Raymond Ablack
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Birth Name	Raymond Ablack
Date of Birth	November 12,1989
Gender	Male
Nickname(s)	Ray Ray-Ray
Height	6'2"
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Black
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Occupation(s)	Actor, Singer, Musician
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Raymond "Ray" Ablack (born on November 12, 1989) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Sav Bhandari on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Ray made his first appearance on Degrassi in Season 7. He is the lead singer in the band SoundSpeed alongside former Degrassi actors Shane Kippel, Dalmar Abuzeid, Scott Paterson and Jamie Johnston.He interned (answering phones, getting coffee, etc.) behind the scenes at Degrassi for school credit. He was a competitive hockey player for fourteen years. Raymond played the role of Young Simba in the theatre production of The Lion King at the Princess of Wales theatre in Toronto before landing his role on Degrassi. Raymond sang the national anthem at a Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey game and has a first degree black belt in Goju Ryu Karate-do, Kobudo (weaponry) and Jiu-Jitsu (ground-fighting). Raymond enjoys comedy, rock-reggae music, and writing/directing/filming/producing his own short films as well. Raymond plays punk rock, ska, and reggae music with his makeshift garage band, BlueberriesForSally. In 2007, Raymond traveled to Africa with five Degrassi cast member's to build a school in Kenya with the renowned organization Free The Children. A documentary of Raymond and his cast mates' trip aired on MTV in Canada in the fall of 2007. Ray traveled again in 2008 with his cast to Ecuador. In 2010, he traveled with some of the cast to India to help build a school. Raymond also had a guest spot on the series Life With Derek. Raymond appears as the character Raj on the seris "Orphan Black" on Space.  Alongside Charlotte Arnold, he is currently enrolled at Ryerson University in Downtown Toronto. He was born on November 12, 1989.

TriviaEdit

• Raymond is a Scorpio.
• His favorite Craig episodes are, When Doves Cry, Tears Are Not Enough, and Voices Carry.
• His best friend in real life is Dalmar Abuzeid who played Danny Van Zandt.
• He cut his beard just for the show.
• He had his first kiss in 11th grade, he was 16 years old.
• Even though he has had many celebrity crushes, his longest celebrity crush is Paula Brancati.
• A fashion trend that confuses him is retro pants.
• A chick flick he secretly loves is the Titantic.
• Raymond's TV guilty pleasure is ABC's Lost.
• If he was able to trade places with anyone in the world, it would be Paula Brancati.
• Out of his family, he's the closest to his mother.
• His favorite website is tns.ca.
• A fast food he can't live without is Subway.
• His worst habit is taking too long in the shower.
• He likes the song, "Happiness by the Kilowatt". He also likes the band that sang it, Alexisonfire.

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