Avan Jogia

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Birthday:

9 February 1992, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Birth Name:

Avan Tudor Jogia

Height:

178 cm

Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as 'Danny Araujo 'on the award-winning TV movie drama "A Girl like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story," directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series "Caprica," as well as becoming series regular role the CW's "Aliens in America." Recently receiving notice amongst a wide audience with his lead role as Beck on Nickelodeon's Emmy nominated series "Victorious," Avan can now be seen as Danny Desai on ABC Family's "Twisted."Having a special interest in youth human rights and equality, Avan lends his support to many charitable organizations: as a Peace First Ambassador for Peacefirst.org, host of the PBS series "Reel Works," and founder of the national charitable organization Straight But Not Narrow. Show less «

I grew up in Vancouver, which is a pretty liberal, gay Mecca of the West coast. There's San Francisco, and then there's Vancouver.

I always do whatever is best for the character.

I want to make stuff. I want to make movies and direct stuff and produce stuff and write stuff.

I had to learn a lot on 'Victorious' because I had never done multi-camera before. It's like music: You need to be on it, and there's no roo...Show more »

I had to learn a lot on 'Victorious' because I had never done multi-camera before. It's like music: You need to be on it, and there's no room for subtleties. Show less «

I want to go behind the scenes as well as on screen. I think you have to make your own destiny in this world.

With voice overs... you're not thinking about the camera. So your voice becomes this thing that you can manipulate. And depending on the cha...Show more »

With voice overs... you're not thinking about the camera. So your voice becomes this thing that you can manipulate. And depending on the character you're doing, it's all concentration on your voice. Show less «

You get given an opportunity, and that is the jumping board; from there you have to build your own path.

If I've been dating someone for, say, five months, and she cheats on me, I don't think it would be worth it. I'm not committed enough to the...Show more »

If I've been dating someone for, say, five months, and she cheats on me, I don't think it would be worth it. I'm not committed enough to the situation to give her a second chance. Show less «

Apathy in general; people who are not standing up for what they believe in because somebody's got a louder mouth than them; it doesn't make ...Show more »

Apathy in general; people who are not standing up for what they believe in because somebody's got a louder mouth than them; it doesn't make any sense. Show less «

I have a lot of disrespect for people who cheat. I feel like if you're in a position in a relationship where you want to see other people, a...Show more »

I have a lot of disrespect for people who cheat. I feel like if you're in a position in a relationship where you want to see other people, and the opportunity to cheat comes up, don't. Show less «

'Twisted' is similar to 'Pretty Little Liars' in that it's about trying to find out who did it, but it's more about the human relationships ...Show more »

'Twisted' is similar to 'Pretty Little Liars' in that it's about trying to find out who did it, but it's more about the human relationships between characters and the strain that things can put on them. It's also a little bit of a social commentary piece, because it covers very timely issues. Show less «

[on his style] I think I've always liked [the style of] musicians. I've always liked Iggy Pop and older musicians. Iggy Pop, the Rolling Sto...Show more »

[on his style] I think I've always liked [the style of] musicians. I've always liked Iggy Pop and older musicians. Iggy Pop, the Rolling Stones, stuff like that. Show less «

[on what he loves most] Art, my girlfriend and cheeseburgers.