Sasha Roiz

ABOUT SASHA ROIZ

Israeli and Canadian actor who played the role of Sam Adama in the television series, Caprica, and the role of Captain Sean Renard in the television series, Grimm. He portrayed the role of Parker in the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow.

He was born in Israel, but moved to Montreal when he was seven years old and studied history before he started training in acting, which led him to graduate from Guildford School of Acting in England.

While playing roles in local Montreal theatre, he earned a nomination at Quebec's Theatre Awards, Masques Awards. He has accumulated more than 230,000 Instagram followers.

His parents are Russian and Jewish.

His character, Sam Adama, on the television series Caprica, is the brother of Joseph Adama, played by actor Esai Morales .