Biografía

Avan's father is from a Gujarati Indian family. Avan's mother has English, Welsh, German, Irish, and French-Canadian ancestry. Part of Avan's mother's line had lived in the United States before moving to Canada.

Plays piano, guitar and accordion.

Good friends with Josh Hutcherson.

Avan co-founded the charity Straight But Not Narrow in 2010 to help train young adults on how to support their LGBTQ friends and colleagues.

Best friends with Victoria Justice.

I grew up in Vancouver, which is a pretty liberal, gay Mecca of the West coast. There's San Francisco, and then there's Vancouver.

I always do whatever is best for the character.

I want to make stuff. I want to make movies and direct stuff and produce stuff and write stuff.

I had to learn a lot on Victorious (2010) because I had never done multi-camera before. It's like music: You need to be on it, and there's no room for subtleties.

I want to go behind the scenes as well as on screen. I think you have to make your own destiny in this world.