Reshad Strik

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Reshad Strik
Born
Reshad Strik

(1981-06-22) 22 June 1981 (age 43)
Alma mater Australian Academy of Dramatic Art [1]
Occupation(s)Actor, presenter and filmmaker
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Sabina Pitic
(m. 2010;div. 2022)

Reshad Strik (born 22 June 1981 in Canberra, Australia) is a Bosnian-Australian actor and filmmaker.

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Biography and career

Strik was born on 22 June 1981 in Canberra, Australia to a Bosnian Muslim father and an Australian mother, [2] he was raised on Central Coast of New South Wales [3] and attended the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (now the Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts) where he graduated from in 2004. [1]

Casting directors from the hit series headLand spotted him and offered him an ensemble lead role in the popular series. After shooting 70 episodes the show came to an end and Reshad seized the opportunity to work in Los Angeles.

Reshad made his leading debut in acclaimed Hong Kong director Fruit Chan's psychological thriller Don't Look Up. He also played Mickey an American soldier in Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes 2 for 20th Century Fox. Strik appeared as a rebellious surfer in the Australian film Newcastle , which debuted at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. He featured in the Jonathan Schwartz-produced independent film Spooner opposite Nora Zehetner and Matthew Lillard and also the vimeo sensation SCI-FI "STASIS", directed by Christian Swegal. Co-starring with Reshad were Beau Bridges and Ernie Hudson.

He also appeared as the male love interest in "A Public Affair", a music video by pop singer Jessica Simpson that features various cameos of actors and singers.

In 2010 Reshad married in his father's native city Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. There he spent time learning his father's native language and producing and directing music videos and commercials. Reshad also completed two feature films in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Crossroads with acclaimed Turkish indie director Faysal Soysal and the Bosnian film Ja sam iz Krajine, zemlje kestena , which was released in 2013.

In 2013, he met with Turkish producers. Not knowing a word of Turkish, Reshad was invited to Turkey's booming Cinema and TV industry. Seizing this opportunity, Reshad took intensive language classes. Strik has now acted in TV series Filinta, and played the role of Claudius in TRT1's Diriliş: Ertuğrul .

Reshad divorced in 2022 and currently spends time between Istanbul documentary filmmaking and Sarajevo spending time with his 3 children.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Blue Heelers Tony PeroniEpisode: "Everything a Girl Could Want"
2005-2006 headLand Andy Llewellyn58 episodes
2007 The Hills Have Eyes 2 Mickey
2008 Newcastle Victor
2009SpoonerJack
2009Don't Look UpMarcus Reed
2010StasisHenry ArcherShort
20103 ApartmentsTed
20133 Yol
2013 Ja sam iz Krajine, zemlje kestena Omer mladi
2013The WoundSergeShort
2013Cross RoadsShort
2014-2015 Filinta Zülfü26 episodes
2015 Dig Claudius11 episodes
2015 Diriliş: Ertuğrul TV series
2016 Islamophobia
2017 Papillon Prison Guard #4
2017Kervan 1915Seyit Osman
2023 Sevap / Mitzvah JDC Representative

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