Sasha Roiz | |
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Character: | Sean Renard Jack the Ripper |
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Sasha Roiz is an Israeli-Canadian actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Sam Adama in the science fiction television series Caprica, and Captain Sean Renard in NBC's Grimm.
Early Life
Roiz was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Russian Jewish parents. The family moved to Montreal, Canada in 1980. Roiz studied history before joining a theatre school in Montreal. He later graduated from Guildford School of Acting in England.
Career
He 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. Roiz had a recurring role on Warehouse 13 as Marcus Diamond.
In 2008, he 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. Sam frequently goes head to head with his lawyer brother Joseph Adama, played by Esai Morales. His character is also the uncle of William Adama. On April 28, 2009, his role was expanded to series regular. He stated in an interview that it was later revealed to him that his character would in fact be gay, something he felt was an opportunity to explore the dynamic relationship of a gay character in a science fiction setting, as well as to explore the issue of homosexuality on a social level. In 2012, he guest starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson scripted romantic comedy web series, Husbands.
On March 24th 2014, Sasha Roiz was among the Grimm cast members who received an honorary badge from the Portland Police Department.[1]
References
Season 1 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Pilot": ✓ |
"Bears Will Be Bears": ✓ |
"Beeware": ✓ |
"Lonelyhearts": ✓ |
"Danse Macabre": ✓ |
"The Three Bad Wolves": ✓ |
"Let Your Hair Down": ✓ |
"Game Ogre": ✓ |
"Of Mouse and Man": ✓ |
"Organ Grinder": ✓ |
"Tarantella": ✓ |
"Last Grimm Standing": ✓ |
"Three Coins in a Fuchsbau": ✓ |
"Plumed Serpent": ✓ |
"Island of Dreams": ✓ |
"The Thing with Feathers": ✓ |
"Love Sick": ✓ |
"Cat and Mouse": ✓ |
"Leave It to Beavers": ✓ |
"Happily Ever Aftermath": ✓ |
"Big Feet": ✓ |
"Woman in Black": ✓ |
Season 2 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Bad Teeth": ✓ |
"The Kiss": ✓ |
"Bad Moon Rising": ✓ |
"Quill": ✓ |
"The Good Shepherd": ✓ |
"Over My Dead Body": ✓ |
"The Bottle Imp": ✓ |
"The Other Side": ✓ |
"La Llorona": ✓ |
"The Hour of Death": ✓ |
"To Protect and Serve Man": ✓ |
"Season of the Hexenbiest": ✓ |
"Face Off": ✓ |
"Natural Born Wesen": ✓ |
"Mr. Sandman": ✓ |
"Nameless": ✓ |
"One Angry Fuchsbau": ✓ |
"Volcanalis": ✓ |
"Endangered": ✓ |
"Kiss of the Muse": ✓ |
"The Waking Dead": ✓ |
"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm": ✓ |
Season 3 Appearances | ||||||||||
"The Ungrateful Dead": ✓ |
"PTZD": ✓ |
"A Dish Best Served Cold": ✓ |
"One Night Stand": ✓ |
"El Cucuy": ✓ |
"Stories We Tell Our Young": ✓ |
"Cold Blooded": ✓ |
"Twelve Days of Krampus": ✓ |
"Red Menace": ✓ |
"Eyes of the Beholder": ✓ |
"The Good Soldier": ✓ |
"The Wild Hunt": ✓ |
"Revelation": ✓ |
"Mommy Dearest": ✓ |
"Once We Were Gods": ✓ |
"The Show Must Go On": ✓ |
"Synchronicity": ✓ |
"The Law of Sacrifice": ✓ |
"Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen": ✓ |
"My Fair Wesen": ✓ |
"The Inheritance": ✓ |
"Blond Ambition": ✓ |
Season 4 Appearances | ||||||||||
"Thanks for the Memories": ✓ |
"Octopus Head": ✓ |
"The Last Fight": ✓ |
"Dyin' on a Prayer": ✓ |
"Cry Luison": ✓ |
"Highway of Tears": ✓ |
"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas": ✓ |
"Chupacabra": ✓ |
"Wesenrein": ✓ |
"Tribunal": ✓ |
"Death Do Us Part": ✓ |
"Maréchaussée": ✓ |
"Trial by Fire": ✓ |
"Bad Luck": ✓ |
"Double Date": ✓ |
"Heartbreaker": ✓ |
"Hibernaculum": ✓ |
"Mishipeshu": ✓ |
"Iron Hans": ✓ |
"You Don't Know Jack": ✓ |
"Headache": ✓ |
"Cry Havoc": ✓ |