Michael Diamond

Biography

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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.”

Known For

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

Futurama

Mike D's head (voice)

30 Rock

Mike D.

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Chasen's Pianist

Yo! MTV Raps

Self

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Self

Hi Octane

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2020	Beastie Boys Story	Self
2020	Celebrity Escape Room	Self
2019	Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'	Self
2014	Finding the Funk	Himself
2013	Downloaded	Self
2013	Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records	Self
2012	Bad Brains: A Band in DC	Self
2012	Ben Lee: Catch My Disease	Self
2012	Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’	Self
2011	Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest	Self
2011	Fight for Your Right Revisited	Cop 2
2011	Beastie Boys: Move on Up	Self
2010	Rappin' With The Rickster	Self
2007	Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome	Self
2006	Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!	Self
2005	Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits	Self
2004	Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'	Self
2004	Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam	Self
2004	Beastie Boys $2 Bill	Self (as Mike D)
2003	The Work of Director Spike Jonze	Self
2002	Keep Your Eyes Open	Officer Diamond
2000	Beastie Boys: Video Anthology	Self
1999	Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999	Self
1998	Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
1998	Beastie\|ography	Self
1998	Free Tibet	Mike D - Beastie Boys
1994	Ciao L.A.	Asasondro Alegré
1994	The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder	Self
1994	Beastie Boys: Sabotage	The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
1992	Beastie Boys - Live in Japan	Self
1992	Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$	Self
1988	Tougher Than Leather	Himself
1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Self - as Beastie Boys
1985	Krush Groove	Self (Beastie Boys)
1984	Over Exposed	George

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty	Chasen's Pianist
2021	Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson	Self
2006	30 Rock	Mike D.
1999	Futurama	Mike D's head (voice)
1994	Hi Octane	Self
1988	Yo! MTV Raps	Self
1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest