1967-04-20 ( 57 years old ) in Long Beach, New York, USA
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.
Movies
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
2025-02-07
Phil Collins: Drummer First
2024-12-18
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
2024-11-08
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
2023-01-23
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
2023-01-23
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
2022-06-24
Morsefest 2019
2021-08-27
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
2021-07-01
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
2021-04-17
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
2021-04-16
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
2021-02-05
Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe
2021-01-01
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
2020-11-01
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
2020-09-18
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
2020-09-11
Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam
2020-01-01
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
2019-01-15
Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure
2019-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Third Degree
2019-01-01
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
2018-11-23
Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016
2018-06-22
Haken - L-1VE
2018-06-22
Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live
2018-01-01
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
2017-03-24
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
2017-03-24
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
2016-11-11
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
2016-08-05
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
2016-01-01
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
2015-09-01
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
2015-08-21
Morsefest 2014: One
2015-08-21
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
2015-05-01
Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums
2015-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming
2015-01-01
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
2015-01-01
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
2014-10-27
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
2014-09-29
The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
2014-07-05
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
2014-07-01
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
2014-01-28
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
2014-01-15
Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature
2014-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums
2014-01-01
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
2013-10-14
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
2013-02-19
Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog
2013-01-01
Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum
2013-01-01
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
2012-09-11
Mike Portnoy - Drumerta
2012-06-01
Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors
2012-06-01
The Making of Flying Colors
2012-03-26
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
2012-03-01
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
2011-10-25
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
2011-09-24
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
2011-05-23
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
2011-05-03
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
2011-04-28
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
2011-03-01
Rush - Beyond The Lighted Stage
2010-06-29
Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming
2010-06-01
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
2009-10-23
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
2009-07-23
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
2009-01-01
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
2009-01-01
Mike Portnoy - Score
2008-12-20
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
2008-09-30
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
2008-09-01
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
2008-01-01
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
2007-09-01
Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos
2007-06-01
Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion
2007-03-23
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
2007-01-01
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
2006-08-29
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
2006-05-31
Dream Theater: Romavarium
2006-03-31
G3 - Live in Tokyo
2005-10-25
Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan
2005-06-01
Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium
2005-01-01
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
2005-01-01
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
2005-01-01
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
2004-10-05
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
2004-10-05
Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts
2004-09-21
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
2004-08-01
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
2004-07-27
Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought
2004-06-01
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
2003-03-05
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
2003-01-08
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
2002-11-03
Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever
2002-06-01
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater
2001-10-01
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
2000-03-21
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
1998-10-27
Dream Theater: [1994] The Rudess Experiment
1994-09-04
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