Elwin van der Meer is a Dutch born actor/screenwriter and was bitten by the acting bug at a very young age. He joined a youth theatre company at the age of ten. During the seven years at this theatre company, he became familiar with the craft of acting. He knew acting was something he had to pursue. Through his teenage years he honed his craft by taking more acting courses and ended up studying in New York at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.