Michael Payne

Biography

Career Overview

Michael Payne has 70 screen credits in a career dating back to 1989. Their work spans 19 cinematic universes — most prominently Borat with 2 titles. Signature works include Babylon 5, Balls Up, Green Book. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Sound

Gender

male

Known Credits

70

Known For

• 

  Babylon 5
• 

  Balls Up
• 

  Green Book
• 

  Roommates
• 

  Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
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  Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 19 universes

• Borat (2 titles)
• Borat Moviefilms Collection (2 titles)
• Daddy's Home (2 titles)
• Happy Gilmore (1 titles)
• A Simple Favor Collection (1 titles)
• DCEU (1 titles)
• Dumb and Dumber (1 titles)
• Horrible Bosses (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sacha Baron Cohen (5 collaborations)
• Andrew DeCristofaro (4 collaborations)
• Peter Farrelly (4 collaborations)
• Jimmy Fowlie (4 collaborations)
• Ceara Jane O'Sullivan (4 collaborations)
• Tommy Wirkola (4 collaborations)
• J.B. Rogers (3 collaborations)
• Darren Sunny Warkentin (3 collaborations)
• Manish Raval (3 collaborations)
• Nick Vallelonga (3 collaborations)

Credits

• sound (70 credits)

  • Balls Up

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2026
  • Roommates

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2026
  • Happy Gilmore 2

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2025
  • Another Simple Favor

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2025
  • Unstoppable

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2024
  • Blue Beetle

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2023
  • The Man from Toronto

    sound designer

    sound
    2022
  • The Greatest Beer Run Ever

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2022
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2020
  • Honest Thief

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2020
  • Words on Bathroom Walls

    sound editor

    sound
    2020
  • Countdown

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2019
  • Green Book

    sound editor

    sound
    2018
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2018
  • Daddy's Home 2

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2017
  • Papillon

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2017
  • The Boss

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2016
  • Daddy's Home

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2015
  • The Big Short

    sound editor

    sound
    2015
  • Spy

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2015
  • Dumb and Dumber To

    sound designer

    sound
    2014
  • Horrible Bosses 2

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2014
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2014
  • Tammy

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2014
  • Jayne Mansfield's Car

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2013
  • The East

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2013
  • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2013
  • The Dictator

    supervising sound editor

    sound
    2012
  • Safe House

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2012
  • Hall Pass

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2011
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2010
  • She's Out of My League

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2010
  • Crazy on the Outside

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2010
  • Fast & Furious

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2009
  • Role Models

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2008
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2006
  • Miami Vice

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2006
  • The Pink Panther

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2006
  • The Island

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2005
  • Collateral

    sound editor

    sound
    2004
  • The Shape of Things

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2003
  • Hollywood Homicide

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2003
  • The Core

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2003
  • Phone Booth

    sound effects editor

    sound
    2003
  • One Hour Photo

    supervising sound effects editor

    sound
    2002
  • The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

    supervising sound editor

    sound
    2002
  • The Sum of All Fears

    sound designer

    sound
    2002
  • Ping!

    adr supervisor

    sound
    2001
  • The Perfect Wife

    boom operator

    sound
    2001
  • Attraction

    supervising sound editor

    sound
    2001
  • Donnie Darko

    sound designer

    sound
    2001
  • Bats

    adr supervisor

    sound
    1999
  • Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

    sound supervisor

    sound
    1999
  • Babylon 5: The River of Souls

    sound supervisor

    sound
    1998
  • Inferno

    supervising sound editor

    sound
    1998
  • Babylon 5: Thirdspace

    sound supervisor

    sound
    1998
  • Babylon 5: In the Beginning

    sound supervisor

    sound
    1998
  • My Stepson, My Lover

    supervising sound editor

    sound
    1997
  • The Perfect Mother

    supervising sound editor

    sound
    1997
  • The Ultimate Lie

    sound editor

    sound
    1996
  • The Making of a Hollywood Madam

    sound supervisor

    sound
    1996
  • Justice for Annie

    sound supervisor

    sound
    1996
  • Hard Justice

    sound effects editor

    sound
    1995
  • Lunar Cop

    sound editor

    sound
    1995
  • Babylon 5

    sound supervisor

    sound

    - Sleeping in Light (1998) ... sound supervisor sound

    - Objects at Rest (1998) ... sound supervisor sound

    - Objects in Motion (1998) ... sound supervisor sound

    - The Wheel of Fire (1998) ... sound supervisor sound

    - The Fall of Centauri Prime (2) (1998) ... sound supervisor sound
    1994
  • Lower Level

    supervising sound editor

    sound
    1991
  • Sometimes They Come Back

    sound editor

    sound
    1991
  • Daughters of the Dust

    sound supervisor

    sound
    1991
  • Jury Duty: The Comedy

    sound effects editor

    sound
    1990
  • Amityville: The Evil Escapes

    sound editor

    sound
    1989