Reshad Strik Explained

Reshad Strik
Birth Date:1981 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation:Actor, presenter and filmmaker
Alma Mater:Australian Academy of Dramatic Art[1]
Years Active:2005–present
Spouse:
Children:3

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

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 Strik seized the opportunity to work in Los Angeles.

Strik made his leading debut in 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 Strik 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 Strik 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. Strik 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, Strik was invited to Turkey's cinema and TV industry. Seizing this opportunity, he took intensive language classes. Strik has now acted in TV series Filinta, and played the role of Claudius in TRT1's .

Strik divorced in 2022 and spends time between Istanbul documentary filmmaking and Sarajevo spending time with his 3 children. He married Gamze Özçelik in 2024.[4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Blue Heelers Tony Peroni Episode: "Everything a Girl Could Want"
2005–2006headLand Andy Llewellyn 58 episodes
2007The Hills Have Eyes 2 Mickey
2008Newcastle Victor
2009Spooner Jack
2009Don't Look Up Marcus Reed
2010Stasis Henry Archer Short
20103 Apartments Ted
20133 Yol
2013Ja sam iz Krajine, zemlje kestena Omer mladi
2013The Wound Serge Short
2013Cross Roads Short
2014–2015Filinta Zülfü 26 episodes
2015Dig 11 episodes
2015 Claudius/UmarTV series
2016Islamophobia
2017Papillon Prison Guard #4
2017Kervan 1915 Seyit Osman
2023Sevap / MitzvahJDC Representative

Filmmaking

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newcastle. Impact Internet Services. 2008. 2017-06-22.
  2. Anadolu Agency (3 May 2016), "Australian actor of Bosnian descent plans new film", Daily Sabah. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. News: Black side of teenage excess. Creagh. Sunanda . 12 May 2004. The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 March 2010.
  4. News: Sürpriz nikah... Gamze Özçelik ile Reshad Strik evlendi. Hürriyet. 8 June 2024. 13 July 2024.