Michael Diamond (Actor)

Reviews of Michael Diamond Movies

Looking for reviews of Michael Diamond movies? Cinafilm has a total of 477 reviews across 13 movies.

Movies starring Michael Diamond have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 68%.

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! - released in 1994 - is Michael Diamond's highest rated movie, with a score of 84% based on 54 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Michael Diamond is Ben Lee: Catch My Disease - released in 2012 - with a score of 39% based on 2 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Michael Diamond has acted in films with Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Questlove and Rick Rubin.

Michael Diamond has worked with these film directors: Spike Jonze, Adam Yauch, Michael Rapaport and Roman Coppola.