Avan Jogia
Birthday: 1992-02-09 | Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaAvan Tudor Jogia (/ˈævən ˈdʒoʊɡiə/; born February 9, 1992) is a Canadian actor, singer, author and director. He first received recognition for portraying Danny Araujo in the television film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006). After moving to the United States in his late teens, he landed various television roles on television series such as Caprica (2009–2010) and, famously, Victorious (2010–2013). Jogia rose to mainstream prominence for his roles as Danny Desai in the drama series Twisted (2013), Tutankhamun in the miniseries Tut (2015), Roman Mercer in the paranormal action series Ghost Wars (2017–2018) and Ulysses Zane in the comedy series Now Apocalypse (2019). Numerous credits in television and cinema include Spectacular! (2009), Finding Hope Now (2010), Rags (2012), Ten Thousand Saints (2015), I Am Michael (2015) and Zombieland: Double Tap (2019). His directorial debut came in 2011 with the short film Alex. He stars as Leon S. Kennedy in the 2021 film Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. In 2011, Jogia co-founded the LGBT online organisation Straight But Not Narrow, which seeks to shape the viewpoints of teenagers and adults on matters related to the LGBT community. In 2019, he published his first book, Mixed Feelings, a series of short stories and poems about multiracial identity. He hand-painted all the illustrations in the book. His second book of poetry, "Autopsy (Of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob): Poems of Love, Rage, Sex and Sadness", was released on February 11, 2025. Jogia and his brother Ketan make up the band Saint Ivory. They released an album to complement the book, also titled Mixed Feelings. Jogia plays guitar, piano, and accordion, as well as sings. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avan Jogia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Acting
Role
as Oliver Kennedy
as Mr Darcy
as JJ
as JJ
as Jack
as Johnny
as Mooney
as Rex Galier
as Leon Kennedy
as Stéphane
as Danny
as JJ
as Berkeley
as Ulysses
as Ulysses
as Ulysses Zane
as Dan Delaney
as River Dewan
as Sebastian Bennett
as Danny Miller
as Dave Quinn
as Puck
as Roman Mercer
as Teijo Littlefoot
as King Tutankhamun
as Nico
as Teddy McNicholas
