Avan Jogia

Also known as Avan Tudor Jogia

Avan Tudor Jogia is a Canadian actor, author and director. Starting as a child actor, 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 roles on television series such as Caprica (2009–2010) and had his breakthrough as Beck Oliver in Victorious (2010–2013).

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Active from: 1992

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Born: Avan Tudor Jogia , ( 1992-02-09 ) February 9, 1992 (age 34) , Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada
Citizenship: Canada United Kingdom
Occupations: Actor author director

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Avan Tudor Jogia (/ˈævən ˈdʒoʊɡiə/ AV-ən JOH-ghee-ə; born February 9, 1992) is a Canadian actor, author and director. Starting as a child actor, 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 roles on television series such as Caprica (2009–2010) and had his breakthrough as Beck Oliver in Victorious (2010–2013).

He has since starred 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.