Klement Tinaj

Klement Tinaj is an actor, martial artist, and director best known for his martial arts action films. Tinaj was born in 1990, and spent his youth eternally on the move, and by the time he was 15, had attended 5 different schools in the US and Europe. He finally settled in 2005 in Yonkers, New York. While in high school, he developed an interest in acting and abandoned his plans of becoming a farmer, and at age sixteen he played the role Mr. Kirby in the show "You Can't Take It With You". After this show Tinaj was cast in three more shows "Lysistrada 2008", "Room Service" and "Julius Caesar" at Lincoln High School in Yonkers New York. Tinaj attended Five Towns College in 2009 and in his freshman year acted in three shows; "Macbeth", "The Full Mounty" and "Golden Parachutes". Through out his time in Five Towns College he starred in many shows such as "Aladdin", "Dora", "Twelve Angry Men", and "Ragtime". Aside from the schools production, Tinaj starred in the play "Stolen", "Extra Special","American Dating Catastrophes Vol. 11" "The Table" and "X's & O's". While pursuing his acting career Tinaj continued training in Tae Kwon Do as well as teach students ranging from all levels of the sport. The skills he acquires from training and his love for the martial arts led him to create the film "The Attacker" and "Last Chance". Tinaj wrote, produced and starred in the two films. Tinaj wrote, directed and produced the play "Twenty Days". The show opened in Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood, CA on May 24th 2015, and then traveled to Mccadden Theatre in Hollywood, CA on June 7th 2015. Tinaj also directed, produced, and fight choreographed the play "Some Kind of Love Story" written by Arthur Miller. The show opened in Dix Hills Performing Arts Center and then traveled to New York City off-Broadway at Producers Club Theaters. He taught Art of Combat for New York Educational Theatre Festival in 2012 hosted by The American Academy of Dramatic Arts sponsored by The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and Tinaj still teaches Art of Combat in Los Angeles. Tinaj received his B.F.A in Theatre Arts in December of 2012 and his MFA in Acting for Film in January of 2015. Tinaj has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast to a major movies such as Fast & Furious 7, The Second Coming of Christ, and The Good, the Bad, and the Dead.