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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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avan Jogia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Before the Phantom, there was Erik. It starts off in 1854 when a deformed child is birthed from an aristocratic couple. He grows to be a teenager, with a mask constantly on his face, and living in the attic, where he can’t be seen. Due to the torment from his mother, and being unable to leave the house, he runs away during a dinner party that his parents are hosting. He grabs a random coat and leaves. He is then found by gypsies where they find the inscription on the coat to be: Erik, so that’s what they call him. They accept him for who he is, and when he is not performing, they don’t have him wear his mask. He eventually becomes a very skilled musician and illusionist. He eventually gets to play for the Shah, who is vastly impressed with his skills. He has him stay in the palace as an entertainer. Meanwhile, he befriends a man named Nadir, who is sort of a bodyguard for the Shah. He lets him use the library, where Erik learns of construction, just like his father. Years later, he is sick of living in the palace as the Shah never fully accepted him for who he was unlike Nadir, and the gypsies. He yearns to leave, especially after a weary sexual encounter with the Shah’s daughter. Nadir decides he will smuggle him out of the palace and arranges for him to go to France. They leave together, and Erik eventually settles under the catacombs of the Paris Opera House where he builds various routes and traps for himself.
