Career
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 Artist 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 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 Service Civil International-Forza Italia "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 popular singer Jessica Simpson that features various cameos of actors & singers. Reshad also completed two feature films in Bosnia-Herzegovina, "Crossroads" with acclaimed Turkish indie director Faysal Soysal and the Bosnian film Ja sam iz Krajine, zemlje kestena which was released in 2013. Reshad speaks in his native Bosnian language.
In 2013, he met with Turkish producers.
Not knowing a word of Turkish, Reshad was invited to Turkey"s booming Cinema and television industry. Seizing this opportunity, Reshad took intensive language classes.
Strik has now acted in television series Filinta, and played the role of Claudius in TRT1"s Diriliş: Ertuğrul. Reshad currently resides in Istanbul, Turkey with his family.