Michael Strassner

Acting

Michael Strassner

Michael Strassner is a Baltimore-born actor, writer, and comedian who moved to Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Maryland to pursue a career in comedy and improv. He co-wrote and stars in the independent film The Baltimorons, which premiered at SXSW in 2025, and has appeared on shows like Parks and Recreation, Modern Family, and Black-ish, and portrayed Jerry “The King” Lawler on…

Known For

The MusicalThe Musical · 2026
The Musical
★ 6.02026
MovieComedy
Doug, a frustrated playwright and middle school theater teacher, learns his ex is dating his nemesis, the school principal. To get revenge and cost him a Blue Ribbon Award, Doug secretly stages the most inappropriate play imaginable.
The BaltimoronsThe Baltimorons · 2025
The Baltimorons
★ 6.32025
MovieComedyDrama
A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.
A Very Merry BreakupA Very Merry Breakup · 2025
A Very Merry Breakup
2025
MovieComedyRomance
When love-addict Lydia (Elizabeth Guest) meets steady and reliable boyfriend Tim (Andrew Leeds), she finally feels she is ready to settle down. But when Tim surprises her with a storybook Christmas-in-New-York proposal, she falls into her old ways, setting the storybook on fire and retreating back to Los Angeles and away from Tim. Heartbroken, Lydia moves in with her parents (yes, all four of them) and tries to pick herself up, but finds bad choices around every corner. In an effort to stop the spiraling, her parents throw a New Year's Eve bash with every eligible bachelor they know. Wooed by everyone at the party, Lydia finds Tim has one more surprise in store. Showing up before the clock strikes midnight, Lydia must wade through this minefield of suitors to prove the one love she is addicted to is Tim’s.
How to Be a Slut in AmericaHow to Be a Slut in America · 2017
How to Be a Slut in America
★ 4.52017
MovieDramaComedy
An honest portrayal of a young man figuring out how he wants to live out his romantic and sexual life.
Good Luck with EverythingGood Luck with Everything · 2020
Good Luck with Everything
2020
MovieRomance
While housesitting for a friend, a recently single man must host a beautiful girl who is crashing on the couch for the week.
Grandmother's GoldGrandmother's Gold · 2018
Grandmother's Gold
★ 6.42018
MovieComedyScience Fiction
A brother and sister embark on a journey to retrieve an inheritance from their grandmother in the wake of economic collapse and impending apocalypse.
A Spy MovieA Spy Movie · 2021
A Spy Movie
★ 8.02021
MovieComedy
After a failed mission in the Arctic, spies must team up to foil a deadly plot orchestrated by Evelina, an international assassin and head of the world's worst crime syndicate.
Bigfoot FamousBigfoot Famous · 2021
Bigfoot Famous
★ 4.82021
MovieComedyAdventure
When a viral video of Bigfoot emerges, a once popular influencer goes on a mission to film a vlog with Bigfoot and regain her fame.

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A Very Merry BreakupA Very Merry Breakup · 2025
A Very Merry Breakup
2025
MovieComedyRomance
When love-addict Lydia (Elizabeth Guest) meets steady and reliable boyfriend Tim (Andrew Leeds), she finally feels she is ready to settle down. But when Tim surprises her with a storybook Christmas-in-New-York proposal, she falls into her old ways, setting the storybook on fire and retreating back to Los Angeles and away from Tim. Heartbroken, Lydia moves in with her parents (yes, all four of them) and tries to pick herself up, but finds bad choices around every corner. In an effort to stop the spiraling, her parents throw a New Year's Eve bash with every eligible bachelor they know. Wooed by everyone at the party, Lydia finds Tim has one more surprise in store. Showing up before the clock strikes midnight, Lydia must wade through this minefield of suitors to prove the one love she is addicted to is Tim’s.

Hiking Guy

Life in PiecesLife in Pieces · 2015
Life in Pieces
★ 7.22015
SeriesComedy
Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.

Head Wound Guy