His father Jurijus is a carpenter and his mother Vitalija plays flute in the Lithuanian National Military Band.
In early teens Tratas rebelled against this decision and exchanged musical school for boxing.
He started to work actively in film, TV and theatre in his first year of studies and gained national recognition before receiving a diploma.
His first national break was after portraying a ruthless villain in a cult Lithuanian TV series Nemylimi Svetimi Pasmerkti.
Since then he worked in films with oscar winning directors (Nikita Mikhalkov, Gabrielle Salvatores) in different countries such as United Kingdom, Russia, Czech Republic.