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.
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 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.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 The Day After Tomorrow Parker2005 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)
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 episodes2006 G-spot Jackson 2 episodes The Jane Show Ted 2 episodes The Path to 9/11 Nick DeMoia TV mini-series2007 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 regular2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Police Officer Episode: "Gnothi Seauton" Victor Alex Baumann TV movie about late Canadian swimmer Victor Davis2009 Lie To Me Captain David Markov Episode: "A Perfect Score" 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 regular2011 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 The Order Rogwan Episode: "Fear Itself, Part 2" 2020–2021 9-1-1 Detective Lou Ransone Recurring role (seasons 3–5)2022 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 Tracker Commissioner Ross Bogart 2 Episodes (season 3)
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2009 The Godfather II Don Esteban Almeida Voice Wolfenstein Pavel Cherny / Black Market Agent
References
External links
Sasha Roiz profile at NBC.com