Sasha Roiz
Sasha Roiz (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.
Sasha Roiz

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- Name
- Sasha Roiz
- Born
- 21 October 1973
- Birthplace
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Occupation
- Actor
- Education
- Guildford School of Acting
- Nationality
- Canada · Israel
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Sasha Roiz (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.
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• Name — Sasha Roiz • Native Name — סשה רויז • Born — 21 October 1973 • Birthplace — Tel Aviv, Israel • Occupation — Actor • Education — Guildford School of Acting • Years Active — 2001–present
Early life
Early life
Roiz was born in Tel Aviv to Russian Jewish parents. 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.
Career
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. 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), and is also the uncle of William Adama. On April 28, 2009, his role was expanded to series regular. 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. In 2012, he guest-starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson–scripted romantic comedy web series Husbands. 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. 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. Additionally, he voice-acted for Superman: Red Son in 2020 and Turning Red in 2022.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2001 — Largo Winch — Sergei — Episode: "Endgame" • 2003 — Playmakers — Stephen Lyles — 6 episodes • Mutant X — Nathaniel — Episode: "Wasteland" • 2004 — Missing — Randall Markham — Episode: "In the Midnight Hour" • Kevin Hill — Nick Bratt — Episode: "Gods and Monsters" • 2005 — Tilt — Blake — 2 episodes • Show Me Yours — Chazz Banks — 8 episodes • Beautiful People — Mr. Tabor — 4 episodes • 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 • 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 • 2008 — Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — Police Officer — Episode: "Gnothi Seauton" • Victor — Alex Baumann — TV movie about late Canadian swimmer Victor Davis • 2009 — Lie To Me — Captain David Markov — Episode: "A Perfect Score" • data-sort-value="Mentalist, The" | The Mentalist — Keith Wolcutt — Episode: "Crimson Casanova" • 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 • 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 • 2011–2017 — Grimm — Captain Sean Renard — Series regular • 2012 — Husbands — Photog — Episode: "Appropriate Is Not the Word" • 2017–2018 — Salvation — President Monroe Bennett • 2018 — Taken — Maximilian Silver — Episode: "All About Eve" • 2019 — Lucifer — U.S. Marshal Luke Reynolds — Episode: "Everything's Okay" • Suits — Thomas Kessler — 6 episodes • Departure — Pavel Bartok — Recurring role (season 1); 5 episodes • 2020 — data-sort-value="Order, The" | The Order — Rogwan — Episode: "Fear Itself, Part 2" • 2020–2021 — 9-1-1 — Detective Lou Ransone — Recurring role (seasons 3–5) • 2022 — data-sort-value="Endgame, The" | The Endgame — President Andrew Wright — 3 episodes • FBI: International — Lt. Timur Rusu — Episode: "Chew Toy" • 2022–2023 — Chicago Med — Jack Dayton — Recurring role (season 8); 13 episodes • 2025–present — Tracker — Ross Bogart — Recurring role (season 3)
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2009 — data-sort-value="Godfather II, The" | The Godfather II — Don Esteban Almeida — Voice • Wolfenstein — Pavel Cherny / Black Market Agent

Sasha Roiz at the 2017 FedCon
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Sasha Roiz at the 2017 FedCon
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — data-sort-value="Day After Tomorrow, The" | The Day After Tomorrow — Parker • 2005 — Assault on Precinct 13 — Jason Elias • Land of the Dead — Manolete • 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)
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