Mike Portnoy
Known for: Acting
Born: April 20, 1967
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 amoun…
Known for
Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza
Sons of Apollo - Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - Documentary
2019
Mike Portnoy - In Constant Motion
2007
Mike Portnoy - Liquid Drum Theater
2001
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
2007
Mike Portnoy - Drums of Thought
2004
The Making of Flying Colors
2012
Mike Portnoy: Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles
2012
Mike Portnoy - Drumerta
2012
Mike Portnoy - Live at Budokan
2005
Mike Portnoy - sysDRUMatic Chaos
2007
Mike Portnoy - Whirlwind Drumming
2010
Mike Portnoy - Drumming Colors
2012
Mike Portnoy - Ten Degrees of Turbulent Drumming
2002
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
2011
Mike Portnoy - Black Clouds and Silver Drumming
2009
Mike Portnoy - Drums Across Forever
2002
Mike Portnoy - Drumavarium
2005
Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: Live in Tokyo
2013
Mike Portnoy: The Great Adventure
2019
Mike Portnoy: The Absolute Universe
2021
Mike Portnoy: The Similitude of a Dream Live
2018
Mike Portnoy: Third Degree
2019
Mike Portnoy: The Drumming Dog
2013
Mike Portnoy: Drumming Nature
2014
Mike Portnoy: Kaleidodrums
2014
Mike Portnoy: Hot Drums
2015
Mike Portnoy: Live Momentum
2013
PSMS Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian: InstruMENTAL Inspirations
2012
Mike Portnoy: Metal Drumming
2015
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
2003
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
2019
Mike Portnoy on the “Art Of Drumming” with Terry Bozzio
2010
Morsefest 2019
2021
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
2013
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
2008
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
2015
The Winery Dogs - Unleashed in Japan
2014
Cygnus and the Sea Monsters: One Night in Chicago
2005
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
2003
Amazing Journey: One Night in New York City
2006
Mike Portnoy - Score
2008
Mike Portnoy: Progressive Drum Concepts
2004
The Winery Dogs : Dog Years - Live in Santiago and Beyond 2013-2016
2017
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
2009
Hammer of the Gods: Two Nights in North America
2006
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
2018
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
2009
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
2007
Mike Portnoy : MPMMXX Drum Cam
2020
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
2021
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
2011
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
2023
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
2021
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
2004
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
2011
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
2020
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
2013
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
2019
The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
2014
Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
2021
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
2000
Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
2008
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
2021
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
2007
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
2016
The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
2015
Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
2015
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
2014
Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
2012
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
2015
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
2019
Neal Morse: One Under Construction
2012
Neal Morse: The Making of ?
2015
Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
2023
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
2009
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
2016
Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
2020
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
2010
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
2006
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
2022
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
2003
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
2011
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
2014
Morsefest 2014: One
2015
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
2015
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
2014
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
2024
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
2024
The Winery Dogs: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
2014
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
2016
Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
2017
Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
2017
Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
2018
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
2009
The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
2020
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
2020
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
2021
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
2024
Neal Morse: Testimony 2...For You.
2011
Morse, Portnoy, Gillette, Hubauer & Friends: Live in Cancun 2022
2022
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
2006
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
2001
Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
2012
The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
2022
Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
2011
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
2013
Neal Morse: Testimony Live
2004
Sons Of Apollo: Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony
2019
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
2002
Building the Beast: The Making of Metal Allegiance
2015
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
2004
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
1993
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
2014
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
2011
Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
2023
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
2004
Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment
1994
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
2005
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
2021
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
1998
Quarantième: Live à Paris
2025
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
2025
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
2008
Metal Meltdown - Featuring Twisted Sister Live at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas
2016
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
2011
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
2017
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
2005
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
2011
Dream Theater: Romavarium
2006
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
2025
Haken - L-1VE
2018
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
2006
Haken - Live at ProgPower USA 2016
2018
G3 - Live in Tokyo
2005
Phil Collins: Drummer First
2024
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010
That Metal Show
2008