Enver Leif Gjokaj ( ; born February 12, 1980) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Victor in the

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television series ''

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'' and as

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in '' Agent Carter'', a role he later reprised in ''

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''.

Early life

Gjokaj was born in

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. His father is Albanian, and his mother is American. Gjokaj has an older brother named Bekim and an identical twin brother named Demir. Both Gjokaj and his brother attended

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, in Sutter Creek, California, where Gjokaj participated in multiple plays and variety shows. Gjokaj graduated with a

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from

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's Graduate Acting Program at the

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. While at NYU, he was a semi-finalist for Tisch's Vilar Global Fellows Program. In 2002, he received a

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in English from

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Career

Beginning in 2009, Gjokaj played the role of Victor on the TV series ''

''. 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''. Gjokaj has since appeared in the films '' The Express: The Ernie Davis Story'' alongside

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, ''

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'' with

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, and '' Eagle Eye'' opposite

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. 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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2012 Gjokaj was awarded a patent for a focusing system for motion picture cameras. Gjokaj has appeared in ''

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'' as Agent Ryan Brooks, in '' NCIS: Hawai'i'' as Navy Captain Joe Milius and in ''

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'' as Joseph in recurring capacities Gjokaj has made multiple appearances in the

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. In 2012, Gjokaj made an appearance in '' The Avengers'' as a New York City police officer. He starred in the two seasons of '' Agent Carter'' (2015–2016) as SSR Agent

. He went on to reprise the role of Sousa in

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of ''

'' (2020).

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gjokaj, Enver 1980 births 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American people of Albanian descent Identical twins Living people Male actors from Orange County, California Tisch School of the Arts alumni American twins University of California, Berkeley alumni