Michael Meir Saltzman

Known For: Acting

Biography

Michael is a professional actor and a proud native of Washington D.C. The child of an a professional actress/singer and a cantor/rabbi, Michael started by performing in musicals and opera at an early age. He graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts as a theatre major, an received his BA in Theatre from the University of Maryland, College Park. While still in D.C., Michael was a founding member of the Flying V Theatre and an artistic associate at the Pointless Theatre Company, both winners of the Helen Hayes for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company. He performed in a wide variety of productions in the DC area, in addition to directing and sound designing. Michael taught improvisation and general theatre skills across grade levels and is a proud alum of UMD's improv group, Erasable Inc. He also helped found Phatal Records, where he produced instrumentals for local hip-hop artists Blastphumis and Likeblood, under the name DJ Awkward Silence.

Filmography

2025

The Pitt as Carl

2024

Nobody Wants This as Party Guest

2019

Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? ... (Researcher)

2018

Um, Actually... as Self - Fact Checker
The Debt Collector as Pot-Head

2017

There's... Johnny! as Marty Knizek

2015

Rosewood as Rude Patron

2014

Jane the Virgin as Groomsman 3

2012

Anger Management as Bellman