Merik Tadros was born Maher Issa Tadros on April 15th 1983 in Chicago, Illinois. After studying Theatre Arts and Cinema at The University of Iowa for one semester, Tadros headed West to The Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in Los Angeles. Adler Fest brought Merik to the stage in one acts "On Time" and Woody Allen's "Death Knocks." He then went on to perform in the original play "Liberty Injustice" at The Lex Theatre in Hollywood, California. Steven Spielberg's Munich was his first professional on screen acting role portraying "Tony the Cowboy." In 2009, Merik Tadros was seen co-starring opposite Harrison Ford & Cliff Curtis, in writer-director Wayne Kramer's new film Crossing Over, as well as the NCIS two part pilot spin-off titled Legend for NCIS: Los Angeles. His passion for filmmaking made its debut when Tadros wrote and directed his first short film The Bardo, which premiered September 28th 2007 at The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.