When Avan Jogia turned 17, his life changed in two ways. He moved to Los Angeles after landing his first acting job as teenage heartthrob "Beck Oliver" on Nickelodeon's "Victorious," and his mom ...

An actor, a director, and a poet walk into a bar. This isn’t the set-up for a joke—they’re all one person, and his name is Avan Jogia. He’s a couple minutes early to our meeting spot of ...