About Travis

Hi, please allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Travis Kraft.

I live in the wacky world of Hollywood.  How did I end up here?

I was born in Iowa and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota so I am a true mid-west boy.  There is not a lot of things to do in North Dakota so I ended up watching movies all the time.  I loved action movies and was inspired by them.  In the 7th grade I decided that I was going to go to Hollywood someday and be an actor.  When I made this decision, I cut off all other possibilities of what I would do with my life.  I figured I would have to wait til I finished school and then move on to bigger and better things in Hollywood.

While living in North Dakota waiting to get through school so I could move to Hollywood, I took an interest in athletics.  At age 9 I discovered the sport of wrestling and decided to make it my focus.  I didn't do too bad at the sport.  I won 3 state championships while in high school and was even ranked #1 in the nation one year.   I was invited to train at the Olympic Training Center which was a great experience and a real honor.  I went on to win the AAU nationals.

Senior year in high school I was entertaining scholarship offers from all over the country.  I decided to attend Eastern Michigan University.  I just felt it would be a good school for me.

While at school I studied film as well as psychology.  EMU is also where I first began studying acting.  I was working hard on the mat and in the classroom, and I even earned NCAA Academic All-American honors.

After graduating from EMU armed with a B.S. in Telecommunications and Film, it was time to head for Los Angeles.  The move was pretty rough and scary but exciting at the same time.

After arriving in L.A., I began studying acting as well as stunt fighting.  It was rough being the new meat in town, but I started going to auditions and booking some gigs and things started to progress.

Over the past few years I have modeled for companies such as Jockey and Guess and appeared in magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar.  I have also directed and produced a number of videos including the instructional cooking video, Salo-Salo.

Now because of a decision I made when I was 13, I am living in the world of big money, big studios and big personas.  Crazy, huh?

Thanks for taking the time to read these ramblings.  I hope you enjoy looking at my site.

—Travis