Acting
Mike Portnoy
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.
Filmography
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
Film · 2025
Quarantième: Live à Paris
Film · 2025
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
Film · 2025
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
Film · 2024
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
Film · 2024
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
Film · 2024
Phil Collins: Drummer First
Film · 2024
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
Film · 2023
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
Film · 2023
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
Film · 2023
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
Film · 2022
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
Film · 2022
Morse, Portnoy, Gillette, Hubauer & Friends: Live in Cancun 2022
Film · 2022
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
Film · 2021
Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe
Film · 2021
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
Film · 2021
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
Film · 2021
Morsefest 2019
Film · 2021
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
Film · 2021
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
Film · 2021
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Film · 2021
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
Film · 2020
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
Film · 2020
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
Film · 2020
Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam
Film · 2020
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
Film · 2020
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
Film · 2019
Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure
Film · 2019
Mike Portnoy: Third Degree
Film · 2019
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
Film · 2019
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
Film · 2019
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
Film · 2019
Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
Film · 2019
Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016
Film · 2018
Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live
Film · 2018
Haken - L-1VE
Film · 2018
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
Film · 2018
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
Film · 2018
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
Film · 2017
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
Film · 2017
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
Film · 2017
The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016
Film · 2017
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
Film · 2016
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
Film · 2016
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
Film · 2016
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
Film · 2016
Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums
Film · 2015
Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming
Film · 2015
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
Film · 2015
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
Film · 2015
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
Film · 2015
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
Film · 2015
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
Film · 2015
Morsefest 2014: One
Film · 2015
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
Film · 2015
Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance
Film · 2015
Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature
Film · 2014
Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums
Film · 2014
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
Film · 2014
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
Film · 2014
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
Film · 2014
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
Film · 2014
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
Film · 2014
The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
Film · 2014
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
Film · 2014
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
Film · 2013
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
Film · 2013
Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog
Film · 2013
Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum
Film · 2013
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
Film · 2013
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
Film · 2013
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
Film · 2012
The Making of Flying Colors
Film · 2012
Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles
Film · 2012
Mike Portnoy - Drumerta
Film · 2012
Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors
Film · 2012
PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations
Film · 2012
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
Film · 2012
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
Film · 2012
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
Film · 2011
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
Film · 2011
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
Film · 2011
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
Film · 2011
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
Film · 2011
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
Film · 2011
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
Film · 2011
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
Film · 2011
Neal Morse: Testimony 2...For You.
Film · 2011
Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming
Film · 2010
Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio
Film · 2010
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
Film · 2010
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Film · 2010
Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming
Film · 2009
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
Film · 2009
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
Film · 2009
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
Film · 2009
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
Film · 2009
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
Film · 2008
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
Film · 2008
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
Film · 2008
Mike Portnoy - Score
Film · 2008
That Metal Show
Series · 2008
Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion
Film · 2007
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
Film · 2007
Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos
Film · 2007
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
Film · 2007
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
Film · 2007
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
Film · 2006
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
Film · 2006
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
Film · 2006
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
Film · 2006
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
Film · 2006
Dream Theater: Romavarium
Film · 2006
Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan
Film · 2005
Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium
Film · 2005
G3 - Live in Tokyo
Film · 2005
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
Film · 2005
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
Film · 2005
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
Film · 2005
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
Film · 2004
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
Film · 2004
Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought
Film · 2004
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
Film · 2004
Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts
Film · 2004
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
Film · 2004
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
Film · 2003
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
Film · 2003
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
Film · 2003
Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever
Film · 2002
Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming
Film · 2002
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
Film · 2002
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
Film · 2001
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater
Film · 2001
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
Film · 2000
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
Film · 1998
Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment
Film · 1994
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
Film · 1993
Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza
Film