Mike Portnoy
Acting
Born 1967-04-20
Long Beach, New York, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
54 credits
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
Morsefest 2019
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
Quarantième: Live à Paris
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
Dream Theater: Romavarium
Morsefest 2014: One
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
Phil Collins: Drummer First
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
The Making of Flying Colors
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
G3 - Live in Tokyo
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
Other credits
7 credits
That Metal Show
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
Morse, Portnoy, Gillette, Hubauer & Friends: Live in Cancun 2022
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
Neal Morse: Testimony 2...For You.
Directing
4 credits
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
Writing
2 credits
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