Avan Jogia

Avan Tudor Jogia (; 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 within series such as ''Caprica'' (2009–2010).

Jogia had his breakthrough for playing Beck Oliver in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Victorious'' (2010–2013), and 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 organization ''Straight But Not Narrow'', which seeks to shape the viewpoints of teenagers and adults on matters pertaining 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” will be released on February 11,2025.

Avan and his brother Ketan make up the band Saint Ivory. They released an album to complement the book also titled ''Mixed Feelings''. Avan sings, as well as plays guitar, piano, and accordion. Provided by Wikipedia