Salik is from Sisimiut, Greenland and is a graduate student at the National Theatre School of Greenland. He is twenty-eight years old and has a Greenlandic mother and a Greenlandic father with Scandivanian roots.
Salik discovered his interest in acting when he was cast as the lead character in a contemporary theatre play back in high school in 2014. Prior to studying acting, he was living and working in Ireland, providing computer technical support.
Salik is passionate about performing, creating his own projects, and dabbles with piano and guitar.