Acting
J. Michael Trautmann
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Trautmann was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents, John and Marian, had to compromise on his name. They did this by putting his first initial in front of his official middle name, therefore calling him J. Michael. During his time in school, he was the class clown. In his freshman year of high school, Trautmann was urged to try out for the school's production of Romeo & Juliet. He landed the titular role, which sparked an interest in acting. After graduation, Trautmann attended the University of Arizona and was accepted as a BFA actor in the prestigious Arizona Repertory Theatre. There, he portrayed the role of Eugene Jerome in the Neil Simon Trilogy of Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound. During his sophomore year in college, Trautmann was spotted performing in an improv comedy troupe by a talent agent and was asked to audition for his first film Earnie. He has started a formal acting career since.
Acting credits
6.2A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.
Here Comes the Boom
2012
3.8In a series of sexual mishaps, a high school senior tries to lose her virginity on the last night before graduation.
18 Year Old Virgin
2009
5.7The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
96 Minutes
2011
4.5A teenage boy discovers the perpetrators of several brutal kidnappings in his home town.
Treehouse
2015
6.4A long-dormant blood feud between two families reignites when Lucas -- a bright, college-bound young man tries to escape a violent rural town but is first forced to avenge his father's death at the hands of the vicious local crime boss.
Juveniles
2018
4.5A group of cosplaying friends trigger a zombie apocalypse and are forced to traverse a zombie-infested Los Angeles to save their loved one.
ZombieCON Vol. 1
2025
3.8A down to earth school psychologist tries to help a mentally ill student who actually believes his brother is coming back from the grave for revenge on the students who killed him.
A Resurrection
2013
6.6The inspiring true story of Víctor Torres - a migrant teen from Puerto Rico forced to survive the dark streets of Brooklyn in 1962. Enslaved by the power of gangs and the addictions of the neighborhood, he must now find freedom before he destroys his family and himself.
Victor
2016
5.6Horrorcore hip-hop, drugs, and the lives of six troubled teens collide in a decaying, racially-divided town. While Elena and aspiring rapper Jason fall into a turbulent relationship, Gabe, an earnest young man frustrated with his position in life, begins slinging drugs.
Savage Youth
2018
2.0Amy, a young woman with amnesia, pieces together her past with deadly consequences.
Mindless
2014
NRRocket and his group of cosplaying best friends 'the Rocket's Rockets' must constantly battle assholes and closed-minded society just to do what they love- cosplay as their favorite heroes, together. Real warfare ensues however when a fated encounter involving an oddball mystic and the gift of a mysterious rock set in motion a zombie apocalypse of anime proportions in which all assholes are transformed into zombies. Will Rocket and his best friends be able to embody the heroes they revere, donning their cosplay armor and collectible katanas and traversing a zombie-infested LA in order to save Mom? An anime-inspired action-adventure that explores the battle between good and evil within oneself, ZombieCON is a testament to the power of friendship, self-sacrifice and heart.
ZombieCON
2018