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 20092010 and famously Victorious 20102013 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 20172018 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 cofounded 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 handpainted all the illustrations in the book His second book of poetry Autopsy Of an ExTeen 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia