Enver Gjokaj

Enver Leif Gjokaj (/ˈɛnvɛər ˈdʒoʊkaɪ/ en-VAIR joh-KY;[1] born February 12, 1980) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Victor in the science fiction television series Dollhouse and as Daniel Sousa in Agent Carter, a role he later reprised in the final season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Enver Gjokaj
Gjokaj in 2020
Born	Enver Leif Gjokaj February 12, 1980 Orange County, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Early life

Gjokaj was born in Orange County, California. His father is Albanian, and his mother is American.[2] Gjokaj has an older brother named Bekim and an identical twin brother named Demir.[3] Both Gjokaj and his brother attended Amador High School, in Sutter Creek, California, where Gjokaj participated in multiple plays and variety shows. Gjokaj graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.[4] While at NYU, he was a semi-finalist for Tisch's Vilar Global Fellows Program. In 2002, he received a Bachelor of Arts in English from UC Berkeley.[5]

Career

On March 26, 2008, it was announced that Gjokaj had won the role as Victor on Dollhouse.[6][7] His character, whose real name is Anthony Ceccoli, is an "Active" (or "doll") inside the Dollhouse, taking on multiple personalities through the process of highly technological imprinting of memories. His identical twin brother Demir guest starred alongside Gjokaj in a dream sequence in a second season episode of Dollhouse.[8]

Gjokaj has since appeared in the films The Express: The Ernie Davis Story alongside Dennis Quaid, Taking Chance with Kevin Bacon, and Eagle Eye opposite Shia LaBeouf. Prior to his series regular role on Dollhouse, he appeared in the made-for-TV film Filthy Gorgeous and also had a recurring role on the television series The Book of Daniel. He also guest starred in episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Community, and The Unit.

In 2012 Gjokaj was awarded a patent for a focusing system for motion picture cameras.[9] In 2019, Gjokaj appeared in the series Emergence as FBI Agent Ryan Brooks.

Gjokaj has made multiple appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[10] In 2012, Gjokaj made an appearance in The Avengers as a New York City police officer.[11] He starred in the two seasons of Agent Carter (2015–2016) as SSR Agent Daniel Sousa.[12] He went on to reprise the role of Sousa in the final season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (2020).[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	Spinning Into Butter	Greg Sullivan
2008	The Express: The Ernie Davis Story	Dave Sarette
2008	Eagle Eye	Remote Pilot
2009	Tale of the Tribe	Micah
2010	Stone	Young Jack
2011	Eden	Eddie
2012	The Avengers	Officer Saunders	Credited as "Young Cop"
2012	Would You Rather	Lucas
2014	Lust for Love	Jake
2016	Come and Find Me	Alexander
2019	3022	Vincent Bernard

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Filthy Gorgeous	Mirash	Television film
	The Book of Daniel	David	3 episodes
	The Path to 9/11	Unknown	Miniseries
2007	The Unit	Lloyd	Episode: "Binary Explosion"
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Peter Gardela	Episode: "Ten Count"
2009	Taking Chance	Corporal Arenz	Television film
2009–2010	Dollhouse	Victor/Anthony Ceccoli	Main role; 26 episodes
2010	Lie to Me	Sgt. Jeff Turley	Episode: "React to Contact"
	Chase	Carson Puckett	Episode: "Havoc"
	Undercovers	Novak Hincir	Episode: "Funny Money"
2011	Community	Lukka	Episode: "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy"
	Person of Interest	Lazlo Yogorov	Episode: "Witness"
2012	Hawaii Five-0	Marku	Episode: "Pa Make Loa"
	Dexter	Viktor Baskov	2 episodes
2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Michael Provo	Episode: "Beautiful Frame"
	Vegas	Tommy Stone	5 episodes
	Witches of East End	Mike	4 episodes
	The Walking Dead	Pete Dolgen	Episode: "Dead Weight"
2014–2015	Rizzoli & Isles	Jack Armstrong	4 episodes
2014	Extant	Sean Glass	6 episodes
2015–2016	Agent Carter	Daniel Sousa	Main role; 18 episodes
2017–2018	Major Crimes	Hunt Sanford	2 episodes
2018	Kevin (Probably) Saves the World	Milk Carton (voice)	Episode: "Caught White-Handed"
2019	The Rookie	Donovan	3 episodes
	Emergence	Agent Ryan Brooks	5 episodes
2020	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Daniel Sousa	Recurring role; 10 episodes

References

1. "Dollhouse Unique Cast Names". Fox Broadcasting Company. February 9, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
2. Phillips, Jevon (February 12, 2009). "Countdown to Dollhouse: Enver Gjokaj, sci-fi lover". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
3. California Births, 1905 - 1995
4. "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
5. Enver Gjokaj: Biography
6. Breaking: Battlestar Stud Playing Dollhouse with Dushku
7. Dollhouse Casting Alert!, archived from the original on January 22, 2013
8. Dollhouse - Season 2 - "Stop-Loss/The Attic" - Enver Gjokaj, Demir Gjokaj
9. USPTO Database, archived from the original on December 14, 2012
10. "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Star Talks 'Clarity' About The MCU And Agent Carter". Retrieved July 13, 2020.
11. Sandwell, Ian (June 22, 2020). "Why that Agents of SHIELD and Avengers crossover theory doesn't make sense". Digital Spy. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
12. Andreeva, Nellie (August 29, 2014). "Enver Gjokaj Cast In ABC Series Marvel's Agent Carter". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
13. Agard, Chancellor (April 15, 2020). "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings back Agent Carter character in season 7 first look". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

External links

• Enver Gjokaj at IMDb