User:Alexis Dahlin

Alexis Valis Dahlin (born March 17, 1990 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor and illusionist.

His father is from Cyprus and his mother is from Sweden.

Childhood
Alexis was born in Stockholm but in 1990 he moved to Lusaka, Zambia. It was here he saw a real live magician for the first time, Mr. Chicken. Alexis tried never learnt anything from him because he honoured the Magicans Code: A magican never reveals his secrets.

In 1995 his family, now including two siblings moved to Brasília, Brazil. Alexis recieved his first box of magic items on his 6th birthday and mastered most of the tricks, but he was nowhere near as skilled as the older performers, which is understandble, but they wouldn't teach him anything either.

Two years later, in 1997 the Dahlin family moved again. This time to Hanoi in Vietnam. Magicans in Vietnam were just like they were everywhere else in the world, unwilling to teach a 7 yearold anything. However, this is also were Alexis got a glipse at acting for the first time.

On his 8th birthday he got invited to the set of The Quiet American. He got a breif glimpse of idol Brendan Fraser and sat next to future inspiration Michael Caine, although no conversation took place. Leaving the set that afternoon he came home proclaiming that his future laid in acting. At the age of 10 he took up drama lessons at United Nations International School of Hanoi.

In the fall of 2001, Alexis and his family moved back to Stockholm. Acting dreams were quickly dismissed when he never got a second audtion and soccer became his main intrest. In 2006 however, he started with magic again after watching perfromances of Criss Angel, David Copperfield, Lance Burton and Jay Sankey among others. After quickly learning alot of tricks by watching others perform/watching tutorials, he joined the Swedish branch of Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques.

Magic Career
He had jobs performing at parties for children and adults, but his brakethrough came in November 2007 when he performed with his FISM friends in a show called "Sveriges Bästa Unga Trollkarlar" (Sweden's best young magicans) at Teater 3. After performing there parties lost it's fun and he gradually stopped performing, losing intrest in the art. Disintrest and a few injuries also stopped Alexis from playing soccer.

Acting Career
He had decided to persue acting again in the fall of 2007, more as a hobby, because he wanted to become an illustionst. He got his first part in a music video for The Hives called Tick Tick Boom and was a little bit upset when 12 hours of filming only led to 5 seconds in the video. He continued to get jobs only as an extra until the summer of 2008 when he had a speaking role in a shortfilm, but it was cut out in the editing process.

Alexis is currently studying at science and dramaat Höglandsskolan. He is also taking courses at Stockholms Teaterinstitut, Vår Teater and goes to a monolouge coach.