Alin Wishka

Alin Wishka is an actor from the Netherlands who's mainly known for his roles in the hit TV Series Moordvrouw (2018), feature film Kamp Holland (2016), Cannes Court Métrage award winning short film POP! (2015) and the short film Vluchteling (translated: Refugee) for which he received a Best Actor nomination at the Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht, the Netherlands (2012). He was a trainee at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York and The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in Los Angeles, with more than a decade of professional experience in film, television, theatre, commercials and corporate presentations. Furthermore he received his acting training at multiple theatre institutes in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), in disciplines such as Stanislavski, Theatre Acting, Improvisation and Film Acting. He immigrated at the age of 10 from Iran to the Netherlands, where he first graduated for his Bachelor in Marketing at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) in 2005 and received his Masters in Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in 2009, specializing in Film & Media. Since his childhood Alin was fond of the performing arts and at the age of twelve he caught the acting bug when he performed a dual-part as a nosy journalist and an acrobat in an elementary school play. Next to his university studies, he went in pursuit of his passion at different arts and theatre institutes in Amsterdam, Los Angeles and New York. He has been on stage in nationwide theatre productions such as 'Farah Diba' and has had supporting and guest roles in television productions such as: Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden (TV series), Danni Lowinski (TV series), A'Dam & E.V.A. (TV series), Floor Faber (TV series) and many TV & Online commercials for brands such as Heineken, Eurojackpot, Emirates Airlines, Ola Ice Cream, Philips, Leen Bakker and more. He is mostly known for his lead role as the sociopathic cyber hacker 'Santos Harijan' in the 7th season of the hit crime-drama TV series: Moordvrouw (2018). Besides acting he also works behind the camera as filmmaker for corporate and fiction productions. For more inquiry, please visit: www.alinwishka.com