Michael Diamond

Michael Diamond

Born: November 20, 1965
in Brooklyn - New York - USA
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.”

Movies for Michael Diamond...

Title: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Character: Chasen's Pianist
Released: March 6, 2022
Type: TV
A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.
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Title: Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Character: Self
Released: July 30, 2021
Type: TV
Oscar and Grammy Award-winning producer and artist Mark Ronson explores the intersection of technology and musical innovation with his heroes and fellow hitmakers—including Paul McCartney, DJ Premier, Charli XCX, Dave Grohl, and Questlove.
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Celebrity Escape Room
Title: Celebrity Escape Room
Character: Self
Released: May 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Jack Black is the master of ceremonies, leading Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Adam Scott, and Ben Stiller through a laugh-filled escape room adventure as they solve puzzles, find clues, and crack jokes to laugh their way through a fun maze of rooms.
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Beastie Boys Story
Title: Beastie Boys Story
Character: Self
Released: April 24, 2020
Type: Movie
Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend, collaborator, and their former grandfather, Spike Jonze.
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Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
Title: Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
Character: Himself
Released: May 30, 2019
Type: Movie
The Beastie Boys look back on a period of the group's history that spanned from their groundbreaking 1989 album "Paul's Boutique" to the Lollapalooza tour supporting "Ill Communication."
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Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Title: Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw Records has consistently released critically acclaimed, left-of-center albums since its founding in 1996. Drawing on live concert footage, never-before-seen archival material, inner-circle home video and photographs and in-depth interviews with the folks who put Stones Throw on the map, this documentary will delve deeper into the label's enigmatic artists, history, culture and global following.
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Downloaded
Title: Downloaded
Character: Himself
Released: June 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.
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Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Title: Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Character: Self
Released: November 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Charming, intelligent and iconoclastic, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone almost relentless media scrutiny. This is a playful yet deeply intimate portrait of Lee, exploring his meteoric rise to pop stardom and the issues of celebrity and spirituality that arise when launched into the spotlight.
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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Title: Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 2012
Type: Movie
A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the careers of many of today’s hip hop superstars, while simultaneously making groundbreaking strides in introducing hip hop to the mainstream.
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Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Title: Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Character: Himself
Released: June 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Bad Brains are one of the most important and influential American bands still working today. They melded punk and reggae into an innovative style that has yet to be copied. Their impact and influence can be heard in groups like Beastie Boys, No Doubt, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction and countless more. Despite the troubles of an eccentric front man they have stayed together for 30 years without ever reaching the level of success so many think they deserve. Using rare archival footage and original comic illustrations the film re-constructs Bad Brains' rich and complicated history.
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Beastie Boys: Move on Up
Title: Beastie Boys: Move on Up
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 2011
Type: Movie
This stellar documentary explores the career of the Beastie Boys, from their hardcore punk beginnings in 1979 to their 2011 release, "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two." Rare footage and photographs, along with interviews, shed light on the enduring band.
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Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Title: Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Character: Self
Released: July 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.
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Fight for Your Right Revisited
Title: Fight for Your Right Revisited
Character: Cop 2
Released: April 22, 2011
Type: Movie
Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The story begins where the video for "Fight for Your Right (1987)" ended. It features music from the band's album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
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Rappin' With The Rickster
Title: Rappin' With The Rickster
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Join photographer turned public access guru Ricky Powell in this collection of clips from his influential NY TV show, Rappin' With The Rickster.
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Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Title: Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Character: Himself
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: Movie
Yeah boy! With a career spanning over 20 years, Public Enemy have established themselves as one of the most influential acts in the history of rap music. Through rare footage of the group and interviews with Chuck D and Flavor Flav, as well as insights from Korn's Jonathan Davis, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Henry Rollins, and others, Public Enemy's legacy is explored.
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Title: 30 Rock
Character: Mike D.
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: TV
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
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Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!
Title: Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!
Character: Himself
Released: March 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! is a 2006 concert film of the Beastie Boys. It was created by giving camcorders to 50 audience members of a sold out concert at Madison Square Garden on October 9, 2004. The audience members were instructed to keep the cameras rolling at all times. The DVD of this concert movie was released on July 24, 2006 in the UK and July 25, 2006 in the US.
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Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
Title: Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
Character: Himself / Alasondro Alegre
Released: November 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Solid Gold Hits is a greatest hits collection by Beastie Boys, released in November 2005. In contrast to 1999's The Sounds of Science anthology, Solid Gold Hits consists only of tracks that were released as singles. Where The Sounds of Science is a double CD compilation, Solid Gold Hits contains one CD with all their singles that broke gold, plus a DVD with the respective videos of the songs. Although the standard US release of the CD/DVD has 15 songs, the Japanese release has the song and video for "Right Right Now Now" as the last song.
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Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
Title: Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
Character: Himself
Released: October 25, 2004
Type: Movie
After 5 years of calm, these foul-mouthed rappers returned with the release of their 6th album To The 5 Boroughs, the most eagerly anticipated new record of the year so far. This documentary includes exclusive and previously unseen film footage and in-depth interviews with the band and those that have worked closely with the Beastie Boys during their career, including close friends, colleagues, journalists, producers and musicians.
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Beastie Boys $2 Bill
Title: Beastie Boys $2 Bill
Character: Himself (as Mike D)
Released: June 9, 2004
Type: Movie
The Beastie Boys perform live at the Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas on June 09, 2004. This concert was later aired on MTV2.
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Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
Title: Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
Character: Himself
Released: May 15, 2004
Type: Movie
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The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Title: The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2003
Type: Movie
When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews, and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. Featuring The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Fatboy Slim and many others.
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Keep Your Eyes Open
Title: Keep Your Eyes Open
Character: Officer Diamond
Released: March 1, 2002
Type: Movie
The craziest thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies demonstrate their repertoire of mind-blowing stunts in the fields of skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, surfing, BMX and motocross.
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Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Title: Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Character: Himself / Alasondro Alegre
Released: November 21, 2000
Type: Movie
The Beastie Boys are among the most influential groups of the last two decades. As their music has opened hip-hop to a wider audience and changed the parameters of its sound, their ambitious music videos have carried the medium to new levels of artistic expression. This groundbreaking two-disc anthology showcases eighteen videos containing alternate visual angles and multiple audio tracks. Loaded with never-before-seen footage and unreleased music tracks, this special edition also contains a trove of rare still photos and exclusive audio commentary by the band and the video directors.
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Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
Title: Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
Character: Himself
Released: May 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Seminal Beastie Boys concert recorded at the Glasgow SECC in 1999 for MTV. Tracklist: Mix Master Mike Intro | Super Disco Breakin | Flute Loop | Root Down | Shake Your Rump | Time For Livin' | Sure Shot | Mix Master Mike Tricks | Three Mc's and One DJ | Something's Gotta Give | Heart Attack Man | Remote Control | Body Movin (half of) | Time to Get Ill | So What'cha Want | Intergalactic | Sabotage
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Title: Futurama
Character: Mike D's head (voice)
Released: March 28, 1999
Type: TV
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
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Beastie|ography
Title: Beastie|ography
Character: Himself
Released: July 17, 1998
Type: Movie
An MTV documentary on the Beastie Boys from their rise to fame to the release of Hello Nasty in ’98.
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Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
Title: Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
Released: June 16, 1998
Type: Movie
The full short film used as a basis for the Beastie Boy's Intergalactic. Included as a bonus feature on Criterion's Beastie Boys Video Anthology.
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Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Title: Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Character: The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
Released: December 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Includes the songs: Djembe, Gratitude (Live), Sabotage, The Hurricane Freestyle, Triphamnmer, Skills To Pay The Bills (Live), Time For Living, Sabrosa, Something's Got to Give, Screaming At a Wall (Live), Namaste' (Live), Futterman's Rule, 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, Jimmy James, Conga + Bass, Mullethead, Ricky's Theme, and So What 'Cha Want (Live with Cypress Hill).
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Title: Hi Octane
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 1994
Type: TV
Short-lived 4-episode Comedy Central TV show created by and starring Sofia Coppola, co-starring Zoe Cassavetes, and featuring Thurston Moore, as well as many celebrity guests
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Ciao L.A.
Title: Ciao L.A.
Character: Asasondro Alegré
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Three upcoming actors are interviewed on the hit Talk Show, "Ciao LA."
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The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Title: The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Rudy Ray Moore tells all as only he can in this all-new retrospective legendary career. From his humble beginnings to his crowning as "King of the Party Records," Rudy Ray guides us through his struggles and triumphs in the film and music industries.
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Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
Title: Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
Character: Mike D
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun So What'Cha Want Netty's Girl hake Your Rump Egg Raid On Mojo Shadrach (Mosh Version) Holy Snappers Hey Ladies Slow And Low (Live) Pass The Mic Ask For Janice, Pt.II Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist Version)
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Tougher Than Leather
Title: Tougher Than Leather
Character: Himself
Released: September 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who murdered their friend. Along the way, they encounter racist bikers, blonde bimbos, and the Beastie Boys!
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Title: Yo! MTV Raps
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 1988
Type: TV
Popular rap music videos showcased along with live performances and interviews with notable rap artists.
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Title: MTV Video Music Awards
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: TV
An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
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Over Exposed
Title: Over Exposed
Character: George
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A beautiful rock singer, in need of some extra cash, poses for some sexy photos for a men's magazine, without telling her possessive, cocaine-crazed boyfriend. Matters get complicated when she falls in love with the photographer who's taking the pictures.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Musical Guest
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
Title: Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
LIVE AT THE KAWASAKI CITTA CLUB, JAPAN, SEPTEMBER 19TH 1992' - Broadcast on Japan TV, the full concert at the Citta Club, Kawasaki, supporting the 'Check Your Head' comeback album in front of thousands of Japanese Beastie-maniacs!