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.
137 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 137
That Metal Show
2008
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010
Phil Collins: Drummer First
2024
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
2025
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
2004
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
2009
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
2016
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
2008
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
2006
Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
2019
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
2014
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
2006
Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance
2015
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
2001
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
2011
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
1993
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
2010
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
2003
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
2021
The Making of Flying Colors
2012
Morsefest 2019
2021
Dream Theater: Romavarium
2006
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
2011
Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos
2007
Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion
2007
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
2018
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
2013
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
1998
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
2025
Mike Portnoy: Third Degree
2019
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
2003
Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio
2010
Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever
2002
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
2011
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
2012
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
2016
Quarantième: Live à Paris
2025
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
2017
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
2011
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
2014
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
2011
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
2015
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
2006
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
2004
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
2009
Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan
2005
PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations
2012
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
2013
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
2007
Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment
1994
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
2016
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
2024
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
2021
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
2004
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
2013
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
2014
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
2020
Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016
2018
Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors
2012
Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum
2013
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
2014
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
2005
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
2011
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
2022
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
2020
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
2007
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
2005
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
2011
The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016
2017
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
2018
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
2023
Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles
2012
The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
2014
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
2020
Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza
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Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming
2009
G3 - Live in Tokyo
2005
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
2008
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
2019
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
2015
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
2014
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
2013
Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure
2019
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
2015
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
2006
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
2019
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
2023
Morsefest 2014: One
2015
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
2017
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
2004
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
2007
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
2024
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
2003
Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live
2018
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
2012
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
2009
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
2021
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
2020
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
2009
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
2005
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
2015
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater
2001
Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming
2002
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
2014
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
2019
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
2022
Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam
2020
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
2006
Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums
2015
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
2011
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
2021
Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought
2004
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
2019
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
2000
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
2008
Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming
2010
Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe
2021
Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature
2014
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
2016
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
2023
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
2015
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
2024
Neal Morse: Testimony 2...For You.
2011
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
2017
Mike Portnoy - Drumerta
2012
Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium
2005
Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog
2013
Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums
2014
Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming
2015
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
2015
Haken - L-1VE
2018
Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts
2004
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
2002
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
2021
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
2021
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
2012
Mike Portnoy - Score
2008
Directing · 5
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
2004
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
2006
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
2001
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
2007
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
2019