Avan Jogia
Avan 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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Credits
- 2025 · Our Hero, Balthazar as
- 2024 · Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know as Self
- 2024 · Orphan Black: Echoes as Jack
- 2023 · Choose Love as Rex Galier
- 2023 · Johnny & Clyde as Johnny
- 2023 · Door Mouse as Mooney
- 2021 · Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City as Leon Kennedy
- 2021 · The Exchange as Stéphane
- 2020 · The Artist's Wife as Danny
- 2020 · The Stranger as JJ
- 2019 · Zombieland: Double Tap as Berkeley
- 2019 · Shaft as Karim Hassan
- 2019 · Now Apocalypse as Ulysses
- 2018 · The New Romantic as River Dewan
- 2018 · The Year of Spectacular Men as Sebastian Bennett
- 2018 · Paper Year as Dan Delaney
- 2017 · Ghost Wars as Roman Mercer
- 2017 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Puck
- 2017 · The Outcasts as Dave Quinn
- 2016 · Shangri-La Suite as Teijo Littlefoot
- 2016 · The Drowning as Danny Miller
- 2016 · Last Teenagers of the Apocalypse as Bones
- 2015 · 10,000 Saints as Teddy McNicholas
- 2015 · Tut as King Tutankhamun
- 2015 · Here Now as Dark
- 2015 · I Am Michael as Nico
- 2014 · Streets of Hope as Santos Delgado
- 2013 · Twisted as Danny Desai
- 2012 · Rags as Finn
- 2011 · iParty with Victorious as Beck Oliver
- 2010 · Triple Dog as Lemur
- 2010 · Victorious as Beck Oliver
- 2010 · Caprica as Ben Stark
- 2009 · Spectacular! as Tajid Kalyan
- 2008 · Gym Teacher: The Movie as Champ Sinclair
- 2007 · iCarly as Beck Oliver
- Future · 56 Days as Oliver
- Future · The Backrooms as
- 2007 · Devil's Diary as Teenage Boy #1
- 2006 · A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story as Danny Araujo
- Future · At the End as Mr Darcy