Avan Jogia
33 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 9, 1992 (age 34)
- Place of birth
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as
- Avan Tudor Jogia
Biography
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.
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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.
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Known for
Avan Jogia: movies and TV shows
Acting (40)
- 2026 Backrooms
as Naren Warne
- 2026 Our Hero, Balthazar
as Supes
- 2026
- 2025 At the End
as Mr Darcy
- 2024
- 2024 The Stranger
as JJ
- 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
- 2019 Zombieland: Double Tap
as Berkeley
- 2019 Shaft
as Karim Hassan
- 2019
- 2018 The New Romantic
as River Dewan
- 2018 The Year of Spectacular Men
as Sebastian Bennett
- 2018 Paper Year
as Dan Delaney
- 2017
- 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
- 2015 I Am Michael
as Nico
- 2014 Streets of Hope
as Santos Delgado
- 2013
- 2012 Rags
as Finn
- 2011 iParty with Victorious
as Beck Oliver
- 2010 Triple Dog
as Lemur
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 Spectacular!
as Tajid Kalyan
- 2008 Gym Teacher: The Movie
as Champ Sinclair
- 2007 Devil's Diary
as Teenage Boy #1
- 2007
- 2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
as Danny Araujo
Behind the camera (5)
- Upcoming Replacer
Director, Screenplay
- 2025 How to Shoot a Ghost
Executive Producer
- 2023 Door Mouse
Director, Writer
- 2016 Of Dogs and Men
Writer, Director
- 2016 Last Teenagers of the Apocalypse
Director, Writer