Person Biography:
Reza Diako is an English actor of Austrian nationality and Persian origin. Born in Geneva, Switzerland to Iranian parents, he moved to Tehran, Iran with his mother and older sister at the age of five. He learned to read and write in Farsi (the Persian language) while attending several public and private schools in Tehran.
At the age of twelve, the family moved to Vienna, Austria, where Reza attended an American Christian school. Three years later, he moved to London, U.K, attending a Jewish International School. Throughout his childhood, he attended ten schools, exposing him to a diverse range of cultures, ideas, and backgrounds.
Reza studied Psychology at Queen Mary University, London, Clinical Mental Health at King's College, Medicine at Bristol University, and Psychoanalytic and Jungian Developmental Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London.
He began acting as leads in theatre productions in school and formalized his training in acting techniques across London. He was featured in independent theatre and film projects, and in 2017, he performed as part of an international cast in the Phoenix & the Crow, an Edinburgh Fringe Festival production.
Reza is traditionally trained at Mountview Drama School in London and the Stella Adler Studio in New York. He has also completed further acting training at the HB Studio, Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, and with Ivana at The Chubbuck Studio.
Throughout his career, Reza has appeared in various TV and film projects, including Transparent, Tummyache, Son of Man, Fatherless Son, Tehran, A Spy Among Friends, Around the World in 80 Days, The Son, The Persian Version, I Hate Suzie, London Class, The Covenant, and The Diplomat.
In his personal life, Reza carries a dream of one day opening a therapy center for children and young people. He has gathered a wide range of experience working in mental and physical health-care, supporting people with complex psychosis, learning disabilities, and other health problems.
