest 2014: One—2007Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania—2018The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017—2017The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016★ 8.52015Morsefest 2014: Testimony—2019Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony★ 8.72021Mike Portnoy - LTE3—2015Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7★ 8.52012PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations—2022The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021—2005Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band—2006Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America—2003Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003—2021Liquid Tension Experiment 3—2009Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA★ 7.12011Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two—2021The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic—2021Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe—2007Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion★ 5.22004Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought—2016The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again★ 7.52018Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream—2021Morsefest 2019—2020Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London★ 8.52017Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live—2008Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008—2002Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming—2010Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio—2009Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming—2020Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam—2005Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago—2014Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope★ 8.02005Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium—2010Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London★ 5.72007Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos—2023Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia—2011Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles★ 6.82004Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought—2014The Neal Morse Band - Live In India—2006Dream Theater: Romavarium★ 8.52018Haken - L-1VE—2001Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater—2008Mike Portnoy - Score—2011Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis—2014Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature—2014Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums—2017Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura★ 10.02009Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC★ 8.02004Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts—2019Mike Portnoy: Third Degree—2011Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD—2012Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum—2021Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe—2023Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover—