Eskindir Tesfay, Afro-German martial artist, actor and choreographer was born in Eritrea and raised in Germany.

After discovering his affinity for martial arts, Asian culture and Hong Kong cinema at an early age, Eskindir later dreamt of a martial arts movie career in Asia. While living in Taiwan between 1999 and 2005, Eskindir Tesfay studied Chinese language and martial arts. In Taiwan he also gained his first experiences in front of the camera doing modelling jobs and acting in TV commercials.

Meanwhile Eskindir has been working for various international and German features, Martial Arts movies, TV films, TV series, music videos and commercials as an action actor, stuntman and martial arts choreographer.