Mike Portnoy
Born:4/20/1967
Place of Birth:Long Beach, New York, USA
Biography
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
20258.0
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
20238.0
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
20210.0
Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe
20210.0
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
20200.0
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
20190.0
Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure
20190.0
Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016
20180.0
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
20138.0
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
20134.8
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
20120.0
Mike Portnoy - Drumerta
20120.0
Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors
20120.0
The Making of Flying Colors
20120.0
Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles
20120.0
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
20110.0
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
20110.0
Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming
20100.0
Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming
20090.0
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
20086.9
Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos
20070.0
Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion
20075.2
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
20070.0
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
20067.6
Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan
20050.0
Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium
20050.0
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
20047.4
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
20040.0
Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought
20040.0
Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming
20020.0
Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever
20020.0
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater
20010.0
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
20018.3
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
19936.4
Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza
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Phil Collins: Drummer First
20240.0
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
20240.0
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
20240.0
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
20240.0
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
20230.0
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
20230.0
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
20220.0
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
20220.0
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
20210.0
Morsefest 2019
20210.0
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
20210.0
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
20210.0
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
20210.0
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
20210.0
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
20200.0
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
20208.5
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
20208.0
Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam
20200.0
Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
20198.7
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
20190.0
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
20190.0
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
20190.0
Mike Portnoy: Third Degree
20190.0
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
20180.0
Haken - L-1VE
20180.0
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
20180.0
Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live
20180.0
The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016
20178.5
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
201710.0
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
201710.0
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
20170.0
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
20168.0
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
20167.0
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
20168.0
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
20160.0
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
20158.5
Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance
20150.0
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
20150.0
Morsefest 2014: One
20150.0
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
20150.0
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
20150.0
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
20150.0
Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums
20150.0
Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming
20150.0
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
20150.0
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
20148.0
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
20140.0
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
20140.0
The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
20140.0
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
20140.0
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
20140.0
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
20148.0
Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature
20140.0
Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums
20140.0
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
20136.2
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
20130.0
Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog
20130.0
Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum
20130.0
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
20120.0
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
20120.0
PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations
20120.0
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
20117.5
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
20116.8
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
20110.0
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
20110.0
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
20115.6
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
20110.0
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
20104.5
Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio
20100.0
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
20107.5
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
20090.0
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
20090.0
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
20097.1
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
200910.0
Mike Portnoy - Score
20080.0
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
20080.0
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
20080.0
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
20070.0
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
20070.0
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
20060.0
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
20060.0
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
20060.0
Dream Theater: Romavarium
20068.5
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
20060.0
G3 - Live in Tokyo
20057.1
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
20050.0
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
20050.0
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
20050.0
Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts
20040.0
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
20045.0
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
20040.0
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
20030.0
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
20030.0
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
20039.0
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
20020.0
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
20000.0
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
19987.7
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Dream Theater: [1994] The Rudess Experiment
19940.0
Dream Theater: Live in Paris 2024
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