Reshad Strik

Reshad Strik (born 22 June 1981 in Canberra, Australia) is an Australian actor of Bosnian descent.

Raised on Central Coast of New South Wales, Reshad was a surfer and boxer as a youth. His sporting ambitions took a detour after he landed a national commercial and decided to pursue his love of film and theater by attending the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art. Three months after graduation, Reshad booked a guest starring role on the Australian television show Blue Heelers.

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 (Dumplings) 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 "A Public Affair", a music video by pop singer Jessica Simpson that features various cameos of actors & singers.

In 2010 Reshad married in his fathers native city Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. There he spent time learning his fathers 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 currently resides in Istanbul, Turkey with his family.

• Blue Heelers (2005)
• HeadLand (2005)
• HeadLand (2006)
• Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
• Newcastle (2007)
• The Wound (2009)
• Spooner (2009)
• Don't Look Up (2009)
• 3 Apartments (2010)
• Stasis (2010)
• Put Kestena (2013)
• Cross Roads (2013)
• Filinta (2014-2015)
• Dig (2015)
• Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2015)
• Kervan 1915 (2016)
• Islamophobia (2016)

• Dragon Ball Futon Short Film (2003)
• You Can Get it Anywhere Short Film (2006)
• A man worth knowing Commercial (2011)
• Dah Ljubavi Music video (2012)
• The Prophet in my Life Documentary (2012)
• Tom Waterhouse Sketch Comedy (2013)
• Brad Pitt - Chanel no 5 Sketch Comedy (2013)
• NorthPole Sketch Comedy (2013)

• Reshad Strik at the Internet Movie Database
• Visualhollywood.com The Hills Have Eyes 2 profile. Strik is covered in the cast bio.
• [1] " Strik features in GQ july 2008"