Sasha Roiz

{{Infobox person

| name = Sasha Roiz

| image = Sasha Roiz at Comic-Con 2011 cropped.jpg

| caption = Roiz at San Diego Comic-Con in 2011

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|21}}

| birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel

| occupation = Actor

| alma_mater = Guildford School of Acting

| years_active = 2001–present

}}

Sasha Roiz ({{langx|he|סשה רויז}}; born October 21, 1973) is a Canadian actor known for his portrayals of Sam Adama in the science-fiction TV series Caprica and Captain Sean Renard in the American fantasy TV series Grimm.

Early life

Roiz was born in Tel Aviv{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/entertainment/for-sasha-roiz-life-in-portland-is-anything-but-grimm/article/424788|title=For Sasha Roiz, life in Portland is anything but 'Grimm' (Includes interview and first-hand account)|last=Dittman|first=Earl|date=January 30, 2015|work=Digital Journal|access-date=2017-04-03}} to Russian Jewish parents.{{citation|url=http://www.tv.com/sasha-roiz/person/220325/summary.html|title=Biography|website=TV.com}}{{citation|url=http://www.capricashow.com/page/Sasha+Roiz#fbid=CrU4L5-6oF3|title=Sasha Roiz at the CapricaShow.com}} The family moved to Montreal in 1980. Roiz studied history before joining a theatre school in Montreal. He later graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in Guildford, Surrey.{{cite news|last=Kates |first=Kathryn |url=http://www.cjnews.com/TOPScnCJN/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13279&Itemid=86 |title=Jaffa-born actor stars in CityTV mini-series |newspaper=The Canadian Jewish News |access-date=2011-11-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508053339/http://www.cjnews.com/TOPScnCJN/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13279&Itemid=86 |archive-date=May 8, 2009 }}{{citation|url=http://www.buddytv.com/info/sasha-roiz-info.aspx|title=Bio at BuddyTV}}

Career

Roiz has appeared in a number of popular television dramas, including CSI: Miami, House, NCIS, The Mentalist, Lie To Me and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He had a recurring role on Warehouse 13 as Marcus Diamond.{{cite news |last=Hinman |first=Michael |url=http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8634 |title=Sasha Roiz Keeping Busy With Warehouse 13, Grimm |date=July 26, 2011 |work=airlockalpha.com }}

In 2008, Roiz landed the role of Sam Adama on Caprica, a spin-off of Battlestar Galactica. His character is a Tauron enforcer for the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate on Caprica who frequently goes head-to-head with his lawyer brother Joseph Adama (played by Esai Morales),{{cite news |last=Spelling |first=Ian |url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/caprica-star-esai-morales.php |title=Caprica star Esai Morales sees parallels with these great stories |date=2009-03-19 |work=Sci Fi Wire }} and is also the uncle of William Adama.{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Jevon |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-sasha-roiz-says-something-ominous-is-coming.html |title=Caprica countdown: Sasha Roiz says, 'Something ominous is coming' |date=January 16, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times }} On April 28, 2009, his role was expanded to series regular.{{citation |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i9c779034c7476d100e3948e6fedac168 |title=Sasha Roiz expands role on Sci Fi's Caprica |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502182732/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i9c779034c7476d100e3948e6fedac168 |archive-date=May 2, 2009 }} Roiz stated in an interview that it was later revealed to him that his character would be gay, something he felt was an opportunity to explore the complexity of a gay character in a science fiction setting, as well as to explore the issue of homosexuality on a social level.{{cite web |last=Jensen |first=Michael |date=February 3, 2010 |work=AfterElton.com |title=Move Over, Captain Jack. There's a New Gay in the Galaxy Named Sam Adama. |url=http://www.afterelton.com/people/2010/02/sasha-roiz?page=0%2C0}} In 2012, he guest-starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson–scripted romantic comedy web series Husbands.{{cite magazine |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/06/28/husbands-season-2-first-look/2/ |title=Husbands: EP and star on season 2 of their gay-marriage web series — Exclusive photos |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Vary |first=Adam B |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=28 June 2012 }}

From 2011 to 2017, Roiz was a series regular on Grimm, a supernatural/fantasy police procedural drama produced by Universal Television for NBC, staying on the regular cast for all 6 seasons of the show.{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-gives-grimm-a-full-264647 |title=NBC Gives Grimm a Full-Season Order |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 21, 2011 |access-date=October 13, 2019 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/grimm-end-sixth-final-season-924078 |title=Grimm to End With Sixth and Final Season on NBC |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 29, 2016 |access-date=October 13, 2019 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/grimm-spinoff-development-at-nbc-1152681 |title=Grimm Spinoff in the Works at NBC |first=Rick |last=Porter |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 16, 2018 |access-date=October 13, 2019 }}

Roiz then went on to appear in Taken, Lucifer, Nice Iranian Girl, The Detectives, The Ballad of John St. George, The Order, Perfidy and FBI: International as well as having recurring roles on Salvation, Suits, Departure, 9-1-1, The Endgame and Chicago Med.{{Cite web |title=Sasha Roiz |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501388/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

Additionally, he voice-acted for Superman: Red Son in 2020 and Turning Red in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Sasha Roiz |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501388/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2004

| data-sort-value="Day After Tomorrow, The" | The Day After Tomorrow

| Parker

rowspan=2|2005

| Assault on Precinct 13

| Jason Elias

Land of the Dead

| Manolete

rowspan=2|2006

| 16 Blocks

| Detective Kaller

Man of the Year

| Donald Tilson

2010

| Unthinkable

| Master Sergeant Lubitchich

2012

| Extracted

| Tom

2014

| Pompeii

| Marcus Proculus

2020

| Superman: Red Son

| Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)

2022

| Turning Red

| Mr. Kielowski (voice)

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2001

| Largo Winch

| Sergei

| Episode: "Endgame"

rowspan=2|2003

| Playmakers

| Stephen Lyles

| 6 episodes

Mutant X

| Nathaniel

| Episode: "Wasteland"

rowspan=2|2004

| Missing

| Randall Markham

| Episode: "In the Midnight Hour"

Kevin Hill

| Nick Bratt

| Episode: "Gods and Monsters"

rowspan=3|2005

| Tilt

| Blake

| 2 episodes

Show Me Yours

| Chazz Banks

| 8 episodes

Beautiful People

| Mr. Tabor

| 4 episodes

rowspan=3|2006

| G-spot

| Jackson

| 2 episodes

data-sort-value="Jane Show, The" | The Jane Show

| Ted

| 2 episodes

data-sort-value="Path to 9/11, The" | The Path to 9/11

| Nick DeMoia

| TV mini-series

rowspan=4|2007

| Jeff Ltd.

| Taylor Bloom

| 4 episodes

NCIS

| NCIS Agent Rick Hall

| Episode: "Grace Period"

CSI: Miami

| Darren Butler

| Episode: "Guerillas in the Mist"

Across the River to Motor City

| Ben Ford

| Series regular

rowspan=2|2008

| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

| Police Officer

| Episode: "Gnothi Seauton"

Victor

| Alex Baumann

| TV movie about late Canadian swimmer Victor Davis

rowspan=2|2009

| Lie To Me

| Captain David Markov

| Episode: "A Perfect Score"

data-sort-value="Mentalist, The" | The Mentalist

| Keith Wolcutt

| Episode: "Crimson Casanova"

rowspan=3|2010

| In Plain Sight

| Anton Ivanov

| Episode: "Love's Faber Lost"

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

| Danny Macklin

| Episode: "Pool Shark"

Caprica

| Sam Adama

| Series regular

rowspan=4|2011

| House

| Driscoll

| Episode: "Carrot or Stick"

Castle

| Bobby Stark

| Episode: "Pretty Dead"

Warehouse 13

| Marcus Diamond

| 7 episodes

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

| Adriano Calvanese

| 2 episodes{{cite news|url=http://www.capricatv.net/2011/12/sasha-roiz-on-its-always-sunny-in.html|title=Sasha Roiz on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, new interview...|work=Capricatv.net}}

2011–2017

| Grimm

| Captain Sean Renard

| Series regular

2012

| Husbands

| Photog

| Episode: "Appropriate Is Not the Word"

2017–2018

| Salvation

| President Monroe Bennett

2018