Reshad Strik

{{short description|Bosnian Australian actor (born 1981)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Reshad Strik

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|6|22}}

| birth_place = Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

| occupation = Actor, presenter and filmmaker

| alma_mater = Australian Academy of Dramatic Art{{Cite web|url=http://www.impactservices.net.au/movies/newcastle.htm|title=Newcastle|publisher=Impact Internet Services|date=2008|accessdate=2017-06-22}}

| years_active = 2005–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Sabina Pitic|2010|2022|end=div}}
{{marriage|Gamze Özçelik|2024}}

| children = 3

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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,Anadolu Agency (3 May 2016), [https://www.dailysabah.com/cinema/2016/05/03/australian-actor-of-bosnian-descent-plans-new-film "Australian actor of Bosnian descent plans new film"], Daily Sabah. Retrieved 25 November 2019. he was raised on Central Coast of New South Wales{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/11/1084041411495.html|title=Black side of teenage excess|last=Creagh|first=Sunanda |date=12 May 2004|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=16 March 2010}} and attended the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (now the Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts) where he graduated from in 2004.

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 Diriliş: Ertuğrul.

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/hayat/surpriz-nikah-gamze-ozcelik-ile-reshad-strik-evlendi-42474541|title=Sürpriz nikah... Gamze Özçelik ile Reshad Strik evlendi|work=Hürriyet|date=8 June 2024|access-date=13 July 2024}}