Avan Jogia (1992)

 early life

Jogia was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father is a Gujarati Indian originally from London, England. His mother is Canadian, with her roots originating from Wales which is part of the United Kingdom. He went to a few different schools in Vancouver, including Killarney Secondary School and King George Secondary School, as well as being home-schooled. In tenth grade he left school altogether to pursue a career in acting.

 career

Jogia's first role came in 2006, when he played Danny Araujo in A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story, directed by Agnieszka Holland. He appeared in The CW TV series Aliens in America as the character Sam. In 2008, he appeared as Champ on Gym Teacher: The Movie and Tajid in Spectacular!, both for the Nickelodeon network. Jogia plays Ben Stark in the TV series Caprica, a spin-off of Battlestar Galactica, on the Sci Fi Channel. Jogia portrays Beck Oliver in the Nickelodeon television program Victorious, which premiered in March 2010. His upcoming new movie, Finding Hope Now is set to be released in 2011. He also appeared as Beck Oliver in theVictorious crossover movie, iParty With Victorious. Along with Daniella Monet, he co-hosted the Transformers: Dark of the Moon premiere on June 28, 2011 in New York. He is the founder of the movement "Straight But Not Narrow", which promotes equality between all people irrespective of their sexual orientation.