Afrim Gjonbalaj

Creator, Writer, The Legend of the Night Owl Afrim Gjonbalaj is a native New Yorker of Albanian descent, born and raised in Brooklyn. Afrim grew up reading comics, dreaming of time travel, science fiction while watching every Martial Arts, Horror and Anime film he could find on bootleg VHS tapes at corner stores and bodegas. As an Actor Afrim received his B.A. in Theater with a concentration in Acting from Buffalo State College in 2006 as a member of the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). He studied at The Labyrinth Theater Company Masterclass (2008) and also trained at Moving Voice Institute (2005 Vancouver & 2015 Toronto). As a member of SAG-AFTRA/AEA Afrim has been seen on Ramy (Hulu), Daredevil (Netflix), The Blacklist: Redemption (NBC) and on stage as Amir Kapoor in Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar at Road Less Traveled Productions in Buffalo, NY. As a Martial Artist, Afrim is currently a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Shihan Gene Dunn. As a writer Afrim absolutely hates writing bios but loves writing comics. For more information visit – www.afrimgjonbalaj.com